5 Reasons to Choose Motorized Room-Darkening Shades for Bedrooms

Content creator Lauren Shaver touts the benefits of automated window-covering schedules in her daughter’s bedroom.

Lauren Shaver confesses that she is not a morning person, and her younger daughter inherited her dislike of the rising sun. That’s why the creative force behind the home decor and DIY blog Bless’er House turned to motorized window shades with remote control and automated scheduling from LEVOLOR®.

Lauren sets the LEVOLOR InMotion™ Motorized Natural Shades with room-darkening liners to automatically close at her daughter’s bedtime and to rise each weekday morning.

“In the mornings, when we’re getting ready for school, her alarm clock goes off and her shades go up,” Lauren said. “She has to fight a little harder to stay asleep.”

But when the shades are closed, the room-darkening liner minimizes light and maximizes privacy.

Let’s explore five reasons to choose motorized room-darkening window shades to create a peaceful bedroom.

Privacy shades are a priority for bedroom windows. When bedtime arrives at Lauren’s house, the shades automatically close in her daughter’s bedroom. That’s because she created a schedule in the LEVOLOR InMotion app that triggers the bedtime scene: room-darkening shades fully closed. Now her daughter can get ready for bed confident that her motorized room-darkening Natural Shades create a private haven perfect for sleeping. 

When it comes to selecting room-darkening window shades made of natural materials for bedrooms — whether you’re considering bamboo blinds or woven natural-fiber window shades — it’s best to add a liner. Natural fibers such as bamboo reeds, sisal, and jute allow some light through due to the method of weaving them together and variations in thickness. Adding a liner will ensure the room can be darkened for a midafternoon nap or a good night’s sleep. 

• Airy weaves are the most open and will admit the most light when installed without a liner
• Balanced weaves have a tighter construction that resembles fabric.
• Sturdy weaves, often called woven wood blinds, combine bamboo reeds of varying sizes woven together to add structure and texture.

Lauren’s Natural Shades in Marshmallow  from the Thrive Collection add a hint of texture under her DIY draperies. 

LEVOLOR custom room-darkening Natural Shades can be ordered without a liner or customized with light-filtering or room-darkening liners.

• Light-filtering liners soften light and enhance privacy.
• Room-darkening liners minimize light and maximize privacy.
• Natural Shades without liners soften the light but have minimal privacy.

Liners provide a consistent look for your home exterior because they are white on the street-facing side. The interior-facing color — white, tan, brown, or black —  is preselected based on what best complements the selected weave.

Lauren opted for the room-darkening liner on the shades for her daughter’s bedroom for both privacy and light control, especially for daytime naps.

Marshmallow, an off-white material that combines bamboo, reeds, and grasses, to create an organic, textured look that softens the windows and complements her daughter’s nature-themed bedroom decor.

LEVOLOR Natural Shades come in over 30 color and material options ranging from classic bamboo patterns and warm neutrals to rich textures and elegant organic patterns.

Lauren says InMotion automation simplifies her life, especially when it comes to helping her younger daughter get to school on time.

LEVOLOR motorized shades can be customized to the level of automation you need. Choose motorized window shades with remote control for a simple, convenient way to adjust the shades while in the room. Add the LEVOLOR hub to open up a wide array of functions via the InMotion app.

• Smart-home integration: Use the app and hub with smart home systems such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home.
• Voice control: Just tell your smart system to open or close your shades.
• Scenes: Create scenes that move your shades into your favorite positions.
• Automated scheduling: Create routines to activate scenes such as wake up, start vacation mode, and block mid-day glare.

Installing motorized shades is simple — just follow the instruction guide and use standard tools, such as measuring tape, a screwdriver, a drill, a level, and a ladder. Ensure the motorized shade is paired with the remote and/or InMotion app before installation.

• Download the LEVOLOR InMotion app.
• Use the plus and minus buttons on the remote to select the pairing channel.
• Press and hold the programming button on the shade for about two seconds until the shade jogs once.
• In the next 10 seconds, press and hold the stop button (the square symbol) on the remote until the shade jogs twice.
• Use the app to guide you through setup.

While the shade can be paired using the app, we recommend pairing with the remote first.

LEVOLOR motorized Natural Shades can be customized to be mounted inside the window frame (inside mount) or mounted above the window frame (outside mount). 

Read the detailed installation instructions for motorized Natural Shades to understand the particulars of each installation style.

LEVOLOR motorized Natural Shades come with a 10-year Limited Lifetime Warranty. The motorized operating system comes with a five-year Limited Lifetime Warranty. Proper care and cleaning of Natural Shades will help them last so you can enjoy them longer. Regular care includes dusting with a feather duster and using canned compressed air to blow away dust and debris.

Parents of young children have to become master jugglers, especially when their children are young and require constant supervision. Now that she’s living with LEVOLOR motorized shades in her home, Lauren wishes she’d had that hands-free convenience when her kids were younger.

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