Honeycomb Shades In Lenexa
Honeycomb (Cellular) Shades in Lenexa, KS
Honeycomb Shades, also known as cellular shades, put an insulating air pocket between your Lenexa room and the glass. When we need to help our clients with drafty windows, or with cold and heat radiating straight through the glass, this is the shade we reach for first.
Where It Fits In Lenexa
Where Honeycomb Shades fit in Lenexa
The older half of Lenexa has the windows that let the cold in, and the newer half has shallow frames and tall glass. A Honeycomb Shade suits both.
- Whispering Hills ranches and splitsIf your home near 79th and Quivira still has its original windows, the cold comes off the glass all winter. The honeycomb cell holds a layer of still air against it.
- Bedrooms on close lotsTop Down Bottom Up sets a privacy line at shoulder height and keeps the sky above it, so a bedroom next to the neighbor's driveway stays private and bright.
- City Center windowsA shallow window frame leaves little room for a headrail. A Honeycomb Shade has the smallest headrail we carry and still mounts inside the frame.
- Patio doorsA vertical Honeycomb Shade opens side to side and stacks down to 6 inches on one side, no matter how wide the sliding door is.
Worth Knowing
How the air pocket works, and choosing fabric and lift
A Honeycomb Shade is two layers of fabric with a pocket of air trapped between them, and that pocket is insulation. In a Lenexa January it keeps the cold from pouring off the glass, and in July it holds back the heat coming through a west window. On single pane or older double pane windows the change is easy to feel. The side facing the street is white no matter what color you pick inside, so a row of front windows stays uniform from the curb.
Your first decision is fabric. Light filtering keeps a room bright and soft, room darkening is for bedrooms, and the two can be combined in one easy to use shade. Double cell fabric insulates better on north facing windows and older glass. Your second decision is lift: Cord Loop, Cordless, PowerWand or Motorized. Cordless Lift and Lock Top Down Bottom Up handles windows up to 84 inches wide, and the motorized version goes up to 120 inches for a wide picture window in Cottonwood Canyon or Manchester Park.
An inside mount leaves a small light gap at each side, even with room darkening fabric, and an outside mount blocks more light, though it may not look as clean. White room darkening fabrics also read a little gray from inside because of the liner. Your Design Specialist shows you both options at your Lenexa home, measures every window, and writes an exact itemized quote on the spot. Order to install takes 4 to 6 weeks.
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 Lenexa
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Lenexa 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 Lenexa
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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Straight Answers
Honeycomb Shades questions from Lenexa homeowners
No, they're the same product. The cells formed by the fabric look like a honeycomb from the side, which is where the name comes from. Our Honeycomb Shades come in over 100 fabrics, in single cell and double cell, and your Design Specialist brings the samples to your Lenexa home.
Yes. The cell holds a layer of still air right against the glass, which slows the cold coming into the room. On single pane or older double pane windows the difference is obvious, and double cell fabric is the right call for the coldest rooms.
Yes. The vertical Honeycomb Shade opens side to side and stacks down to 6 inches on one side, so the door opens fully and the biggest piece of glass in the room gets insulated. Hold downs are also available for a honeycomb on a swinging door.
Yes. Motorized Top Down Bottom Up Honeycomb Shades can move both rails, with voice control through Siri, Google Home or Alexa enabled devices. They also run from a remote, the app or a wall switch, with schedules and scenes.
Consider the window height first. On a tall window a cordless shade may need an extension pole to reach the rail, so for a high or hard to reach window in a Lenexa two story we suggest a cord loop or a motor instead.
Our typical lead time is 4 to 6 weeks from order to final installation, and most of our Lenexa projects are completed in one installation day. Free paper temporary shades go on your bare windows as soon as you order.
Nearby
Honeycomb Shades around Lenexa
We serve all of Lenexa, KS, including Old Town, City Center, Canyon Creek, Falcon Ridge, Whispering Hills, Cottonwood Canyon, Manchester Park and WaterCrest Landing. ZIP codes 66215, 66219, 66220, 66227.
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