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Creating a Relaxing Home Environment

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A relaxing home puts people at ease and makes them want to visit and spend time with you and your family. Would you like your home to reflect a relaxed summer lifestyle, where you and your guests can walk around barefoot and throw the windows open to bring in the summer sun? Light, neutral colors and natural surfaces can make a home seem more relaxed and casual. Think bamboo floors, natural fiber rugs, wicker furniture and linen slipcovers. For window coverings, think Hunter Douglas Provenance ® Woven Wood Shades with their traditional styling and natural woods. Or Palm Beach ® Custom Shutters that combine good looks and low maintenance.  Provenance woven woods   Palme Beach Shutters  Want your house to be comfortable, and not breakable this summer? Put away the fancy table settings and expensive knick-knacks. Bring out casual accessories that can make the trip from indoor to outdoor living. Then put your feet up and enjoy the summer! 

Dress up for Summer Sale!

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Beautiful window fashions and attractive savings to enhance your windows! While stylish all year round, our window fashions really shine in summer. Enjoy beautiful, natural light, dressy elegance and sun protection in your home. Sun protection : A summer essential Silhouette Window Shadings and Luminette Privacy Sheers can: -Protect valuable furniture, rugs and paintings from fading by filtering the sun's damaging UV rays. -Minimize glare in rooms with strong sun exposure. -Reduce the need for electric lighting by drawing sunlight deep into a room Duette Architella Honeycomb shades can: -Help lower air conditioning expenses during the warmer months by keeping our solar heat -Improve energy efficiency year round by reducing energy loss through windows by up to 50%!

HUNTER DOUGLAS AWARDED “PRODUCT OF THE YEAR”

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                                                                                                                                                            HUNTER DOUGLAS AWARDED “PRODUCT OF THE YEAR” AND PRESTIGIOUS JUDGES’ AWARD IN INDUSTRY COMPETITION The Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) Product Awards are the benchmark of excellence in the industry.   The 2011 results were just announced and Hunter Douglas, Inc. , North America ’s leading manufacturer and marketer of custom window fashions, has, once again, led the field.   The company captured the coveted Product of the Year for the 11 th year as well as the prestigious Judges’ Award reserved for a submission selected by the panel that exhibits measurable benefit or standout appeal to end users. This year for the 16 th consecutive year, Hunter Douglas won more awards than any other manufacturer – an impressive 30 of the 47 awards conferred went to Hunter Douglas companies.   Debuting on May 2, Vignette ® Tr

May Color of the Month

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This is HGTV's color of the month for May: It is a very bright cheerful color. I think to do this color you really have to love blue.  This color would be great for a bathroom, or of course in a little boys bedroom. It is also a really great color to use as an accent, not necessarily for the whole room, and I love this color paired with the crisp brightness of white. Here are a few ideas on how to do it in a room: We can do odd shaped windows like these! Photo source