Plantation Shutters In Leawood
Plantation Shutters in Leawood, KS
Our Solar Shield Blinds Plantation Shutters are custom built to every window in your Leawood home, arches and angles included, and they're considered a built in feature that stays with the house. For the formal fronts in Leawood Estates and the tall entries in Hallbrook, shutters give you privacy with a view out and a finished look from the street.
Where It Fits In Leawood
Where Plantation Shutters fit in Leawood
Shutters are the treatment that reads as architecture, and the tall entries, arched transoms and formal fronts of Leawood are the windows that reward them most.
- Arched transoms over tall entriesThe two story entries in the homes south of 135th have an arched transom over the door and tall side lights. Shutters built to the curve keep the shape and cut the stairwell heat.
- Formal fronts in Leawood EstatesThe front windows on a traditional home in Leawood Estates set the tone for the whole street. Wide louver shutters look like part of the house from the curb and give privacy inside.
- Baths in the newer homesThe primary bath in a home toward 151st has a window over the tub. Composite and poly shutters with the waterproof option handle the steam where real wood can warp.
- Mid century ranches near State LineA shutter with a narrow louver on the wide windows of an old Leawood ranch gives the mid century front a crisp horizontal line that suits the low roof.
Worth Knowing
Louvers, builds, specialty shapes, and the wait
We're Kansas City's leading Plantation Shutter expert, with thousands of shutters installed across the Kansas City Metro. Louver size sets the character of the room. A 1 7/8 inch louver reads traditional and suits the smaller windows in old Leawood, 2 1/2 and 3 inch louvers are the everyday choice in the two story homes along Mission and Nall, and 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 inch louvers open up the view on the tall formal windows in Hallbrook and the golf course communities. Invisible tilt hides the tilt bar for a cleaner panel, and split tilt lets the bottom stay closed while the top opens to the sky.
Three builds cover every room: wood, composite and poly. Wood is the lightest and takes stain to match the trim in a study or dining room. Composite and poly are painted finishes, less likely to warp, and with the waterproof option they belong over the tub and in the laundry room. Any shape or size works: arches, angles, octagons and eyebrows, which covers the transoms, the round window in the stairwell and the angled glass in the two story foyers south of 135th. Our Design Specialist measures every specialty shape on site and shows you the template before the order goes in.
Shutters tilt rather than lift, so if a window should sometimes be fully bare, a Roller Shade is the better product there. Shutters run 8 to 10 weeks from order to install because each panel is built to your measurements. We hang free paper temporary shades the day you order so the front of the house isn't bare while you wait. The consultation is free, the itemized quote is on the spot and held 180 days, and our full time Install Techs install, adjust and clean up, then walk every room with you. The Lifetime Product coverage transfers with the address.
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 Leawood
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Leawood 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 Leawood
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 Leawood homeowners
For the tall formal windows in the homes along Mission Road and in Hallbrook, a 3 1/2 or 4 1/2 inch louver keeps the view open and reads as architecture. A 2 1/2 or 3 inch louver suits the everyday rooms, and 1 7/8 inches fits the smaller windows in old Leawood. Our Design Specialist brings a sample of each size to hold in your window.
Yes. Arches, angles, octagons and eyebrows are all built to shape, and the arched transom over a two story entry in the homes south of 135th is the shape shutters were made for. The louvers fan to follow the curve so the arch stays visible from the street, and the afternoon heat that pours down the stairwell is stopped at the glass.
Shutters are a built in feature that can raise property value, and buyers touring a home in Leawood Estates or on a golf course lot notice them the way they notice the millwork. The Lifetime Product coverage transfers with the address to the next owner, which is a real selling point when a Leawood home goes on the market.
Shutters run 8 to 10 weeks from order to install, against 4 to 6 for shades, because each panel is built to your window. We hang free paper temporary shades on every window in the order the day you sign, so the tall front windows aren't bare while you wait, and the quote holds 180 days either way.
Yes. Composite and poly shutters with the waterproof option handle the steam over the tub in a primary bath in a newer Leawood home or the hall bath of an older ranch, and they're easy to clean. Real wood goes in the living spaces where it can take a stain to match the trim. The quote lists each window so you see the mix.
Yes. Real wood shutters can be custom color matched in paint or stain, and we can match Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams colors, which makes wood the best choice beside the stained trim in a Leawood study or dining room. Custom color matching is also available in painted finishes on our Woodlore Plus composite shutters.
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Plantation Shutters around Leawood
We serve all of Leawood, KS, including Old Leawood, Leawood Estates, Leawood South, Hallbrook, Mission Farms and Ironhorse. ZIP codes 66206, 66207, 66209, 66211, 66224.
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Who Turns Up
The people who measure it are the people who hang it
Nothing here is subcontracted. The crew that arrives to install works for Solar Shield Blinds, which is why there is never a question about whose job it is when something needs adjusting later.
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