Honeycomb Shades In KC Northland
Honeycomb (Cellular) Shades in KC Northland, MO
Our Solar Shield Blinds Honeycomb Shades, also called cellular shades, help the rooms that are hardest to keep comfortable in the KC Northland. The bedrooms over the garage in a two story off Barry Road can be the hottest rooms in the house on a July night, and a Honeycomb Shade traps a layer of air at the glass to keep the heat out and the cool in.
Where It Fits In KC Northland
Where Honeycomb Shades Fit In The KC Northland
Upstairs bedrooms that run hot, north walls in the older ranches, and neighbors close enough to wave to are three things a Honeycomb Shade handles well.
- Upstairs bedrooms in the two storiesThe second floor of a 1990s two story off Barry Road can take the sun all day. Room darkening Honeycomb Shades on the west bedrooms keep them cooler and darker for sleep in the summer.
- Gladstone ranchesThe postwar ranches in Gladstone can have original windows that let the cold in across the north wall in January. The pocket of air in a double cell fabric adds real insulation at the glass.
- Close set homes in Staley FarmsLots in Staley Farms and Shoal Creek can put the neighbor's window a driveway away. Top Down Bottom Up lowers from the top for daylight and keeps the bottom covered.
- Skylights and archesThe arched window over the front door on a 1990s two story and the skylight in a kitchen both get a Honeycomb Shade built to the shape, and the skylight gets a motor with a solar panel.
Worth Knowing
Fabric, Lift And Planning Your Order
Light filtering or room darkening is the first choice, and the two can be combined in one shade, with light filtering on top for daylight and room darkening below for sleep. There are over 100 fabrics, including sheers. Cordless Lift and Lock Top Down Bottom Up covers windows up to 84 inches wide, and the motorized version goes to 120 inches, enough for a wide window in a great room. The side facing the street is white no matter what color you pick inside, so the front of a Staley Farms home looks consistent from the curb.
The Northland's homes fall into two groups with two different needs. The 1990s and newer two stories in Shoal Creek, Tiffany Springs and Staley Farms have big windows, thin trim and bedrooms upstairs that get hot, and the air pocket slows the heat coming in while the small headrail fits the shallow window frames. The older ranches and split levels in Gladstone have the opposite problem, with cold coming through the north side in January, and the same air pocket helps the room hold its warmth. For patio doors, a vertical honeycomb opens side to side and stacks to one side.
Room darkening Honeycomb Shades leave small light gaps at the sides on an inside mount, so a west bedroom gets dark rather than pitch black, and side channels take it further if you need that. White room darkening fabrics read a little gray in daylight, which is why we bring the real samples. The consultation is free, every opening is measured, and the itemized quote comes on the spot and holds for 180 days. Our lead time is 4 to 6 weeks, and most Northland homes are installed by our own team in under a day.
What Comes As Standard
- Single or doubleCell, for how bad your glass is
- Top DownBottom Up, motorized up to 120 inches wide
- BlackoutCell fabric for a genuinely dark room
- CordlessStandard, nothing hanging anywhere
- Carefree GuaranteeA lifetime product warranty that transfers if you sell, plus our five year service guarantee
- Free Temporary ShadesOn every window you order for, installed while your custom order is made
Our Process
Planned, measured, and installed by our team in KC Northland
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your KC Northland home or office. We'll listen to what you're wanting to accomplish with your windows, take a good look at every opening, and explain the options that will actually work for them.
- On the spot quoteWe take the time to make sure you know exactly what you're getting, and you'll have a complete and exact quote before we leave, so there are no surprises on install day.
- Installed by our teamEverything we install is custom built to the exact measurements of your windows, and when ready, professionally installed by our full time installers. Most projects are installed in less than a day.
Operating Systems
Four ways to operate Honeycomb Shades in KC Northland
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
The standard on homes with children or pets. Grab the rail and move it, with no cord anywhere on the shade.
Cord loop
Tensioned and wall-anchored, for very tall or very wide cells.
Powerwand
Motorized operation from a wand, useful on high windows.
Full automation
Schedules and scenes. Drop the whole west side at three o’clock.
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Honeycomb Shades questions from KC Northland homeowners
It keeps a lot of the heat from getting in, which is what you feel on a July night. The pocket of air between the two layers of fabric slows heat moving through the window, and a room darkening fabric adds to it by blocking the sun. On the west bedrooms of a two story in Shoal Creek or off Barry Road, it's the product we recommend first.
Yes. Arches, angles and other shapes are built to a template your Design Specialist takes of the actual opening, and the arch over the entry on a 1990s two story is a shape we know well. Skylights get a motor with a solar panel so nobody climbs a ladder, and the same remote can run the rest of the house.
Yes, and it's one of the best reasons to choose a Honeycomb Shade in a subdivision. On a Staley Farms or Shoal Creek lot the neighbor's window is close, and Top Down Bottom Up lowers the top of the shade to let the daylight in while the bottom keeps the room private. You set the line where you want it, and a motorized version moves it from the couch.
Yes, with the Cordless, PowerWand or Motorized options, which are all rated child safe. A Cordless Lift and Lock shade has no cord to catch a small hand or a pet, and the small headrail fits the shallow frames over a kitchen sink in the newer Northland homes. For a window behind a deep counter, a rechargeable motor with a remote solves the reach with no wiring.
The window is where a big share of a room's heat gets in or out, and a cellular shade slows that transfer. On single pane or older double pane windows, like the original sashes in some Gladstone ranches, the difference is easy to feel. On new construction with good glass it's real but smaller, and a double cell fabric gives the most insulation either way.
Yes. Every Honeycomb Shade is white on the side facing the street, whatever color faces the room. On a Staley Farms or Shoal Creek street where the fronts of the homes match, your house looks consistent from the curb, and each room inside can still have its own color. Ask your Design Specialist to show you the street side of each sample.
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Honeycomb Shades around KC Northland
We serve all of KC Northland, MO, including Briarcliff, Shoal Creek, Staley Farms, Tiffany Springs, Line Creek, Gashland and Claymont. ZIP codes 64116, 64117, 64118, 64119, 64151, 64152, 64153, 64154, 64155, 64156, 64157, 64158, 64163, 64164, 64165, 64166, 64167.
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Tim and Denise founded Solar Shield Blinds in 2006 with one simple mission; to bring elevated comfort to more people, in more places. Over the years they have hired and trained a professional team of like minded individuals who all continue to push toward that same mission every day. Tim now oversees the sales and installation side of the business by training and growing the team. Denise is over people & finances and her role helps Solar Shield Blinds continue to stay focused on an amazing team culture.
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