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August Sales

July 31, 2008 By

No new changes for this month. Still “HOT” especially for the Comfortex Silver Screens and Rio Woven Woods by Timber.

Filed Under: Sunscreens, Woven Wood Blinds

UPS, Fed Ex and ground freight

July 30, 2008 By

Hi. If you are ordering samples, a PO box address is OK. However, if you are placing a blinds order, we need a physical address. No PO Boxes. This can turn a simple order into a total nightmare. Trust us. Just got through with one of these and it was not fun. Secondly, if you [...]

Filed Under: Website/Business

Blinds not intended for all applications

July 25, 2008 By

Friendly reminder. I haven’t needed to post any policies and warranties since I started this blog over two years ago but, as stated in our policies and warranty pages, blinds that we offer are meant for actual windows that are on the inside of your location. Projection screens, room dividers, shutters used as door or [...]

Filed Under: Website/Business

How to clean Vignette Modern Roman Shades

July 24, 2008 By

This useful information comes directly from the Hunter Douglas recipe for success series. You need a feather duster and a hand-held vacuum. You need to dust occasionally with a feather duster. You can also vacuum for a more thorough dust removal but only use a low suction, hand held vacuum. You can spot clean with [...]

Filed Under: Hunter Douglas Blinds

Sunscreen Discontinuations

July 17, 2008 By

Sunscreen Blinds to be discontinued are: Strie Bone ST 9000 Strie Taupe ST9010 Strie Cinnamon ST 9020 Strie Dark Beige ST 9030 Vue Veil VV9070 Vue Veil Ivory/Beige VV9080 Vue Veil Beige VV9090 According to Prestige, the manufacture of this product, “Please be advised that due to manufacturing issues, the fabrics are being discontinued and [...]

Filed Under: Vertical Blinds

New Back End Changes

July 15, 2008 By

Many bugs have been worked out. Main one was lack of estimated ship dates and tracking info. All orders have been placed but some customers will not get tracking info. I will try to get the back ones caught up today but am sure some will slip through. Do not worry. They are coming and [...]

Filed Under: Website/Business

Prestige Backorders

July 11, 2008 By

Prestige Blinds has been having some back order issues and I finally managed to get a full list. It looks long but it isn’t that much out of the thousands of colors and fabrics they provide. First type, color name and then material arrival time. Hope this helps and if you are on this list, we [...]

Filed Under: Fauxwood Blinds, Mini Blinds, Vertical Blinds, Wood Blinds

Somner Vertical Blinds by Hunter Douglas

July 10, 2008 By

We just added the new Hunter Douglas Somner Collection. Almost 300 new styes and colors to choose from. Free shipping if under 95 inches. Go to: Hunter Douglas Vertical Blinds to view all the new Somners.

Filed Under: Hunter Douglas Blinds, Vertical Blinds

New shopping cart

July 9, 2008 By

We just totally redesigned our shopping cart to make it much, much easier to track, place and organize orders. The look is much different than the old shopping cart. If you have suggestions to make it easier, better looking or find any bugs (hopefully not), really anything to improve it, let us know. I will [...]

Filed Under: Website/Business

Fourth of July

July 3, 2008 By

Yep, finally a Friday fourth. We will be closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I will be checking emails throughout the weekend. Have fun everyone!

Filed Under: Website/Business

Hunter Douglas Vertical Solutions

July 1, 2008 By

Hunter Douglas Just came out with this brand new line of popular vertical blinds. They now offer around 20 styles and colors. Click here to view vinyl Vertical Solutions. Click here to look at fabric Vertical Solutions.

Filed Under: Hunter Douglas Blinds