Wood & Faux Wood Blinds In Prairie Village
Wood & Faux Wood Blinds in Prairie Village, KS
Wood blinds and faux wood blinds from Solar Shield Blinds give the front of a Prairie Village home a clean, even look in every window, and the slats tilt for daytime privacy while you keep the view. On the ranches and Cape Cods off 75th Street, they're also the lowest initial investment of anything we install.
Where It Fits In Prairie Village
Where Wood & Faux Wood Blinds fit in Prairie Village
Slatted blinds are the lowest cost way into custom window treatments, and on a 1950s ranch they look like they were part of the original plan. These are the rooms where they earn it.
- Front elevationsA row of white blinds across the front of a Cape Cod reads clean from the street, and tilted slats let you see the sidewalk while the room stays private.
- Kitchens and bathroomsSteam over the sink and the tub is hard on real wood. Faux wood is an engineered polymer that won't crack, chip or fade, and it matches the painted trim in an updated kitchen off Nall.
- Kids' roomsThe small bedrooms under the eaves are where the kids sleep and play. A cordless lift has no accessible cord anywhere on the blind, which makes it the safe choice for those rooms.
- Stained trim in the denWhere a remodel kept the original stained wood, a real wood blind takes a matching stain and disappears into the casing as if it had always been there.
Good To Know
Slats, tilt, and the view from the curb
The reason wood blinds suit Prairie Village is the street. These houses sit close to the sidewalk, close to each other, and the front windows are what everybody sees from the car on the way to Corinth Square. A wood or faux wood blind gives a clean, level look across every one of them, and the slats can be tilted for daytime privacy while you still see the yard and the neighbor's dog going by. Inside, the blind sits in a shallow casing better than a lot of other treatments, and a painted slat matches the painted trim that most of these houses kept.
Real wood or faux is the first choice. The real thing is lighter, so a wide blind lifts easily, and it takes a stain to match original trim in a den or a hallway. Faux wood handles the steam in a kitchen or a bathroom and costs less. Both come in whites and painted colors that match trim, and both tilt for privacy with a view. Then choose the lift: a cord free option for any room with kids or pets, which in this neighborhood is most rooms. Our Design Specialist brings the slat samples so you can hold them up to your own trim.
A blind is not a blackout. Tilted closed, the slats still let light through at the edges and between the slats, so a primary bedroom that needs to be dark for a day sleeper wants a Roller Shade with channels or a room darkening Honeycomb Shade instead. For everything else, a blind is the lowest initial investment we offer. The consultation is free, at your house, with every window measured and an itemized quote on the spot that holds for 180 days. Interior blinds average 4 to 6 weeks, and our Install Techs are done in less than a day on most houses.
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 Prairie Village
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Prairie Village 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 Prairie Village
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 Prairie Village homeowners
Yes. Faux wood and real wood both come in whites and painted colors, and we bring the samples to your house so you can hold them against your own trim in your own light. If the remodel kept stained wood in a den or a hallway, a real wood blind takes a stain to match. From the street, a consistent white across the front is what most Prairie Village houses go with.
It is. Faux wood doesn't mind the steam from a shower, and a north facing bath in one of these houses stays damp longer in winter. It tilts for privacy from the driveway while letting daylight over the top, and it wipes clean. Real wood is the better fit for the dry rooms, so we put faux in the bath and real wood in the den.
Tilted, yes. Angle the slats up and someone on the sidewalk on Mission Road sees ceiling, while you see the street and the trees. That's the reason people pick blinds for a front room over a shade they'd have to keep raised or lowered. At night with the lights on, close the slats fully, and while a little light shows at the edges but nobody sees in.
Cord free options are, and that's what we recommend in any room with kids or pets. There's no loop to catch and no cord for a small hand to pull, and the blind lifts and lowers with a gentle push. A small bedroom under the eaves of a Cape Cod is exactly the room where we start with cordless.
Most of the time. A blind's headrail is slim enough for the casings in a lot of Prairie Village houses, and where the depth is short we mount it on the trim with a valance so it still looks finished. Our Design Specialist measures every opening at the consultation, so you'll know before you order which windows get an inside mount.
Yes. Real wood is lighter, so it stays easy to lift on a wide window, while faux wood is denser and a wide blind gets heavy and can bow over time. On the wide window in a Prairie Village family room addition, we'll recommend real wood or split the opening into two blinds, and your Design Specialist settles that when every opening is measured.
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Wood & Faux Wood Blinds around Prairie Village
We serve all of Prairie Village, KS, including Corinth Hills, Somerset Hills, Prairie Hills, Town & Country Estates, Ridgeview Heights and Meadowbrook. ZIP codes 66206, 66207, 66208.
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