Motorized Shades Provide Child Safety for Parenting Blogger

Parenting blogger and fostering advocate Katie knew it was time to upgrade her children’s window coverings. As a busy mom of three children under 4-years-old and a frequent foster parent, Katie is always thinking of safety first. When she moved into her new home, she realized how good her kids were at finding new things to play with…like blind cords. 

As she wrote on her blog Wood and Grace, “I knew that I needed to do something to get these cords out of the way!”

Katie is definitely right about cords being a big safety hazard to children and pets. In fact, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission names corded window treatments as one of the top five hidden hazards in American homes. 

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When it came time to update her children’s window coverings, this stylish blogger already had an idea of what would be the right solution. Her living room features giant, beautiful windows. But unfortunately, those windows let in a lot of sun. Since she already had motorized shades in the living room, she knew the benefits of motorization in terms of convenience and energy savings. Plus, she already loved being able to control her shades using app and voice control.

“Not only was this a huge help to get the hazardous cords out of reach for the littles, but it helped SO much to tame the sun at peak times,” she wrote on her blog. 

Partnering with Somfy and LuTek, now her children’s rooms are as stylish and modern as her living room. She chose an easy-to-clean shade fabric because even the most well-behaved child can be messy sometimes. She also opted for blackout shades to ensure better nap times with fewer distractions.  

Her kids already love living with their new motorized shades! Her son enjoys telling Alexa to lower his shades, and all the children enjoy opening and closing the shades with their remote. Best of all, Katie can now schedule the shades to close at nap and bedtime automatically every day with Somfy’s myLink app. 

Watch Katie’s testimonial (and see her cute kids) below: 

“The things we love most about the Somfy motorized roller shades are the convenience and safety they bring to our whole family!” – Wood and Grace blog 

Click here to read the full post on the Wood and Grace blog!