When it comes to choosing window treatments most consumers
consider color, style, and even privacy. If young children or pets are around
the home, then cord control should be another important factor in selecting
your window treatments. It’s not just for young families to be considering
this, it’s also Grandparents and people with pets that should keep safety in
mind.
Although today's window fashions come with built-in
cord-safety features, the Window Covering Safety Council believes cordless
window coverings are the best choice for use in children's bedrooms and any
area of the home where children spend time playing.
In fact, cordless designs are rapidly gaining favour with
consumers and decorators because of their "clean" look and streamlined
design. Most traditionally corded window fashions are available in
"cordless" styles through the use of spring-loaded mechanisms,
battery- or motor-operated lift controls, or simple wand pulls. When combined
with the scores of new fashion looks in today's window coverings, consumers can
pick from a wide choice of high-style cordless designs.
Hunter Douglas shades are the perfect fit for style and
child and pet safety with their LiteRise operating system. This product offers
a spring-loaded cordless operation, to raise or lower the blind simply pull or push
on the center of the rail. Hunter
Douglas also offers their child and pet safe UltraGlide control lifting
system. This system is a retractable
cord that does not get longer, does not form a loop, and is great for those
hard to reach windows.
Other pet and child safe products include:
- Hunter Douglas verticals with the PermAssure Safety Wand, which both tilts and traverses the vanes.
- Roller Shades with spring plus SoftRise(cordless).
- Country Woods or other Horizontals with the LiteRise cordless option or the Powertilt motorized option with remote or wall switch.
- You can also add PoweRise, a motorized option to a number of products as well.
- With
Silhouette,
- The Hunter Douglas Alustra Collection of Duette, Silhouette, Vignette and Woven Textures all come standard with the child safe UltraGlide control.
Stop in at Sheila’s Window Toppers & More to inquire
more about these products!
