What Are The Best Child-Safe Blinds for Kids Rooms?

When designing and furnishing a child’s bedroom, nursery, or playroom, safety should always come first—followed by function. You seek this balance in the furniture you choose—and this should also include your window treatments.

At Rebarts Blinds & Shades, we’ve been a trusted, local, family-owned Hunter Douglas dealer for over 30 years. We understand the importance of combining style, functionality, and child safety as you furnish your home.

We offer a wide selection of cordless blinds guaranteed to bounce back, functional and fashionable shades, and nursery curtains to add levels of light and privacy to a space. Together’ we will dicuss some child-safe blind, shade, shutter, and drapery options that provide a peace of mind while enhancing your home.

Traditional blinds with cords pose a serious hazard for young children. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) worked together to pass federal safety regulations. In June 2024, the ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2022) eliminates corded window coverings to reduce strangulation risks for children. This means all custom-made window treatments, as well as stock products sold in stores and online, must now be cordless or have fully inaccessible cords and should also avoid tilt cords, and continuous loops.

At Rebarts Blinds & Shades, we prioritize safety in every product we offer. But which window treatment will work and perform the best in your child’s room or nursery? Here are a few of our top picks:

If you love the look of classic blinds but want a safer alternative, cordless blinds are the perfect solution. Classic for kid’s rooms and popular throughout the home, horizontal blinds offer that reliable balance of light control and privacy.

For kid’s rooms, we recommend the durability and opaque light control of Hunter Douglas Modern Precious Metals® Mini Blinds & EverWood® Faux Wood Blinds. Made from durable materials that resist warping and fading, you can easily avoid the risks of dangling cords—each style operates with a simple push-pull or button press mechanism.

Available in a variety of colors and finishes to match any nursery or kids’ room decor, these blinds block light and UV rays. You can even add decorative tapes as an accent and to block the light from suspension holes in the blind.

For a timeless, durable window treatment option with more heft and substance than a traditional blind, shutters are designed to be naturally cord-free. For kid’s rooms, nurseries, and high-traffic areas, we recommend Hunter Douglas NewStyle® Composite Shutters.

Made with Truemill® dovetail construction, the same furniture-grade joinery as our 100% hardwood shutters, you can enjoy a variety of shutter styles operated via a hidden tilt rod, front tilt bar, bifold track, sliding bypass track, or hinged panels. This allows you to create the perfect style for your space and needs. Easy-to-clean and moisture-resistant, this composite material is perfect for humid climates or playrooms.

For parents who want to maintain their child’s safety but still need a room-darkening effect for those light-sensitive sleepers, Duette® Cellular Shades with LightLock™ are an excellent choice. LightLock™ is a system of side channels that fit in a U-shape around three sides of thw window to block light gaps for better naps and sleep.



An added benefit? Made with energy-efficient honeycomb cells, these shades help insulate the room during the warmer and cooler months, which saves you energy.

Duette® Cellular Shades also come with a unique top-down bottom-up functionality that allows you to lower the shade from the top or raise it from the bottom for privacy and natural light when and where you need it—great for ground floor rooms.

When you’re decorating a kid’s room, nursery, or playroom, we believe that it’s important to consider the design and add accents that improve the functionality of your space. To add another level of light control and add a softer look to the architectural lines of your windows, layer custom drapery over your blinds or shades as an additional child-safe option.

At Rebarts, we can walk you through a wide range of home decor fabrics to find you the perfect playful patterns and complementary colors to match any themed room. Drapery also has other benefits:

• Helps to create a dark, soothing environment for better sleep.
• Can be paired with cordless shutters, blinds, or shades for added light control.

With four convenient showrooms in Burlingame, Menlo Park, Los Altos, and San Carlos, CA, our team is ready to help you find the perfect child-safe blinds for your home.

Our Promise: From your first call to the final installation, we guarantee outstanding service. If anything isn’t perfect, we’ll make it right—because your satisfaction is our priority.

Ready to create a safer, more beautiful space for your child? Request a consultation with Rebarts Blinds & Shades today for expert design advice and premium Hunter Douglas window treatments!

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