Kid-Safe Window Treatments
With our cordless blinds, it’s possible to have children AND nice things. Although wildly adorable, children can be destructive creatures that seem intent on ruining their parents' most loved and expensive items. Fear not though, parents, because we will lead you to the golden pot of knowledge when it comes to kid-proof window treatments that look and feel like a million bucks… even after your kids have touched them.
First, Let’s Talk About Safety
Children are curious by nature. It’s one of the many reasons adults cherish a child’s spirit. Kids want to touch, taste, play, pull, and push anything they can get their hands on. But when it comes to blinds with cords that dangle within reach, a curious child can become endangered by strangulation and potentially die.
Over 270 children have died from corded blinds. It is a devastating reality that is important to acknowledge and prevent. The cords make noise, they dangle, they move; all interesting elements for a young kid. It only takes a moment for a child to become entangled.
Our selection of kid-proof window treatments make it easy to avoid this horrific incident by offering cordless blinds in different fabrics, sizes, and colors. Parents don’t have to compromise style for safety. We make it possible to have both.
Retrofitted Motorized Solutions for Your Existing Shades
If you can’t afford to buy all new cordless blinds, we suggest retrofitting the ones you have to be motorized and cordless.
Budget Blinds can retrofit any kind of window treatment produced by any manufacturer and purchased before 2001. This is our most affordable option for child safety. We encourage this solution if you’ve got corded blinds that you’re not ready to give up just yet.
Retrofitting a fast fix to reducing child hazard risks like choking and strangulation. By offering this service, we hope to make cordless blinds and shades more attainable for all families. Who says you can’t protect your kids while also keeping your existing window treatments? Not us!
Window Film
Window film can be a really fun solution for kid-safe window treatments. Budget Blinds offers tons of different styles and designs, including themes that children will love to look at for years to come. Window film is an excellent option for a fast, easy, and affordable way to protect your child’s privacy while also keeping them safe.
Window film will adhere to the window with professional grade adhesive. This option makes a lot of sense for people with kids, because kids eventually grow up and window film is easy to remove. If you find that you don’t love the idea of window film, but your child does, you can remove the film in the future when your child is older.
Let's consider another scenario: your child has picked a themed window film for their bedroom, and as they’ve grown older, they’ve changed their mind on the design. This is a probable scenario that lots of parents have experienced. Because if you have children you know—kids are always changing their minds.
With window film, switching the design is incredibly easy.
Shutters
Shutters are not only beautiful, but they are one of the most safest window treatments on the market when it comes to kids. Because shutters are cordless and sturdy, they can withstand the wear and tear of children while keeping them safe, too.
Shutters are easy to manipulate for sunlight exposure. If you have a small child who still naps, shutters are easy to close in order to block out sunlight. They look great, are easy to use, and stand the test of time (and kids).
Roller Shades
We might be biased, but we think our roller shades are the best in the market. Roller shades are an optimal window treatment solution for several reasons, with child safety being one of them. Our automated roller shades function on a remote control and can be integrated with your smart home devices.
This means that wherever you are in your home, you can draw the shades up or down with a simple touch of your remote. Roller shades are great window treatments for windows that fall out of reach or rooms with multiple windows. We offer roller shades in more than 240 different fabrics, with many styles and colors to match your preferences and home decor.
Keep It Simple
As a partner in the Window Covering Safety Council’s Best for Kids™ Certification Program, we’re dedicated to helping parents make smart decisions when choosing the right window treatments for their home. If you’re confused about which solution is right for your family, we’d love to help you figure it out.