Roller Shades In Lee's Summit
Roller & Solar Shades in Lee's Summit, MO
Roller Shades and solar shades are one of the most popular requests we get from our clients in Lee's Summit. A screen fabric takes the afternoon glare off the TV and off the water at Lakewood and Raintree while you keep your view, and our own team measures, quotes and installs every shade.
Where It Fits In Lee's Summit
Where Roller Shades and solar shades fit in Lee's Summit
Lee's Summit has a lot of glass facing the lakes and a lot of west facing family rooms, and a Roller Shade handles both without covering up the view you bought the house for.
- Great rooms facing the lakeA 10% solar screen on the big windows at Lakewood or Raintree cuts the glare bouncing off the water and keeps the view crisp, so the room is comfortable again in the late afternoon.
- Walkout basement slidersPlenty of homes here have a walkout with a sliding door, and the handle gets in the way of most treatments. A Roller Shade with magnetic hold downs clears the handle and stays flat against the glass.
- Two stories off Ward RoadThe 1990s and 2000s two stories along Ward Road and Blue Parkway put the family room TV across from a west window. A 3% screen ends the glare and gives you daytime privacy from the yard behind you.
- New Longview and WintersetNewer homes in New Longview and Winterset have tall windows with simple trim, and a Roller Shade rolls up into a three inch roll at the top so the whole window is yours when you want it.
Worth Knowing
Choosing the right solar shade fabric for a room that faces water
When a west facing wall of glass looks out over Lakewood or Raintree Lake, the sun hits the room directly and then again off the water. That's why a family room feels fine at noon and is hard to sit in by late afternoon. Roller Shades are our first answer for that wall, because they do their job in the down position and roll out of the way when you want the view back. On a tall lake window we recommend a motor, and on the walkout slider below it we add hold downs so the shade stays put when the door opens.
The openness of the fabric is the first choice to make. A 10% screen keeps the view of the water crisp while it cuts the glare, and that's the pick for most lake rooms. A 3% screen gives you daytime privacy from the boats and the neighbor's dock while you still see out. Light filtering and decorative fabrics give full privacy day and night, and blackout is made for the primary bedroom. We carry thousands of fabrics, and your Design Specialist brings the samples to your home so you can hold them up in your own light.
Bedrooms need one more piece. Every Roller Shade has a small light gap down each side, and on an east facing bedroom at Raintree that gap shows up at sunrise, so we add side and bottom channels when a room has to be truly dark and we point that out at the consultation. Your itemized quote is written before we leave and held for 180 days. Interior shades run 4 to 6 weeks from order to install, and our full time Install Techs finish most Lee's Summit homes in one day. We also serve nearby Blue Springs, Raymore and Lake Lotawana.
What Comes As Standard
- ThousandsFabrics, solar screen to true blackout
- 1 to 10%Openness factors, matched to your glass
- CordlessStandard, with motorized on every line
- 4 to 6 wksOrder to final installation
- 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 Lee's Summit
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Lee's Summit 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 Roller Shades in Lee's Summit
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
Push up, pull down, nothing hanging. Standard on homes with children or pets.
Chain loop
Tensioned and anchored to the wall. Best on wide or tall shades where weight is a factor.
Powerwand
A motor inside a wand. The right answer when a window is just past comfortable reach.
Full automation
Schedules, scenes, sun sensors, app and voice. Set the west side once and forget it.
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Roller Shades questions from Lee's Summit homeowners
Yes. A 10% screen keeps the water and the far shore sharp while it takes the glare and a good share of the heat off the glass. If the neighbors' docks feel close, a 3% screen gives you daytime privacy and you still see out. At night any screen fabric shows the room once the lights are on, so bedrooms get a light filtering or blackout fabric instead.
Yes, sliding doors are one of the best places for a Roller Shade. We mount it so the shade clears the handle and add magnetic hold downs at the bottom so it stays flat when the door is in use. A wide slider that gets opened all summer is a good candidate for a motor, and the fabric can match the windows upstairs.
Not on its own. Every Roller Shade has a small gap down each side, and blackout fabric makes that gap easier to see. For a nursery or a primary bedroom that needs to be dark at six in the morning, we add side and bottom channels to close the gaps. Your Design Specialist will show you the difference at the window before you order.
It does, along with the size of each window, the operating system and the top treatment. A screen fabric on a Cordless Lift with an open roll costs less than a motorized shade with a cassette, and your Design Specialist puts each window on its own line of the quote so you can see where the money goes. The quote is exact and held for 180 days.
No. Our typical lead time is 4 to 6 weeks from order to install, and most Lee's Summit projects are installed in a single day. While you wait, we put up free paper temporary shades on every window you ordered for, and our Install Techs take them down on install day.
Yes. Every Roller Shade is covered by our Carefree Guarantee, which includes a lifetime product warranty that transfers to the next owner if you sell your home, plus our Five Year Service Guarantee on defects. If something goes wrong, you call our office and one of our Install Techs comes out to fix it.
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Roller Shades around Lee's Summit
We serve all of Lee's Summit, MO, including Downtown Lee's Summit, Lakewood, Raintree, New Longview, Winterset and Stoney Creek. ZIP codes 64063, 64064, 64081, 64082, 64086.
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