Wood & Faux Wood Blinds In Leawood
Wood & Faux Wood Blinds in Leawood, KS
Our Solar Shield Blinds wood blinds take a stain, so a study with stained trim and built in bookcases in a Leawood home along Nall gets a blind matched to the wood. Faux wood blinds go in the baths and over the kitchen sink, where the steam is, and both tilt for daytime privacy while you keep the view.
Where It Fits In Leawood
Where Wood & Faux Wood Blinds fit in Leawood
Stained wood blinds in the paneled rooms, faux wood in the baths and the kitchen, and cordless everywhere the grandchildren stay: that's how blinds get used in a Leawood house.
- Studies and libraries with stained trimThe paneled study in a home south of 135th has stained trim and bookcases. Real wood takes stain, so the blind matches the casing and the slats read as part of the millwork.
- Primary and guest bathsThe primary bath in a newer home toward 151st and the hall bath in an Old Leawood ranch both steam up. Faux wood is an engineered polymer that won't crack, chip or fade, and it looks like painted wood from a step away.
- Guest rooms for the grandchildrenCord free options mean no loop in the guest room where the grandchildren sleep. The blind lifts by hand, and there's nothing for a toddler to reach.
- Street facing windowsFrom the front walk on Mission Road the slats line up in every window, which is the clean, even look the front of a traditional home wants and a mix of treatments never gives.
Worth Knowing
Stain matching, louver width, and where faux wood belongs
Real wood is the blind for the rooms that show. It's lighter than faux wood, which matters on the wide windows in a formal living room, and it takes stain, so our Design Specialist matches it to the trim in the study or the cherry in the dining room in a home near 143rd and Mission. Painted wood in white and off white matches the painted trim in the newer homes. Faux wood is for the rooms that get wet. It handles the steam in a primary bath and the humidity over a kitchen sink, and from a step back it looks like painted wood.
Tilting slats are the reason a blind still makes sense in a Leawood home. Tilt them up a little and you see the yard while a neighbor on the sidewalk sees the ceiling, close them and the room is private in daylight. From the front walk the slats line up in every window, which is the even, tailored look the front of a traditional home along Mission Road needs. Cord free options are the default for a guest room where the grandchildren stay and for a house with a dog that sits at the window. The samples come to your house, and every window is measured on site.
Blinds are the lowest initial investment of anything custom we install. They are not a blackout product, though, and slivers of light come through at the slat edges in a bedroom, so we'll suggest a shade for the primary bedroom and blinds for the study and the baths. The consultation is free, the itemized quote is written on the spot and held 180 days, and the lead time averages 4 to 6 weeks. Our own full time Install Techs finish most whole house blind jobs in less than a day.
What Comes As Standard
- Tilting slatsDaytime privacy with the view kept
- Faux woodFor bathrooms, kitchens and steam
- Real woodLighter, and takes stain properly
- CordlessLift and wand tilt as standard
- 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.
Operating Systems
Four ways to operate Wood & Faux Wood Blinds in Leawood
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
Raise and lower by hand with no cord on the blind.
Wand tilt
A wand controls slat angle. The standard tilt control.
Cordless lift and lock
Holds position anywhere without a cord lock.
Bliss automation
Motorized tilt and lift, scheduled or on demand.
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Straight Answers
Wood & Faux Wood Blinds questions from Leawood homeowners
Yes. Real wood takes stain, and our Design Specialist matches it against the actual trim in your dining room or study in your own light, which is the best way to get the cherry or walnut in a home near 143rd and Mission right. Faux wood comes in painted whites and off whites, so it goes in the baths where stain doesn't matter.
Not in the right rooms. A stained wood blind with a wide slat in a paneled study or a breakfast room reads as part of the millwork. In the formal living and dining rooms, most Leawood homeowners layer drapery or a Roman shade instead. We'll walk the house with you and say which rooms want which.
Yes. Steam from a shower is hard on real wood, and faux wood won't crack, chip or fade. The primary bath in a newer home toward 151st and the hall bath in an old Leawood ranch both get faux wood, and from a step away it reads as painted wood. Use real wood in the living spaces and the study where it shows.
Cord free options come in both wood and faux wood, and for a guest room where the grandchildren sleep, that's the version we install. Nothing hangs down for a toddler to reach, and you raise the blind by pushing up on the bottom rail.
Real wood is the lighter of the two, which matters on the wide mid century picture windows near State Line, where a heavy faux wood blind is a chore to lift. On the widest openings we split the blind into two on one headrail so each half lifts easily. Every window is measured on site, and the split shows on the quote.
Yes. Routeless slats have no route holes, so more of the light stays out when the blind is tilted closed, and that's a good choice for a guest room or a study that faces the morning sun. They still won't give you the full blackout of a room darkening shade, so for a Leawood primary bedroom that needs to be truly dark, we'll show you a shade or a drapery layered over the blind.
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Wood & Faux Wood Blinds 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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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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