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Child & Pet Safe Window Coverings by Solar Shield Blinds
We want your window coverings to be amazing, functional, practical and stylish. But most importantly, we make sure they'll be SAFE.
Safe For Your Family
Certified Best For Kids
All of our products have options that are safe for your home and your family.
We want your window coverings to be amazing, functional, practical, and stylish. But most importantly, we make sure that your window coverings will be SAFE! We only offer cordless products through our trusted vendors that are certified "Best For Kids", a certification process set by the Window Covering Safety Council.
Window covering manufacturers have to submit their products to a third party testing lab, and only after those products pass testing can they be labeled Best for Kids. All of our products have options that are safe for your home and your family, so tell us there are small children or pets in the house and we'll build the whole job around it.
Operating Systems
Operating systems that keep your shades and blinds safe
Every product we offer has an option that is rated Best for Kids. Removing cords and strings from your shades and blinds are always the best option. But when we do need to use a cord loop or chain loop due to high windows where motors aren't an option, we assure that the loops are secured with industry compliant child safe hold down guides.
Cordless Lift Child Safe
Lift and lower the shade with a push up or a light pull down on the bottom rail, so there's no chain or cord hanging beside the window at all. Available on every shade and blind we carry.
Cordless Lift & Lock Child Safe
Holds its position anywhere in the travel without a cord lock to release, and there's no accessible cord anywhere on the blind. On Honeycomb Shades, the Cordless Lift and Lock Top Down Bottom Up goes up to 84 inches wide.
PowerWand Child Safe
A rechargeable motor in a wand. Touch the button and the shade lifts or lowers, with easy access to the charge port on the side of the wand, and it's the affordable way into motorization.
Motorized / Automated Child Safe
Solar Shield Blinds Smart Shades run from a remote, the app on your phone or tablet, wall switches, or your voice, with schedules and scenes. Rechargeable motors need no wiring, so they go into an existing house with no electrical work.
Wand Tilt On Blinds Child Safe
Our Wood and Faux Wood Blinds tilt with a wand instead of a tilt cord. Pair it with a cordless lift and there's no accessible cord anywhere on the blind, which is why we recommend them for playrooms and nurseries.
Cord Loop With A Hold Down
Where a chain or cord loop is still the right answer, on a high window where a motor isn't preferred, the continuous loop is tensioned and anchored to the casing or wall with a child safe hold down device, so nothing hangs loose.
Why Our Clients Choose Them
What cordless does for your home
Whether you need privacy, light control, heat protection, or you just want to stop worrying about a cord beside a crib, every line we carry has a version with nothing hanging down. Tell us there are small children or pets in the house and we'll spec the whole job that way.
Bedrooms And Nurseries
Privacy and light control for bedrooms with one product
Top Down Bottom Up Honeycomb Shades set a privacy line at eye level and let the light in over the top, and they come cordless or motorized. In a nursery that means the room stays private from the street with nothing hanging down for small hands to reach, and room darkening fabric can combine with light filtering in the same shade for nap time.
It's worth knowing that room darkening still has small light gaps at the sides, and that on a tall window a cordless shade can be a reach, so we check the window height before recommending cordless and suggest a motor where it makes sense.
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Doors And Patio Sliders
Doors and sliders are always in high traffic areas, and they often get the attention of pets and kids. We make sure those areas are safe for your whole family
A shade on a door swings when the door does, so we add hold downs at the bottom rail: magnetic hold downs on Roller Shades, a hold down bracket on Wood and Faux Wood Blinds, and hold downs on Honeycomb Shades. Cordless Lift, PowerWand and motorized versions all leave no chain hanging near the door.
For a sliding glass door there's a vertical honeycomb that opens side to side and stacks to one side, and Roller Shades are our usual alternative to vertical blinds there, especially where a handle leaves little room. We measure the door on site so the shade clears the handle and the trim.
Sliding Glass Door Solutions
Our Process
Planned, measured, and installed by our team
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your 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 teamYour shades are 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.
The longer version
Our process is very thorough and designed to give you the best experience possible. When we meet with you during your initial consultation we'll discuss your specific needs. We'll listen to your concerns and make sure we understand exactly what you're wanting to accomplish with your window coverings. Then we'll help educate you on the product options available to you and offer our best recommendation based on our assessment of your windows.
We take time making sure you understand exactly what you're going to get, and we make sure there won't be any surprises at the time of install. You get a complete and exact quote on the spot, so you can be sure we're working within your budget before you commit to anything.
This simple, yet very effective in-home service has proven to save our clients time, money, and the energy not spent running from store to store. Once the order is placed, sit back and let us handle all of the details while you get to enjoy your new window coverings!
Installed Projects
Child & Pet Safe Window Coverings across Peoria and Central Illinois
Straight Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
All of them. Roller Shades, Honeycomb Shades, Banded Shades, Natural Woven Shades, Wood and Faux Wood Blinds and Roman Shades all come with a cordless lift, and Plantation Shutters tilt with no lift system at all. Every product we offer can be motorized as well, drapery included.
Yes. We only offer cordless products through vendors certified Best for Kids, a certification set by the Window Covering Safety Council. Manufacturers have to submit their products to a third party testing lab, and only after those products pass testing can they carry the label.
Yes, and it takes away the thing pets get tangled in. There's no cord, chain or wand beside the window, and the shade runs from a remote, the app on your phone or tablet, a wall switch or your voice. Rechargeable motors need no wiring, so they go into an existing house with no electrical work.
Not on the versions we recommend for a family room. Every line we carry has a cordless lift option and a wand tilt, so there's no accessible cord anywhere on the blind, and three of our four operating systems for blinds are cord free. The traditional cord lift is still available for a high window where a motor isn't preferred, with the cord cleated off at the side of the window.
Yes. The Cordless Lift and Lock Top Down Bottom Up on our Honeycomb Shades goes up to 84 inches wide (it carries a single lift cord on the outer edges, which your Design Specialist will show you), and the motorized version goes up to 120 inches wide with both rails motorized. Either way you set a privacy line at eye level and let the daylight in over the top, which is the usual answer in a bedroom or a bathroom.
Consider the window height first. On a tall window the bottom rail of a cordless shade is out of reach without an extension pole, so for high or hard to reach windows we suggest a cord loop with a hold down, a PowerWand, or a motor. We check the height on the visit before recommending cordless.
Where a chain is required, on a high window where a motor isn't preferred, the continuous loop is tensioned and anchored to the window casing or wall with a child safe hold down device, so nothing hangs loose. A chain guide is required for a Roller Shade to operate properly anyway, and it's the same piece that anchors the chain.
Yes. Our Roman Shades feature the best in cordless operation, so there's no loop hanging down for a child or a pet to reach. You can have a fabric valance covering the working hardware, or let the fabric waterfall off the face of the headrail for a clean look, and automation is available too.
No. Shutters tilt and have no lift system at all, so there's nothing to reach for beside the window. Invisible tilt and split tilt are the options to decide on, and your Design Specialist will show you both on the visit.