Plantation Shutters In Kansas City
Plantation Shutters in Kansas City, MO
Solar Shield Blinds builds custom Plantation Shutters for homes all over Kansas City, MO, including the Colonial Revivals on Ward Parkway, the Tudors of Armour Hills and the shirtwaists of Hyde Park. Every interior shutter is built to the shape of your opening, from an arched window over the stair landing to a bay in the dining room, and it stays with the house when you sell.
Where It Fits In Kansas City
Where Plantation Shutters Fit In Kansas City, MO
The older homes inside the city have the deep casings and specialty shapes that Plantation Shutters were made for.
- A lasting feature on Ward ParkwayA shutter is a built in feature rather than a furnishing, and on a home that will one day sell to the next family who loves old Kansas City, it stays with the address.
- Arches, eyebrows and anglesThe arched windows over front doors and the half rounds in a Tudor gable get a shutter built to the exact shape, from a template of your opening.
- Front rooms close to the streetTilt the louvers up and the sidewalk sees the ceiling. Brookside and Waldo living rooms a few steps from the walk get privacy and keep the daylight.
- Bathrooms in the older homesThe poly build with the waterproof option is made for humidity, so a window near the shower in a 1920s bathroom gets a shutter that looks like painted wood and holds up to the steam.
Worth Knowing
Louver Size, Tilt, Materials And Lead Time
Solar Shield Blinds has installed thousands of Plantation Shutters across the Kansas City area, and the older neighborhoods inside the city are where they make the most sense. The tall double hungs in a Hyde Park shirtwaist have casings deep enough for an inside mount that looks original to the house. The Colonial Revivals on Ward Parkway suit a classic shutter, and the Tudors in Armour Hills and Brookside have the arches and angled gable windows that only a made to shape shutter covers cleanly.
Louver size is the first choice: 1 7/8, 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 inches. Narrow louvers look traditional on the smaller windows in an older house, and the wide ones give you more view on a big opening. Invisible Tilt hides the tilt rod for a clean face, and split tilt lets the bottom louvers close while the top stays open, which suits a front room on a busy street. Then the material: real wood for stain and the lightest weight, composite for painted finishes, and poly with the waterproof option for bathrooms and anywhere with moisture.
Shutters tilt rather than lift, so if you want the whole window clear on a summer evening, a Roller Shade or a Honeycomb Shade is the better fit, and we'll show you both. Shutters take 8 to 10 weeks from order to installation, because every panel is built to your opening. Your Design Specialist measures each window, templates the arches, and gives you an itemized quote on the spot that holds for 180 days. Our own full time Install Techs install them, clean up, and walk you through every panel before they leave.
What Comes As Standard
- Any shapeArches, angles, octagons, eyebrows
- WoodComposite and poly builds
- Invisible tiltHidden linkage inside the stile
- ResaleStays with the house when you sell
- 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 Kansas City
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Kansas City 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.
Tilt Options
Four ways to tilt Plantation Shutters in Kansas City
Shutters tilt rather than lift. Your Design Specialist brings a sample of each tilt style so you can work it at your own window.
Standard tilt
A center rod down the panel. The traditional look.
Offset tilt
Rod moved to the side so it does not divide the view.
Invisible tilt
Linkage hidden inside the stile. The cleanest option.
Split tilt
Top and bottom halves operate independently.
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Straight Answers
Plantation Shutters questions from Kansas City homeowners
Shutters are a built in feature rather than a furnishing, and buyers notice them on a walk through. In the older neighborhoods, where homes sell to people who love the original character, a well fitted shutter in a deep casing looks like it was always there. Our lifetime product warranty is transferable, so the coverage follows the address to the next owner.
Yes. Arches, eyebrows, octagons and angled gable windows are built to a template your Design Specialist takes of the actual opening, and the louvers in a sunburst arch look like the rest of the set. The Tudors in Armour Hills and the Colonial Revivals around the Plaza are full of these shapes, and we build for all of them.
Real wood if you want a stain to match the trim in a shirtwaist and the lightest panel on a tall window, and we can match Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams colors. Composite for painted finishes and less chance of warping. Poly with the waterproof option for any room with water. Your Design Specialist brings a sample of each so you can feel the difference.
Shutters take 8 to 10 weeks from order to installation, compared with 4 to 6 weeks for most interior shades, because every panel is built to the exact size and shape of your window. The arched and angled windows in the older homes are templated first. While you wait, we put free paper temporary shades on every window you ordered for, and our Install Techs take them down on install day.
They do. Wood and composite shutters both have a high insulation value, and closed tight they block light well, so they help a room hold its temperature against a cold window in January and the afternoon sun in July. On the tall original windows in Hyde Park and Midtown homes, that makes a real difference.
On the tall, narrow windows in Hyde Park and Midtown homes, a 2 1/2 or 3 inch louver keeps the proportions traditional and still gives a good view out. On the wide picture windows in the postwar homes in Waldo, 3 1/2 or 4 1/2 inch louvers look more modern and open up more of the glass. Your Design Specialist holds both against the window before you decide.
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Plantation Shutters around Kansas City
We serve all of Kansas City, MO, including Hyde Park, Westport, Crossroads, River Market, Country Club Plaza, Brookside, Armour Hills and Waldo. ZIP codes 64105, 64106, 64108, 64109, 64110, 64111, 64112, 64113, 64114, 64123, 64124, 64125, 64126, 64127, 64128, 64129, 64130.
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