Natural Woven Shades In Prairie Village
Natural Woven Shades in Prairie Village, KS
Our Solar Shield Blinds Natural Woven Shades, also called woven wood shades and bamboo shades, bring the warmth of bamboo, jute, reed and grass to Prairie Village homes. In a Cape Cod with white plaster walls, painted trim and hardwood floors, a woven shade adds the texture the room is missing without hiding the house.
Where It Fits In Prairie Village
Where Natural Woven Shades fit in Prairie Village
The houses here have simple, classic bones, and a hand woven shade adds warmth without fighting them. These are the rooms in Prairie Village where the texture makes the biggest difference.
- Living rooms with painted trimAgainst white trim and plaster, a woven grass shade brings in the one warm, natural color the room was missing. It sits inside the casing or on the trim and looks like it belongs.
- Dining rooms off the kitchenThe small dining room in a 1950s ranch wants something softer than a blind. A woven shade with a light filtering liner takes the edge off the west sun over dinner.
- Sunrooms and screened porchesA converted porch on the back of the house has glass on three sides. Unlined woven shades keep it bright and take the harshness off, with no two shades quite the same.
- Bedrooms with a linerAdd a room darkening liner and the same texture works in a primary bedroom, with the privacy at night that an unlined shade can't give and a darker room for sleeping in.
Worth Knowing
Texture, liners, and what shows from outside
Prairie Village is a neighborhood of front elevations, and people here notice what's in the windows on the walk to Corinth Square or the Village Shops. Natural Woven Shades are made by hand, so the weave varies, the color has depth, and no two shades are identical. On a Cape Cod with white trim, that texture pulls the whole room together. On a remodeled ranch with a modern interior, it keeps the space from feeling cold. Either way it sits comfortably with the era of the house instead of fighting it, and from the sidewalk it reads as warm rather than busy.
The first decision is the material. Bamboo, jute, reed and grass each weave differently, from tight and even to loose and open, and we bring hundreds of fabrics to the house so you can hold them up to your own light. The second decision is the liner. Unlined keeps the most texture and light. Add a light filtering liner to soften the sun and give the shade an even look from the sidewalk, or a room darkening liner for a bedroom. From there you choose edge binding, a waterfall style that folds over the front, and whether two shades share one headrail on a wide opening.
Three limits come with the material. Unlined woven shades are not private at night, and with the lamps on, someone on the sidewalk sees the room. The cords and rings on the back of an unlined shade show from outside, which matters on the front of a house where the street view counts. And the edges fray where they rub against a casing, so a shade that gets raised and lowered constantly wants edge binding. Our Design Specialist will walk through all three at the free consultation, measure every window, and write an itemized quote that holds for 180 days. Interior shades average 4 to 6 weeks to install.
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 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 Natural Woven 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
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 Prairie Village homeowners
Unlined, yes, a little: the cords and rings on the back show through the weave from outside, and on a front window facing Mission Road that's worth thinking about. A light filtering liner hides them and gives the front of the house a clean, even look from the sidewalk while keeping the texture inside. For the back of the house, unlined is fine.
Unlined, no. At night from outside, with the lights on inside, the weave lets shapes and movement through, so a front bedroom or a bath on the driveway side needs a liner. A light filtering liner gives privacy with a soft glow, and a room darkening liner gives privacy and a dark room. Our Design Specialist will show you both in the room.
Sometimes. A woven shade stacks into a fairly thick bundle at the top, and the shallow casings in a lot of Prairie Village houses don't have the depth to hide it. Where there's room we inside mount, and where there isn't we mount on the trim so the shade hangs clean in front of the window. We check every opening at the consultation, no guessing.
Yes, for most rooms. The west windows of a Prairie Village ranch get the hardest sun of the day in July, and unlined, the weave lets a lot of it through onto the floor. A light filtering liner takes the direct sun off your furniture and flooring and keeps the room bright, and a room darkening liner turns the same shade into a bedroom shade. We'll hold both liners up to the glass at the consultation.
Yes. Two shades on one headrail is a standard option, and it's the right call for the pair of double hungs you see side by side in the living rooms of these houses. Each shade lifts on its own, the headrail reads as one piece, and the mullion between the windows stays covered so there's no strip of light down the middle.
Our typical lead time for Natural Woven Shades is 4 to 6 weeks from order to final installation, and most projects are finished in one installation day. We order all the shades for a room together, because natural material varies from one production run to the next, and that keeps the color as consistent as possible across the pair of windows in your living room.
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Natural Woven 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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