Cleaning cellular shades is a lot easier than cleaning blinds. In fact many people switched from blinds to shades because they hated to clean blinds.

Many of the honeycomb shades have an anti-static application so they don’t collect and certainly don’t attract dust.

There has been information in the news this past week about cord safety on roman and roller shades. Young children and pets can easily become entangled in a loose cord. It happens when kids are left alone for only a short time. Really, any shade or blind that has cords needs attention.

I think the current issue about cord safety comes from ready-made shades that you find in the discount stores. These shades are usually installed by the home owner. Instructions and warnings may or may not be there, but often they can be overlooked by the homeowner installer.

Allergies and insulation – that is the problem my customer requested I help her solve this morning.  And she wanted to solve both issues with the same product for her son’s bedroom.  We added in safety as well.   Hunter Douglas has developed a new double cell cellular shade called Architella.  There is a complete [...]

  We all know about shades and blinds but it’s their features that set them apart.  And a really cool feature of cellular shades is that they move down from the top and up from the bottom.   In case you don’t think this is any different from a regular shade, let me explain.  When [...]