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Window Fashion of the Month – March

written by Jane on 03.04.11

Our March Window Fashion of the Month is this petal valance. Sometimes a simple valance is necessary – when you want a more tailored look, the window is small, or the room is more casual and not fussy – but a straight hem may be

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Window Fashion of the Month – February

written by Jane on 01.31.11

Our Window Treatment of the month for February is one of my favorites. It can be simply constructed by using all solid colored fabrics but the method of construction can make the difference….

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Window Fashion of the Month – January

written by Jane on 01.03.11

One of my suppliers last year highlighted a Something of the Month theme and I thought what a good idea. So I am going to send along a different design and description each month making this blog the Window Fashion of January blog. Waving my hands to describe window fashions just doesn’t come through the computer too well, so I have

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Holiday Ideas

written by Jane on 12.15.10

Here is it the week before Christmas and I am thinking of new decorating ideas for the holidays. New additions are always welcome!

I went to the Holiday Homes Tour for the benefit of Health Care Access last weekend and found many great ideas.

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Color Mixing for 2011

written by Jane on 11.12.10

I attended a seminar last week by a Sherwin Williams color consultant who talked about the new colors for 2011. Although I am not here to promote SW, she did a great job of identifiying the colors and organizing the presentation. And it is important when you TALK about colors that you also SHOW the colors so I including the actual colors and

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Missing Hardware

written by Jane on 10.30.10

You have decided to paint your walls and you or the painter have carefully taken down all the brackets and window treatments. You are excited about the new color you have selected and are thinking about how wonderful it will look when the room is finished. You put the blind or the rod in another room. But what about the hardware?

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Sun room solutions

written by Jane on 07.31.10

We have been receiving questions about sun room and porch windows. The often three sided rooms are great for viewing and make you feel like you are outside. But they do let in a lot of heat in the summer months, like right now.

Often my customers don’t want to lose the view, but they do want to cut the heat. If privacy is not an issue, then I will

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Sliding Door Challenges

written by Jane on 06.28.10

I have a customer that has 2 wood blinds on her sliding door. Every time she and her husband want to go out to their deck, they have to raise these heavy blinds. Not only are they heavy, but they stack up about 10 so her husband has to lower his head as well when he wants to

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Updates for Window Fashions Too

written by Jane on 06.07.10

Looking for two easy ways to update your draperies? Change the rods or add trim. These are the biggest design features you see in new fabric window treatments.

Looking for two easy ways to update your draperies? Change the rods or add trim. These are the biggest design features you see in new fabric window treatments.

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Arranging Tips

written by Jane on 05.27.10

We all want to know how to arrange our rooms. Should the sofa go against the wall? Are three chairs too many? So we get out the graph paper and draw everything to scale. Well, maybe that is what we think we should do.

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