Best Window Treatments For Kids And Pets in Tampa

January 17, 2019

When everyone is inside for long batches of time, your home might start to feel smaller than it is. Main rooms, like living and family rooms, can easily fill up with play things. Wall hangings and window treatments can get damaged during a lively game of tag or hot lava innocent roughhousing a quick game of inside catch. Finger smudges and nose prints can be seen on any surface, detailing exactly what rooms your family was in.

Like everything else in your house it should come as no surprise that you probably already know that you should have some heavy-duty window treatments for kids and pets in Tampa. They should be simple to clean and a snap to operate -- and able to hold up to an active family. And the first step is ditching those easily broken window shades and blinds and switching to something better like a faux wood plantation shutter.

Parents Lifting Child In Front of Window Treatments

The Reasoning Against Blinds, Shades, And Curtains

Hanging blinds have a habit of breaking around pets and kid in Tampa. Most blinds are constructed with a series of thin slats that are held up on each side by thin cords. This allows the blind to sway against the window. This makes the blind light and flexible. These window treatments can adequately cover your windows, but they can break during a bit of roughhousing. A swift jostle or a fuzzy face peeping through the slats can rip a slat off the cord or break it. Plus, any cords dangling down can be a hazard for both kids and animals.

Curtain panels may not fare any better with kids and pets. Because they are suspended from a rod without anything underneath, they can torn down with a few good tugs. Ones that extend to the baseboards are the perfect height for a small child or curious pups to grab onto. Keeping them clean also becomes a problem, as erasing ink handprints or paw markings anything past everyday wear-and-tear or pet paw prints and handprints will have to wait until you can take a trip to the professional dry cleaners.

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

Mom and daughter in front of window

Faux wood plantation shutters, like our Polywood® shutters, are the best option to withstand your family. Plantation shutters help you direct light, but use a solid craftsmanship instead of using flimsy cords. With sturdy louvers and a rigid tilt rod, they can withstand your energetic kids and frisky pets.

Faux wood shutters are also perfect for children and animals because they are much easier to clean than blinds and don’t warp, yellow, or crack. The strong composite material can take almost anything thrown at them -- no matter what challenge your family thinks up so stop worrying about finding replacement window treatments. Plantation shutters are also cord-free, which makes them the safest window treatment for your kids. And if anything does happen, Polywood® shutters are backed with a Lifetime Warranty.

Plantation Shutters Can Make A Positive Study Center In Tampa

Family room with wall map and plantation shutters

While durable plantation shutters can stand up to your kids’ whole house game of tag, they can also create a calming learning space. Outside light can motivate young brains, but sun glare can disrupt learning. Fortunately, you can angle your shutters so that no matter what time of day learning occurs, you can bring the light in or block the glare out. Sun glare is never a problem for your “students” because they won't get the glare in their eyes.

To help with online classes, you can close the louvers completely to suppress outside clatter. Now, the sound of traffic or lawnmowers won’t distract your students. Your learners won’t complain about heat loss in their learning space, as your shutters also keep everything comfortable due to Polywood’s® energy-efficiency benefits. And if art class happens to be more than expected, just rub the debris off your plantation shutters with a damp rag.

Let A Sunburst Rep Help You Family-Proof Your Window Treatments

You could just leave the the blinds up and keep on yelling about touching the curtains. Or you can have a professional demonstrate how plantation shutters are the perfect window treatment for kids and pets. To schedule a no cost in-home or virtual design consultation, contact us at 813-580-7288 or complete the form below today.

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