Shades Shutters and Window Blinds
Insights and Opinons from the Window Blinds Industry
This is about the new Cadence® by Hunter Douglas and can be found in their View™ magazine that is published a few times per year. When the Cadence® was first launched, it redefined the vertical blind market. Hunter Douglas™ patented and proprietated the curved louver with rich, textured fabrics. Hunter Douglas just added new styles [...]
This comes directly from Hunter Douglas. More to choose from. More styles to fit a variety of sizes and shapes of windows, in more fabrics and colors. So you can find the perfect choice for your home. And they’re available at the largest number of professionally-trained dealers and showrooms throughout the country. Innovation and Technology. [...]
This is more information directly from the Hunter Douglas™ Designing Windows book. Now, you have the power to change light. Think how your mood changes when a glaring summer afternoon melts into a soothing sunset or when a rainy morning becomes a sun-soaked afternoon. The secrete is light. Light has the power to change not [...]
These are comments made by top designers in major cities in the U.S. They are answering the question: Light. It can be a designer’s best friend or biggest challenge and how window coverings by Hunter Douglas solve this? “Controlling the flow of light into a room requires window treatments that are both stylish, well-built and [...]
This comes directly from the Hunter Douglas Designing Windows Volume 2. It talks about the effect colors can play in a room. The basic vocabulary of white on white. White wall and white window coverings are the perfect backdrop for today’s eclectic approach to decorating. Hunter Douglas offers a surprisingly wide spectrum of whites whose [...]
This is the last of the ongoing series from Hunter Douglas™ “We Make Green Beautiful” promotions. Out planet gets an enormous amount of energy (solar) from our sun. In the summer, people do not want the dynamic energy entering our houses to become heat. That is why if you live in a hot climate, or [...]
Just out. Applause™ Honeycomb Shades- Sunterra™ is now 10% less than Casuelle™ and Legends™, Sunterra is now available in blackouts (we still don’t have these yet). New fabrics in the Duette™- Mertage™ and Classic, Continuous Cord Loop (EasyRise™) is now available in a top down, bottom up. Nantucket™- Now you can motorize this. None of [...]
This comes directly off the Hunter Douglas™ “We Make Green Beautiful” brochure. R-value is the measurement or the resistance to heat flow. A regular wall for a typical house has an R-value of around 19 whereas s typical double paned window only has a value of around a 2. Window covering such as some of [...]
This article comes directly from “We Make Green Beautiful” brochure that we received from Hunter Douglas™. It has a ton of useful information and will keep you posted. They give us great info like this all the time and I wish they would let us know who the authors of this so we can give [...]
We have been informed that starting May 1st, 2009, Hunter Douglas™ will longer be making the Alouette™ LightLouvers blind and it will be permanently retired. We asked our fabricator if this was true and the response was that material are no longer being stocked. If you like the Alouette™, order those now while supplies last. [...]
This article comes directly from Hunter Douglas™ and I thought would be useful. We do not sell a ton of the Provenace™ mainly because of price but the fabric quality is some of the best (if not the best) out there. They broke down the Provenance book into three categories: bamboo, reeds and grasses. Some [...]
Hunter Douglas™ just started their Hunter Green™ program. Here are the details taken directly from Hunter Douglas™. Hunter Douglas™ as you know, is the world wide leader in creating innovative, energy-efficient blinds that save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They are trying to serve a larger purpose along with making homes brighter, more beautiful, [...]
We want to inform you that for the cordless cell shades (honeycomb shades), the head rails are WHITE. They are not color coordinated with the fabric. That’s just the way they are made. The factory will put a metal strip in the head rail which is color coordinated. For the Hunter Douglas™ name brand, they [...]
We hope everyone is having a very nice new year. We only have one offical sale going on right now but that should change by next week. Our sales reps haven’t sent over next months promos yet and we will probably have them by Monday or Tuesday. So far, only Hunter Douglas™ has sent those [...]
Last month Hunter Douglas Window Fashions™ announced another price increase for their Country Woods™ wood blinds, EverWood™ Collection and the Modern Precious Metals™ Aluminum Blinds. For the Everwood™, it was the second price increase in less than a year. They sent all the dealers new price guides and now we are to replace them back [...]
I hate to say this guys but Hunter Douglas™ is having ANOTHER price increase effective January 6, 2009. From checking out the pricing, it looks like almost a 6% increase across the board. Prices will effect the following products: Country Wood™ EverWoods™ Modern Precious Metals™
Hunter Douglas Applause Puressence ™ is made of cotton. It is available in three very natural and neutral colors. They are very energy efficient and environmentally friendly. My option is that the Puressence ™ is one of the coolest fabrics on the market today. Another Hunter Douglas ™ awesome innovation. Check out the Puressence ™ [...]
Hunter Douglas will be doing end of the year inventory between December 22nd – January 5th. Hours will be: December 22-23, 8AM-5PM December 24, 8AM-12 December 25-26, closed December 29-31, 8AM-5PM January 1-2, Closed January 5, 8AM-5PM January 6- back to normal
This comes off a brochure I received from Hunter Douglas with a summary on the new Pirouette ™ Window Shadings. Pirouette window shadings combine the personality of a classic fabric shade with the ability to control light in an entirely new way. With a gentle pull of the operating cord, textured fabric in a palette of [...]
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