Enhance Your Home's Beauty with Automated Window Treatments

Explore the Benefits of Daylighting with Smart Shades

Did you know that natural light can reduce stress, improve moods, increase focus, and even lower blood pressure due to its effect on nitric oxide? And yet, as direct sunlight enters our homes, we close the shades, protecting furniture and artwork from damaging UV rays.

According to a U.S. Department of Energy study, 75 percent of us leave them there, missing out on the health benefits natural light brings. At the same time, we're also missing out on reduced energy consumption as natural light is one of the best ambient light sources for our homes. And it's free!

So, how do you let the life-affirming gift of natural light into your home in Kansas City, MO? The answer lies in motorized window treatments. Let's discover how these smart window coverings can help you enjoy natural light just a little more.

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Motorized Shades for Industrial and Modern Homes

Before we foray into natural light, we'd like to dispel a myth. Yes, motorized shades are ideal for industrial and modern homes. However, with the nearly limitless choices in fabrics, they're also suitable for just about any home's aesthetics.

Even more important, motorized window coverings come in many styles. You can find them in sheer draperies that offer an elegant feel. Wood blinds bring a warm, organic look. Roman shades are also growing in popularity, customizable by color, fabric, and style. Horizontal sheer blinds offer the perfect union of soft elegance and precision control.

Managing Daylight

Life gets busy, and adjusting shades throughout the day falls by the wayside. Motorized shades take the task off your hands, automatically adjusting as the sun arcs across the sky. At daybreak, they open, illuminating your home in the diffuse sunlight of early morning. 

Depending on your home's position and architectural makeup, the east-facing shades may remain open, experiencing indirect sunlight for most of the day. West-facing shades lower in the hotter afternoons when direct light enters your home.
In the winter, southern-facing window coverings open, taking advantage of the sun's warmth. In the summer, these same shades close, reducing solar heat gain.
It becomes a dance, with the shades raising and lowering, filling your home with filtered sunlight while protecting it from direct, intense sunlight. In the evening, after the sun sets, all your shades lower for privacy.

Varying Opacities

Should you be working in the home office or tuning into the news during the day, and the sun's glare makes it difficult to see, close the affected shade with the touch of a button or a voice command.

These shades also come in varying opacities and materials, some designed to prevent glare, an ideal solution for home offices. You can even retain your view of the outside with an open weave or completely block out the light with room-darkening blinds, an ideal solution for bedrooms and media rooms.

Are you ready to experience the many benefits and beauty smart window treatments bring? At Applause Custom Sight & Sound, we're passionate about sharing the lifestyle today's tailored automated technology offers. For a free consultation, please contact us at (913) 498-1183, use the live chat box below, or fill out our contact form.