Honeycomb Shades In Prairie Village
Honeycomb (Cellular) Shades in Prairie Village, KS
Our Solar Shield Blinds Honeycomb Shades, also called cellular shades, are our go to solution for the drafty original double hungs in Prairie Village Cape Cods and ranches. The air pocket between two layers of fabric holds the cold out in January, and the headrail is the smallest of any window covering we carry, so it fits the shallowest casing.
Where It Fits In Prairie Village
Where Honeycomb Shades fit in Prairie Village
The original windows in these houses are the reason people call us about Honeycomb Shades. Drafts, shallow casings, small bedrooms, and a neighbor's window a driveway away all point the same direction.
- Original wood double hungsThe 1940s and 1950s windows on Mission Road and Roe still leak air. An insulating cell in front of the glass makes the room feel warmer without replacing a window you love.
- Shallow casingsPlaster returns and thin casings leave almost no depth for a headrail. Honeycomb Shades have the smallest headrail of any window covering we sell, so an inside mount works where nothing else will.
- Small bedroomsA small bedroom under the eaves of a Cape Cod has one window and one bed right under it. Room darkening fabric in a light color keeps the room calm and doesn't eat wall space.
- Bathrooms facing the drivewaySide windows in these houses look straight at the neighbor's side windows. Top Down Bottom Up drops the top for light and keeps the bottom closed, so the bath is private without going dark.
Before You Order
Insulation, headrails, and Top Down Bottom Up
A Honeycomb Shade is two layers of fabric joined into cells, and the air trapped in those cells is what does the work. That air pocket is what creates the insulation, and on a north wall in January or a west window in July you'll feel the difference the first day. Choose light filtering, room darkening, or both in one shade with a room darkening panel below a light filtering one. Then choose how it moves: Cordless Lift and Lock for Top Down Bottom Up up to 84 inches wide, or a motor for openings up to 120 inches.
Prairie Village houses were built when window casings were shallow and walls were plaster, and a lot of the remodels kept those details on purpose. That rules out bulky headrails. The headrail on our Solar Shield Blinds Honeycomb Shades is the smallest of any window covering, which is why it fits inside the original casings on a 1950s ranch off 75th Street without projecting past the trim. The exterior side is always white no matter what color you pick inside, so from the sidewalk every window across the front of the house matches, and the neighbors never see a patchwork.
Room darkening honeycomb still lets a little light in at the sides, so a nursery on the east side of the house will be dim rather than black. White room darkening fabrics read a little gray in the hand, and our Design Specialist will show you that before you order rather than after. The consultation is free and happens at your house with samples, every window measured, and an itemized quote written on the spot that holds for 180 days. Interior treatments average 4 to 6 weeks from order to install, and we bring paper temporary shades for every window you order at no charge.
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 Prairie Village
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Prairie Village 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 Prairie Village
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 Prairie Village homeowners
In most of the older houses here, yes. The headrail on a Honeycomb Shade is the smallest of any window covering, so a shallow plaster return that would push a wood blind out past the trim still takes an inside mount. Our Design Specialist measures the depth on every window at the consultation, and where an inside mount truly won't work we mount on the trim and it still looks clean.
Yes. The air pocket inside each cell is what creates the insulation, and on a 1950s window with original glass that difference is real. A Honeycomb Shade doesn't seal the window, so you'll still want the storms on, but the room will feel noticeably warmer, and a north bedroom in a Prairie Village Cape Cod is exactly where that matters.
On the narrow lots between Nall and Mission Road, it's one of the most useful features we offer. Lower the top few inches and daylight comes in over the privacy line while the bottom stays closed, so the neighbor's kitchen window sees nothing. Cordless Lift and Lock handles Top Down Bottom Up up to 84 inches wide, and a motor takes it to 120 inches for a wider opening.
No. The outside face of every Honeycomb Shade is white no matter what color you choose for the inside, so a navy shade in the study and a linen colored one in the living room look identical from the street. That matters on a block where the front elevations are close together and people care about the look from the sidewalk.
Yes, and it's a common choice for a bedroom in a small house where the window does double duty. A room darkening panel at the bottom handles sleep, a light filtering panel at the top lets the morning in, and the two move independently. Ask our Design Specialist to show the combination at the consultation so you can see how the two fabrics look side by side.
Yes. Choose a classic skylight shade with manual operation, or a motorized one with a remote and a solar panel that recharges the battery, which is the easy answer for a skylight added over a kitchen island in a Prairie Village remodel. Honeycomb Shades are also made for arches, angle topped windows and patio doors, with a side to side version for sliders.
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Honeycomb Shades around Prairie Village
We serve all of Prairie Village, KS, including Corinth Hills, Somerset Hills, Prairie Hills, Town & Country Estates, Ridgeview Heights and Meadowbrook. ZIP codes 66206, 66207, 66208.
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