★Cost guide
What do motorized shades cost in Kansas City? (2026)
What you should budget for motorized shades in a Leawood home is set by how many windows move, the size of the openings, the hardware line, and whether the drives are wired or on battery. IntegrateIT, a Lutron Certified Dealer in Overland Park, Kansas, counts the windows with you and gives one fixed number, and we specify Lutron over cheaper motors because the cheap version fails in a way you cannot ignore. IntegrateIT is an Overland Park, Kansas integrator founded in 2021 by Daniel and Moran Alon, installing shades across the Kansas City metro on both sides of the state line: Control4 Platinum Dealer with a Control4 Certified Showroom, Crestron Elite Partner, Lutron Certified Dealer, CEDIA member, HTA Certified, BBB-accredited. Shade count is the number to settle first, because two homes of the same square footage can differ by twenty windows, and the stairwell glass and the bedroom window are not the same shade. We give one fixed number in writing after a no-cost site walk. Call (913) 804-7575 or email office@integrateit.tech.
Below: how the scope grows from a few rooms to a whole house, whether Lutron is worth it over cheaper motors, what happens when shades are part of a full lighting system, and the eight questions every Kansas City buyer asks.
What moves the budget
These are the variables that actually change a shade proposal in Kansas City. The window decides it more than the house does.
- How many windows actually move. Count the windows you would be annoyed to reach for rather than the windows the house has, because shade count, not square footage, is what the number scales on.
- The size and shape of the openings. A two-story stairwell shade, a wide window wall and a bedroom window are three different pieces of hardware with three different installations, so the same count can mean different work.
- Fabric and hardware line. Sivoia QS covers most rooms in most projects; Palladiom is specified where the hardware itself is part of the architecture and will be seen, which is a design decision made room by room.
- Wired or battery drives. Wired drives want power at the head of the window, which is easy while the walls are open and a fishing job afterwards; battery drives avoid that and trade it for a service item.
- Whether the shades join the lighting system. Shades on the same HomeWorks processor as the lighting let one scene dim the lights and set the glass together, which is scope on top of the shades rather than a variation of them.
Motorized shades by scope (Kansas City, 2026)
Scoped by shade count rather than by square footage, because two homes of the same size can differ by twenty windows. Every number we give is fixed and in writing, and it comes after a no-cost site walk.
A few rooms — 6 shades
The common starting point: primary bedroom, one bathroom, and the two or three windows in the living room that get the afternoon sun. Lutron Sivoia QS roller or Roman shades, fabric selected with your designer, wired or battery drives depending on whether we can reach the head pocket.
Main-level window wall — 14 shades
The whole west or south elevation covered at once, which is where motorized shades stop being a convenience and start doing thermal work. Sivoia QS across the main level with Palladiom rollers in the rooms where the hardware is visible, aligned as a bank so the hems land on one line, on an astronomical-clock schedule.
Whole-home shade package — 28 shades
Every window that should move, moving: main level, primary suite, upper bedrooms, the stairwell glass nobody can reach. In practice this scope is almost always specified alongside the HomeWorks lighting layer rather than on its own, and at the concierge lighting tier the shade package is already part of the scope rather than a separate project.
Is Lutron worth it over cheaper motors?
It is a fair question, and the honest version of the answer is not about specifications. It is about what happens in year eight, because a shade motor that dies is stuck in the wrong position over a window you look at every day, and the replacement conversation starts with whether anyone still makes a drive that fits your brackets.
- A support record you can check. Lutron has been family-owned since 1961 and manufactures in Pennsylvania; product lines do not get retired to make a quarter. The proof is legacy Sivoia QED shades from the 2000s, which still have a factory upgrade path onto current Sivoia QS drives. That is a demonstrated answer to “will parts still exist,” not a promise about one.
- They behave like a set, not like eight motors. A bank of shades on one wall moves together and stops on a single hem line, and the drive is quiet enough that you notice the light changing before you notice the shade. Inexpensive motors drift out of alignment across a wall and announce every move.
- One system for lighting and shades. The shades run on the same HomeWorks processor as the lighting, so an evening scene dims the fixtures and sets the shades in one press. The alternative is two apps with two schedules that disagree about what sunset means — which is how most homes end up operating the shades manually eighteen months in.
- Schedules that do the work. An astronomical clock closes ahead of the sun instead of after the room gets hot, sun-tracking holds a position that blocks load without losing the view, and geofencing can open the house as you drive home.
Coverage is worth naming plainly: the equipment carries its manufacturer warranty, every install carries our five-year workmanship warranty, and you have our support for as long as you own the system. The hardware and the installation are separately covered. More on the platform itself on the Lutron system page and our Certified Installer credentials.
One line sits outside this comparison because it hangs outside the house: we carry and install Screen Innovations exterior shades for covered patios, porches and pool decks, and they are priced per opening the same way, on a different set of numbers — the drop, the wind exposure and the track, rather than the fabric and the pocket.
Shades as part of the lighting system
Most whole-home shade packages are not bought alone. They arrive with the lighting, because the two share a processor, a keypad layout and a set of scenes — and because the incremental cost of adding shades to a HomeWorks project is far lower than retrofitting them to a finished one. The lighting layer is scoped by zone count, and the three tiers read like this — note which one already carries its shades:
- 8-12 zones. A starter HomeWorks install: primary living areas, kitchen and primary suite, right-sized for roughly 2,500-4,000 sq ft. Lighting only — a shade package is scope on top of this tier.
- 20-32 zones. Full whole-home HomeWorks with every fixture group as a zone, keypads in every primary room and scene programming, right-sized for 4,500-8,000 sq ft. Lighting only — same as above, the shades add to it.
- 50+ zones with motorized shades and custom programming. The concierge tier: HomeWorks QSX, a full Lutron shade package, custom keypad engraving, right-sized for 8,000+ sq ft estates. This tier already carries its shade layer, so the shades are not a separate project on top of it.
The zone-by-zone detail lives on what drives the cost of Lutron HomeWorks, and how we actually install the lighting is on the smart lighting page. If the shades are going into a system that already exists, that is a service conversation rather than a new install — Lutron service and takeover covers it.
Questions every Kansas City buyer asks
What should I budget for motorized shades throughout a house in the Kansas City metro?
Budget by shade count rather than by a figure, because two homes of the same square footage can differ by twenty windows. Five things set it. How many windows you actually want moving, which is the first number to settle. The size and shape of those openings, since a two-story stairwell shade and a bedroom window are different pieces of hardware. The fabric and hardware line — Sivoia QS in most rooms, Palladiom where the hardware is part of the architecture and will be seen. Whether the drives are wired or on battery, which depends on whether a head pocket already exists or has to be built. And whether the shades join a Lutron HomeWorks lighting system so one scene sets the lights and the glass together. IntegrateIT is a Lutron Certified Dealer in Overland Park, Kansas, installing shades across Kansas City, Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas. Walk your own house and mark the windows; Daniel counts them with you at a no-cost site walk and the proposal comes back with one fixed number. Phone (913) 804-7575 or office@integrateit.tech.
Who installs motorized shades in Kansas City?
IntegrateIT — an Overland Park, Kansas integrator founded in 2021 by Daniel and Moran Alon, installing motorized shades across Kansas City, Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas. Lutron Certified Dealer, Control4 Platinum Dealer with a Control4 Certified Showroom, Crestron Elite Partner, CEDIA member, HTA Certified and BBB-accredited. We install Sivoia QS and Palladiom shades either as a standalone shade project or as the shade layer of a full HomeWorks lighting system, so they can sit under whichever platform the house is already on. Every install carries a five-year workmanship warranty. Phone (913) 804-7575 or office@integrateit.tech.
How much do motorized shades cost per window in Kansas City?
The window decides it more than the house does. Three things move the number: the size of the opening (a two-story stairwell shade is not a bedroom shade), the fabric and hardware you choose, and whether the drive is wired or on battery — which in turn depends on whether a head pocket already exists or has to be built. Count the windows you want moving and we turn that count into one fixed price in writing after a no-cost site walk, not a range by email.
How do we budget motorized shades for a Leawood house, and does Lutron justify the premium over cheap motors?
Budget by shade count, not by house size: two Leawood homes of the same square footage can differ by twenty windows. Opening size, fabric and hardware line, and wired versus battery drives move the rest. Lutron earns the premium in three places. A bank of shades moves together and stops on one hem line. Legacy Sivoia QED drives still have a factory upgrade path onto current Sivoia QS drives. And the shades run on the same processor as the lighting, so one press sets both. IntegrateIT counts them with you.
Are Lutron motorized shades worth the cost in Kansas City?
For homes with large south- or west-facing window walls, yes — shades that close ahead of the sun take a real bite out of the cooling load on a Kansas City afternoon. For smaller window counts or north-facing exposures, the value is convenience and aesthetics more than payback. The other half of the answer is longevity: this is a product category where the cheap version fails in a way you cannot ignore, because a dead shade motor is stuck in the wrong position over a window you look at every day.
Is Lutron worth it over cheaper shade motors?
Three reasons it usually is. (1) Product support: Lutron does not kill product lines to make a quarter — legacy Sivoia QED shades from the 2000s still have a factory upgrade path onto the current Sivoia QS drives, which is a support record you can actually verify rather than a promise about one. (2) Behavior as a set: a bank of shades on one wall moves together and stops on one hem line, and the drive is quiet enough that you notice the light change before you notice the shade. Cheap motors drift out of alignment and announce themselves. (3) One system: the shades run on the same HomeWorks processor as the lighting, so a scene dims the lights and sets the shades in one press instead of two apps disagreeing about what evening means.
Palladiom vs Sivoia QS roller shades — what is the difference?
Sivoia QS is the current mainstream line and covers both roller and Roman shades — it is what goes in most rooms in most projects. Palladiom is the premium roller: it is the one specified where the hardware itself is part of the architecture and will be seen, so the bracket, the roller and the fabric are treated as a designed object rather than something to hide in a pocket. Functionally both run on the same HomeWorks system and the same schedules. Palladiom costs more per shade, so where it goes is a design decision made room by room rather than a whole-house one.
Can my old Sivoia QED shades be upgraded instead of replaced?
Usually yes, and it is worth knowing before anyone quotes you a full replacement. Sivoia QED is legacy — it is not the current product — but Lutron maintains a factory upgrade path from QED onto current Sivoia QS drives, so in many homes the fabric, the brackets and the head pockets stay and only the drive and the control layer change. That is a materially different number from tearing out and rebuying twenty shades. We assess it window by window, because the answer depends on the original hardware and how the pockets were built.
Do motorized shades actually cut cooling costs on a west-facing window wall?
That is where the effect is largest, because a west wall takes direct sun through the hottest part of a Kansas City afternoon and radiates it into the room for hours after. Shades on an astronomical clock close ahead of the sun rather than after somebody notices the room is hot — and sun-tracking positions hold the shade where it blocks the load without giving up the view. The effect is largest on the elevations that take the most direct sun, which in this metro means west and south.
Count the windows first
The shade count decides the project. Everything after that is fabric and hardware.
Further reading: Lutron HomeWorks vs Control4 lighting and how smart lighting systems save energy. Serving Leawood and the KC metro.
Written by Daniel Alon, founder of IntegrateIT LLC — Control4 Platinum Dealer, Crestron Elite Partner, Lutron Certified Dealer, CEDIA member, HTA Certified. Overland Park, KS. Updated 2026-08-31.