Roller Shades In Olathe
Roller Shades & Solar Shades in Olathe, KS
Roller Shades are one of the most popular products we install in Olathe, and a solar shade fabric is a big reason why. It takes the harsh sunlight, heat and glare off your family room while you keep your view of the backyard, then rolls up out of sight when you want the whole window back.
Where It Fits In Olathe
Where Roller Shades fit in Olathe homes
From the smaller windows in Original Town to the big glass in Cedar Creek and west Olathe, a Roller Shade suits just about any window in the city.
- Great rooms in west OlatheThe newer homes in Prairie Farms and Stonebridge have tall windows and trees that are still small. A 3% solar screen takes the heat and glare off the room and keeps the yard in view.
- Lake views in Cedar CreekHomes around Shadow Lake have a view you want to keep. A 10% screen keeps the view out very crisp during the day while it cuts the glare coming into the room.
- Nurseries and playroomsCordless Lift, PowerWand and Motorized Roller Shades have no chain for little hands to reach. Blackout fabric with side and bottom channels makes a dark room for an afternoon nap.
- Original Town windowsThe older homes near Santa Fe Street have deeper casings and wood trim. An inside mounted Roller Shade keeps that trim on display and rolls up into a three inch roll at the top of the window.
Worth Knowing
Choosing the right fabric and operating system for your Olathe windows
The fabric choice is what matters the most with a Roller Shade, and we have thousands of fabrics for you to choose from. Solar shades, also called solar screens, are rated by openness, which is how much of the weave is open. A 10% screen cuts some glare and heat and keeps a crisp view out, which suits a family room facing the backyard. A 3% screen gives you good daytime privacy and a softer view, which suits a front room facing the street. Light filtering and decorative fabrics give full privacy day and night, and blackout and room darkening fabrics have no openness at all.
Then you choose how it operates. Standard Chain Loop is anchored to the casing with a child safe hold down, Cordless Lift raises with a light push on the bottom rail, PowerWand lifts the shade with the touch of a button on a rechargeable wand, and Motorized shades run from a remote, the app, a wall switch, or your voice. For the tall great room windows in Arbor Creek and Cedar Creek, a motor is the easiest way to reach them. Curved and square cassettes, a fascia, or a fabric or wood cornice can finish the top of the window.
Every Roller Shade leaves a small light gap down each side, because the fabric has to roll freely on the tube. If you want a truly dark bedroom in your Olathe home, we pair blackout fabric with side and bottom channels. Your Design Specialist will point this out at the window and bring the samples to your home so you can see each fabric in your own light. You'll get a complete and exact quote on the spot, your order takes 4 to 6 weeks from order to installation, and our Install Techs finish most homes in one day.
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 Olathe
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Olathe 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 Olathe
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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Straight Answers
Roller Shades questions from Olathe homeowners
A solar shade is a Roller Shade made with a screen fabric. The screen has a set openness, so it cuts the glare and heat from the sun while you still see out. We carry screens, decorative fabrics and blackout fabrics on the same Roller Shade, so each room in your Olathe home can get the fabric that fits it best.
No. Once the lights come on inside, any screen fabric lets people see in, and in the newer Olathe subdivisions the houses sit close together. For bedrooms and rooms facing the street, choose a light filtering or blackout fabric, or run two shades on one headrail, a solar screen and a blackout, so you can pick the right one for the time of day.
Yes, and it's one of the best places for one. Magnetic hold downs keep the bottom rail in place when the door opens and closes, and a motor makes a wide patio door one button to run. Your Design Specialist checks the handle and the casing depth at the consultation so the shade clears the door.
Yes. Cordless Lift, PowerWand and Motorized Roller Shades have no accessible cord or chain, and we only offer cordless products through vendors certified Best for Kids by the Window Covering Safety Council. If a high window needs a chain, it gets a child safe hold down anchored to the casing.
Our typical lead time for Roller Shades is 4 to 6 weeks from order to final installation, and most Olathe projects are installed in one day. We put free paper temporary shades on every window you order for in the meantime, so you are never living with bare glass while you wait.
Yes. The size of each window, the fabric, the operating system, any cassette or fascia, and motorization all go into the price. Your Design Specialist writes a complete and exact itemized quote at your kitchen table, so you can compare options before you commit, and that price holds for 180 days.
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We serve all of Olathe, KS, including Original Town, Cedar Creek, Arbor Creek, Havencroft, Persimmon Hill, Forest View, Prairie Farms and Stonebridge. ZIP codes 66061, 66062.
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