Natural Woven Shades In Overland Park
Natural Woven Shades in Overland Park, KS
Our Solar Shield Blinds Natural Woven Shades, also known as woven wood shades and bamboo shades, bring warmth and texture into Overland Park homes using real bamboo, jute, reed and grass. They're a beautiful fit for a screened porch near 143rd Street or a great room in Blue Valley that needs something softer at the window.
Where It Fits In Overland Park
Where Natural Woven Shades fit in Overland Park
Many Overland Park homes are finished in painted trim and neutral colors, and woven wood shades bring in the texture and warm color those rooms are missing, on a porch or in a great room.
- Screened porches and covered decksWoven shades on a screened porch off a Blue Valley two story cut the low west sun and still let the breeze through. No two are identical, which suits a room that's half outside.
- Great rooms with tall trimA two story great room near 135th with tall painted trim and a stone fireplace wants something softer than a flat shade. Jute or reed adds texture and warm color the room is missing.
- Dining rooms in the 1990s colonialsThe formal dining room off the foyer in the colonials around 119th is a great place for a woven shade with edge binding, which adds a finished border and a touch of color.
- Older ranches near downtownIn a 1950s ranch near downtown Overland Park with original wood floors, a bamboo shade on the picture window looks like it belongs. Add a liner if that window faces the sidewalk.
Worth Knowing
Texture, liners, and privacy at night
Every one of these shades is woven by hand from bamboo, jute, reed or grass, so no two are identical and there are hundreds of fabrics to sort through. Our Design Specialist brings the samples to your house, which matters more with woven material than with anything else we sell, because the color shifts with the light in the room. A grass that reads warm in a north facing dining room near 119th reads almost yellow in a west facing great room. Edge binding gives a tailored line, the waterfall style lets the woven fabric flow over the top of the headrail, and two shades on one headrail cover a wide opening.
The liner is the real decision. Unlined lets the most light and texture through and looks beautiful on a screened porch or a covered deck in the newer subdivisions toward 159th. A light filtering liner keeps the texture and adds privacy for a family room. A room darkening liner makes a woven shade work in a bedroom. Choose the liner room by room rather than for the whole house, because a porch and a primary bedroom have different jobs, and our Design Specialist will write each one as its own line on the quote so you can see the difference.
It's worth knowing that at night from the outside, unlined natural woven shades are not fully private, and the cords and rings on the back show through from the street. Edges also fray where a door handle or a chair back rubs them, so we'll steer you away from a woven shade on a busy slider. The consultation is free, every opening is measured, and the itemized quote holds for 180 days. Woven shades average 4 to 6 weeks from order to install, and our full time Install Techs finish most Overland Park homes in less than a day.
What Comes As Standard
- BambooJute, reed and grass weaves
- PrivacyOr room darkening liners available
- RenewableFast growing natural material
- Hand wovenSo every panel varies slightly
- 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 Overland Park
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Overland Park 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 Natural Woven Shades in Overland Park
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
Lift the bottom rail by hand, no cord on the shade.
Continuous loop
Tensioned and wall-anchored. Best for heavier lined shades.
Powerwand
Motor in a wand for windows out of easy reach.
Somfy automation
Full scheduling, scenes and app control.
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Straight Answers
Natural Woven Shades questions from Overland Park homeowners
Yes, and the screened porches on the two stories south of I-435 are one of the best places for them. The material takes the low west sun down to a glow and still lets the air through. We'll talk about the liner, because unlined is the porch look, and about where the shade hangs so it stays clear of the door and the furniture.
Unlined, no. With the lamps on, an unlined woven shade shows shapes to anyone on the sidewalk, and the cords and rings on the back show from outside. A light filtering liner fixes that for a front room, and a room darkening liner makes a bedroom work. For a front window on a ranch near downtown Overland Park, we'll recommend the liner.
Bamboo, jute and reed come in hundreds of fabrics from pale to dark, and the warm tones sit well against the painted trim and warm gray walls in the newer Blue Valley homes. Our Design Specialist brings the samples to your house so you can lay them on the windowsill at the hour the room is used most and see the true color.
The material is durable, but the edges fray where something rubs them over and over, like a door handle, a bar stool or a dog that sits at the window. We'll point out which windows in your house are the risky ones and put a roller or a honeycomb there instead, and keep the woven shades where they can hang undisturbed.
Two shades on one headrail cover a wide opening cleanly, which suits the wide windows over a covered deck in the newer subdivisions off 159th. The seam sits where the mullion is, so the shades read as a pair. Every opening is measured on site, and we'll show you the split on the quote before you decide.
Yes. Our Natural Woven Shades come in Cordless, PowerWand and Motorized operation, and all three are child safe with no accessible cord. Where a cord loop makes sense on a high window, it's tensioned and anchored to the casing so nothing hangs loose. Lined woven shades are heavier, so on a wide window in a Blue Valley great room a motor takes the effort out of it.
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Natural Woven Shades around Overland Park
We serve all of Overland Park, KS, including Downtown Overland Park, Nottingham by the Green, Deer Creek, Stanley and Blue Valley. ZIP codes 66204, 66207, 66210, 66212, 66213, 66214, 66221, 66223, 66224.
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Tim & Denise Sanders are the founders of Solar Shield Blinds
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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