Banded Shades In Decatur
Banded (Zebra) Shades in Decatur, IL
Our Solar Shield Blinds Banded Shades, also called zebra shades, have sheer and solid bands that shift past each other as you move the shade. In a Decatur, IL home that means soft light at breakfast, privacy from the street at midday, and the view back in the evening, all from one shade.
Where It Fits In Decatur
Where Banded Shades Fit In Decatur
From the homes around Millikin University on West Main Street to the updated kitchens in Decatur's older neighborhoods, Banded Shades suit the rooms where the light and the privacy you need change through the day.
- Front Rooms That Face The StreetLine up the solid bands and your front room stays private during the day, while the sheers still let a soft view out.
- Kitchens And Breakfast NooksSet the sheers in line for soft morning light, shift to the solid bands once the sun comes around to that side of the house, and raise the shade in the evening.
- Family Rooms With A TVWhen the sun sits on the screen in the afternoon, closing the solid bands takes the glare off without shutting the room up.
- Modern Updates In Older HomesWhen a room has been opened up and updated, the clean lines of a Banded Shade in its 3 inch cassette suit the new look, and the shade hides away when it is rolled up.
How They Work
Two layers of fabric on one roll
Banded Shades are also known as dual shades or zebra shades. Two layers of fabric run on one roll, alternating sheer and solid bands. Line the solid bands up and you have privacy, or offset them and the light comes through in soft horizontal bands with a view out through the sheers. They are the most adjustable shade we carry.
Privacy bands run from 3 to 5 inches, and each sheer band is cut a bit narrower than the solid one. The small band is right for most standard windows, and on a big window the large band keeps the look calm. Our banded fabrics number over 100, split between light filtering and light dimming, and we bring both band sizes to your Decatur home so you can see them against your own windows.
Two things are worth knowing before you order. The solid bands close edge to edge rather than overlapping, so a bit of light passes between them, and for a bedroom we add a blackout shade behind. Windows that sit next to each other are also ordered as a set, so the bands match across the whole row, and we plan every run of windows that way from the start.
What Comes As Standard
- Sheer and solidBands that pass each other in one shade
- InfinitePositions between sheer and closed
- CassetteOr fascia to hide the double stack
- MotorizedSaves band positions as scenes
- 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 Decatur
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Decatur 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 Banded Shades in Decatur
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
Move the bottom rail by hand. No cord on the shade.
Chain loop
Tensioned to the wall. The most precise way to set the band offset.
Powerwand
Motorized from a wand for higher windows.
Remote and automation
Set band positions as scenes and recall them.
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Straight Answers
Banded Shades questions from Decatur homeowners
No. You'll see the same product sold as banded, zebra, dual or layered shades. It is one shade with solid and sheer horizontal bands, and ours are made to measure and installed by our own team.
For practical purposes, yes, once the solid bands are lined up. After dark with the lamps on, you can still see a silhouette through the seams, so bedrooms and bathrooms get a blackout shade or a lined drapery panel as well.
Yes. Smart Banded Shades from Solar Shield Blinds are motorized, so you can run them from a remote, a wall switch, the app, or your voice. You can save a band position you like and call it back with one tap.
Yes. Two shades on one headrail work well on a patio door or a wide opening, so each half moves on its own and the pair still reads as one. Cordless Lift, PowerWand and Motorized leave no chain hanging near the door.
Yes, 4 to 6 weeks from order to install. While you wait, we put up free temporary shades on every window you ordered for, and we take them down on install day.
The size of the window is part of it, along with the fabric you pick and the operating system, since a motor costs more than a cordless lift. Your Design Specialist measures every window in your Decatur home and leaves you with a complete, itemized quote that holds for 180 days.
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Banded Shades around Decatur
We serve all of Decatur, IL, including the West End, the Decatur Historic District, Johns Hill, Southmoreland and Nelson Park. ZIP codes 62521, 62522, 62523, 62526.
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