The Top Window Treatments For Kids And Pets in Riverside

January 17, 2019

When everyone is inside for long stretches of time, your home might start feeling smaller than ever. Main play areas, like family rooms and bedrooms, can easily be overcome with stuff. Wall photos and window treatments could possibly get destroyed during a lively game of chase or hot lava the usual roughhousing a quick game of inside catch. Finger smudges and nose prints can be seen on any item, letting you know exactly which rooms your family was in.

Like everything else in your home it should come as no shock that you probably already know that you should have some heavy-duty window treatments for kids and pets in Riverside. They should be easy to clean and a snap to use -- and able to withstand most family activities. That means ditching those brittle window shades and blinds and switching to a better treatment like a faux wood plantation shutter.

Parents Lifting Child In Front of Window Treatments

The Reasoning Against Blinds And Curtains

Hanging blinds have a habit of breaking around children and pets in Riverside. Most blinds are made using long slats that are suspended on the sides by cords. This allows the blind to be light and flexible. This makes the window treatment light and flexible. These window treatments can adequately cover your windows, but they can damage easily during a bout of horseplay. A quick hit or a fuzzy face peeping through the slats can rip a slat from the cord or snap it apart. Plus, any cords dangling can become a safety issue for both kids and animals.

Curtains may not hold up much better with kids or animals. Because they hang loosely from a rod above the frame, they can be pulled down with a few good tugs. Those curtains that hang to the ground are the length for cruising toddlers or climbing cats to grab onto. Keeping them clean also poses a problem, as cleaning paint-covered handprints or paw markings anything past everyday wear-and-tear or pet paw prints and handprints will be there until you can take a trip to the cleaners.

Polywood Plantation Shutters Are The Best Window Treatments For Kids and Pets In Riverside

Mom and daughter in front of window

Faux wood plantation shutters, such as our Polywood® shutters, are the top window treatment to stand up to your kids and pets. Shutters easily handle outside light, but use a solid craftsmanship instead of relying on delicate cords like blinds. With solid louvers and a rigid tilt rod, they can withstand your energetic kids and frisky pets.

Faux wood shutters are also perfect for kids and animals because they clean easier than blinds or curtains and will never warp, splinter, or crack. The specially formatted faux wood can take about everything thrown at them -- no matter what challenge your family thinks up so don’t worry about finding replacement window treatments. All plantation shutters are free of cords, which makes them the safest window covering for small children. And if your shutters do break, Polywood® shutters are backed with a Lifetime Warranty.

Plantation Shutters Can Make A Constructive Study Space In Riverside

Family room with wall map and plantation shutters

While Polywood® plantation shutters can withstand your kids’ whole house game of tag, they can also help create an effective learning space. Outside light can inspire young minds, but sun glare can distract from learning. Luckily, you can adjust your shutters so that whenever learning occurs, you can let the light in or block the glare out. Sun glare never is an issue for your “students” because they won't get the sun in their eyes.

If your kids are doing online classes, you can close the louvers completely to suppress outside sound. Now, birds or lawn equipment won’t distract your students. Your learners can’t even complain about heat loss in their learning space, as your faux wood shutters also keep your rooms the perfect temperature due to Polywood’s® energy-efficiency properties. And if science experiments happens to get out of hand, just rub the goop off your plantation shutters with a damp rag.

Have A Sunburst Representative Help You Family-Proof Your Windows

You could put the blinds up and keep on lecturing about touching the curtains. Or you can have a Sunburst representative demonstrate how faux wood plantation shutters are the best window treatment for your family. To book a free in-home or virtual design consultation, call 951-517-3030 or send in the form below today.

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