Window Covering Safety, Child-Safe Shades

The safety of our customers is a top priority for us here at Altra Home Decor. For years, we’ve helped customers from throughout the Scottsdale and Phoenix areas select safe and stylish window treatments. Since 1995, the window treatment industry has been focused on reducing the threat of injury to children posed by looped window treatments. Converting to newer window treatments or retrofitting your old ones is critically important to the safety of the young children and even pets in your home. One of our most popular products with a focus on child safety is our Vignette® Modern Roman Shades. Constructed without rear cords, these stylish and versatile window shades offer safe operation and an aesthetically pleasing design.

As a Hunter Douglas window fashions dealer, we carry a wide variety of stylish window treatments designed with safety in mind. From cordless manual and motorized operating systems, retractable lift cords, cord tensioners and wand controls, we offer a wide array of innovative lifting system options for enhanced child and pet safety as well as especially easy operation. With our extensive selection of contemporary styles, you’re sure to find the perfect choice for every room in your home.

Are Your Window Coverings Safe?

Take these steps to make sure your window treatments don’t pose a threat to children and pets:

Replace all window treatments with cords, including window blinds, corded shades and corded draperies manufactured before 2001. More recently produced window coverings include safety features such as loop control, cordless operation, wand pull, and motorization that don’t require cords.
Be particularly conscious of the window coverings in children’s bedrooms and play areas. Even with safe window coverings, move all cribs, beds, furniture and toys that be climbed on away from windows, preferably to another wall
Keep all window pull cords and inner lift cords away from out of the reach of children. Keep tassel pull cords short, and make sure continuous-loop cords are permanently anchored to the floor or wall. Ensure that cord stops are properly installed and adjusted to limit movement of inner lift cords.
When horizontal blinds or shades are lowered, ensure cords are locked into position.
Use safety features such as cord cleats and tensioning devices to improve the safety of your window treatments.

Here are some child-safe Hunter Douglas window fashions products:

Vignette® Modern Roman Shades
Skyline® Gliding Window Panels
Silhouette® Window Shadings
Provenance® Woven Wood Shades
Pirouette® Window Shadings
Natural Elements™ Blinds
Nantucket™ Window Shadings
Modern Precious Metals® Aluminum Blinds
Luminette® Privacy Sheers
EverWood® Collection
Duette® Honeycomb Shades
Country Woods® Wood Blinds
Chalet Woods® Wood Blinds
Brilliance® Pleated Shades
Applause® Honeycomb Shades

Look through our child safety brochure for more information about the innovative operating system options available on individual Hunter Douglas product collections. For additional information and repair kits for older Hunter Douglas window covering products, please visit The Window Covering Safety Council website.

Child Safe Window Treatments in Scottsdale AZ

Altra Home Decor is your source for window treatments, custom drapery, flooring, and more! Stop by our showroom in Surprise, AZ, serving the greater Phoenix area, to view or full-size window treatment displays and sample books. Contact us today to schedule an in-home design consultation!