How to Measure for Blinds

How to Measure for Blinds

Window treatments can be a costly investment toward the look and function of your home.  For this reason many people get a bit nervous when measuring for blinds.  After all, one bad measurement can be a costly mistake.  Here are a few pointers to help you measure with confidence. 1. Create a measurement worksheet – [...]

Prestige Window Fashions Closes Doors

Chalk it up to the bad economy and poor management but Prestige Window Fashions out of Edison New Jersey closed it doors today. One source says that the company just locked it’s doors and close to 300 people did not arrive at work. Phones were not answered. Prestige was once the single largest independent window [...]

Toscana Roman Shade Collection

Toscana roman shades have been discontinued until further notice. Our supplier is having issues. We are searching for an alternative vendor for these popular roman shades. We can continue to finish out orders as they trickle in.  We are still providing the Serenade by Comfortex and the hugely popular Caslan by Timber Blinds.

Stockouts 2-25-10

Wovens- Columbia Heights Peru eta 3-5 Rollers- Motors, 2100 White Bone P09 eta 2-26 Verticals- Elegance Off White and Camel eta 4-6, Lucerne Black and Montana Cocoa eta 2-26

Ovation Cellular slider: 3000 and 4000 Series Blackout Fabrics Option Discontinued

Due to inherent challenges when using Symphony Blackout and Virtuoso Blackout materials with the Ovation Cellular Slider, this ordering option will be discontinued as of February 1, 2010. Â The 3000 and 4000 Series fabrics are much stiffer than their light filtering counterparts and can cause inconsistent and/or unsatisfactory performance in the field. Â If [...]

Platinum Equity Acquires Prestige Window Fashions

Just in and great news for another manufacturer in this poor housing economy. We wish them success. Dear Customer: I am pleased to inform you that Platinum Equity has acquired Prestige Window Fashions. This is an exciting development that will create significant opportunity for our company as we forge a stronger partnership with you, our valued [...]

Stockouts 1-19-2010

The stockouts are growing from all of our vendors. Here is the current list. Please keep checking back and sorry about the delays. Woven Woods Hunter Douglas Provenance Kathey Bejing Pecan WWKA448- ETA Week of Jan 25th Hunter Douglas Provenance Mindanao (all colors) & Safari Jaguar Week of 3-1 Timber Rio Mariana Walnut, Jacento 50, [...]

Jan Promos

I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Years Day. I am posting from my house today and the company is closed until Monday. The sales for January are probably going to increase so check back. We usually get the following months promos around a week in advance but three of our major vendors did not [...]

Happy New Years

happy new years

We are playing it by ear tomorrow. If it’s slow like today, we will close at noon. Have a nice new years and we will be back in full swing on Monday. Recent backorder notice for the Brilliance Pleated Shades by Hunter Douglas- They are having trouble getting some of the Rainforest fabrics. They should [...]

Phone and Internet Outage

We had phone and internet outages today and sent most the staff home. We will be open at the normal time on Tuesday and any pending requests will be filled tomorrow. Sorry about any delays.

Discontinuations

These products are now discontinued and are no longer in stock. There might be limited supplies left so please call. 1″ Mini Blinds- Icecap White 040, Burgundy 500, Dove Grey 160, Parchment 260 Band Edging for woven wood blinds and sliding panels- Briquette Colt EB200, Aspen Brownstone EB310, Essence Russet EB228, Sparkle Ash EB100, Sparkle [...]

Stockouts 12-8-09

Woven Woods Rio #54 Jacinto ETA 12/30/2009 #26 Lorena White ETA 01/15/2010 #66 TONGA ETA 02/10/2010 #38 NOVA PONTE ETA 02/01/2010 Prestige TI122-Molokai Camel Roller Shades NPBO700-Newport Blackout Snow ETA 12-11 Q50-5000 Series Bark Tiger Oak ETA 12-11 Lino Natural Blackout ETA 12-18 Verticals- Waterford Cloud White ETA 12-11 Pleated Shades Hunter Douglas Aries Cornado [...]

December Promos

December Promos!!! Keep scrolling down the page to view all sales. There is no hype on these. Most show automatically so no promo codes, special coupons etc. The price includes the sale. *Deal of the Month* $50 rebate (up to 10 blinds) for all Odyseeâ„¢ Insulating Blinds by Comfortex. Plus an additional 10% off. They [...]

Stockouts 10-14-09

Wovens- Los Altos, Tribeca- ETA 10-30 Pleated Shades- Newports- ETA 10-16 Rollers- Newports- ETA 10-16 Vertical Wood Valances- ETA 10-23 Honeycombs- Hunter Douglas Duette Linen G9-953 eta 10-21 Roman Shades- Rimni Weave Cloud eta 11-5-09

Stockouts 8-3-09

Yep, they keep coming. New list for today is: Wovens- Cook Island- ETA week of 8-7, Indigo Bay ETA Week of 8-14 Verticals- Rainforest Walnut and Chestnut- ETA Week of 8-14 Sunscreens- Atria Oatmeal, Tweed Oatmeal, 2100 Ebony-ETA week of 8-7 Rollers- Lino Beige ETA Week of 8-7 Cells- Timber FAB108 Linen & #3469 Coffee [...]

Stockouts 6-23

Romans- Sanibal Suude Chocolate eta week of 7-10 Wovens- Lincoln Park eta this week

No need for templates anymore at Hunter Douglas™

Hunter Douglas no longer needs templates for arches! They used to need on for everything. Perfect or not. Measuring for a non perfect arch is simple. Follow these directions and filling in the measurements. We will need a measurement for all parts of the window. Just call for help.

Stock-outs and Discontinuations 6-18-09

The closeouts are a great money saver and for those that have ordered them, the quality certainly doesn’t match the bargain price. El Camino and Tweed Lentil are out. They are gone perminately. Hunter Douglas Applause Lemongrass blackouts is on backorder and due in on the 24th. UPDATE: 6-18-09 (We are trying to send emails [...]

Stockouts 6-16-09

Roller Shades Newport Espresso- due in this week Newport Black- due in this week Roller Shade DC adaptor- due in this week Montage Walnut- due in this week  Newport Ocean- due in this week Soft Screen Dark Brown- Due in this week 4000 Ebony- Finally Arrived Honeycomb Shades Comfortex cordless headrails- due in 6-19 Pleated [...]

Deer “Problems”

I know this isn’t blind related but I have about had it. What they don’t eat? Habenaros What they do eat: so far destroyed this summer include: roses, tomatoes, backyard grass, strawberries, tulips, any new baby tree, bell pepper (you would think different), sun flowers, daisies,  and now columbines. For a minute I was assuming [...]

Stockouts 6-11-09

Sunset Arch 72″ – Eta- 6-22 Rollers Newport Khaki week of 7-10 Roller shade 12 volt motor adaptor eta week of 6-10 Rollers Newport Black week of 6-19 Rollers Newport Ocean week of 6-19 Sunscreens Soft Screen Dark Brown eta week of 6-12 Sunscreen 4000 Ebony eta week of 6-12

Becoming an American Citizen

This isn’t blind related but my wife became an official US citizen today. In 1994 I was working in the Czech Republic for an American marketing company right out of college. My wife was a Swedish student who was spending the summer there as a opare for a Swedish family. I hung around a group [...]

Backorders 5-27-09

I have been wanting to write more interesting stuff than just back order issues but this is the place to stay updated and letting you know what’s being delayed is more important than matching colors for your room. Hunter Douglas Provenance woven woods. Many colors are on back order and we will keep you posted [...]

Holidays

Hope everyone had a nice memorial weekend and we are very proud of our Denver Nuggets. Nova Ponte is a very popular woven wood fabric and unfortuanely it is on back order until June. Please be patient on this. We have sent emails to every customer that has an order waiting on the material but [...]

Back orders and discontinuation

Hunter Douglas Provenance Woven Woods Rustica Seasoned Mahagony eta 6-2 Timber Rio Woven Woods Nova Pointe eta 6-14 Newport’s have been discontinued for sliding panels Timber Rio Woven Woods Petra eta 6-14