Archive for September, 2009

Bali Cellular Shades – features and benefits

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Bali DiamondCell Cellular Shades feature an insulating cellular design that keeps homes cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. An extensive selection of colors makes it easy for everyone to find the energy-efficient shades right for ones style. DiamondCell Shades are available in three opacities for personalized privacy and light control with a range of great options including cordless lift and top down shades, giving great choices and functionality. Bali’s cellular shades are also available for patio doors with a vertical cell, sliding into an open position for any large application.

Here are some benefits of the Bali DiamondCell Shades:

  • Unlike other brands, the Bali Cell shades are known for the soft fabric, our customers appreciate the soft-to-the-touch and cloth like feel
  • 13 styles and 159 colors, which are inspired by the latest trends in home décor ensuring a fashion-forward product
  • 3 different cell sizes to meet your insulating and décor requirements
  • Unique honeycomb design provides the highest level of insulation (R-Value) of any type of window treatment available
  • The headrail is a color-coordinated aluminum headrail, providing you with a strong, rust-resistant system that offers quality operation
  • The standard cordlock offers smooth and dependable operation; cordless shades available for child and pet safety, with an improved redesigned handle for lasting durable operation; continuous loop operated shades offer a solution for operating larger, heavier shades by incorporating a powerful clutch that holds your shade securely in place.

Lastly, Bali shades have a great value. While being very well priced and giving you a bang for your buck, the product is backed by a Limited lifetime warranty, giving you assurance of quality craftsmanship and product support.

Hunter Douglas Chalet Woods Wood Blinds revamped!

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

The new Chalet Woods Wood Blinds collection is more beautiful than ever. Hunter Doulas Chalet Wood Blinds are offered and designed for consumers who want Hunter Douglas quality at an affordable price point. The expanded versatile color selection is amazing, ranging from painted to stained, antique specialty finishes to distressed finishes with special markings. The line has been enhanced with added functionality on the 2 ½” slat, now available in a cordless lift option, for your convenience.  

 

Chalet Woods are offered in two slat sizes, the 2” standard and more common size or the 2 ½” slat size for a bold look and increased view through. An extensive color palette of painted, stained and specialty finishes including distressed, antique and enhance grain are available in the 2” or 2 ½” slat sizes. The LiteRise cordless system is an enhanced safety operating system that eliminates pull cords which has been available in the 2” slat only in the past. It is now also available in the 2 ½” slat size as well. With this system blinds are raised and lowered by moving the bottom rail with the touch of a finger. Select the optional wand tilt control to eliminate tilt cord for a truly cordless wood blind.

 

Design options are the standard traditional routed blinds or the optional de-Light Feature which eliminates any routeholes for a clean stream-lined look. Any light gaps or privacy wholes are now eliminated. Another option is decorative tapes which run vertically across the blind and give a finishing accent to match or contrast your décor. Each Chalet Woods Wood blind is finished off with a decorative Wood Valance. The choices are a 3” standard valance, which is available on all standard colors or the 3 ¼” Chancellor Valance which can be added at no additional charge and comes standard on the some of the specialty finishes.

 

The new Hunter Douglas Wood blinds collection has been GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified and GREENGUARD Children and Schools Certified. Every product comes with a Hunter Douglas Lifetime Guarantee.

 

Window shades and their opacity / transparency levels

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

It truly is a little confusing, and we do get frequently questions about it. What does is mean when we refer to a window shade as being opaque or semi-opaque? Then other shades are described as room darkening, light-filtering or blackout. So here is an overview of the different terms describing transparency and lighting levels. We are using two terminologies as they can be found

in the window covering industry:

 

 


Now, let me explain the terms, and what they mean in regards to shades, light, transparency and privacy:

 

  1. A Sheer shade will allow most light to enter your room while reducing glare. This type of shade will allow a soft view outside. There is little to no privacy with this window treatment.
  2. Semi-Sheer Shades help to diffuse incoming light and provide a screened view. With this type of shade you will only get moderate privacy.
  3. Light-filtering or semi-opaque shades will transmit filtered light with no view through. Light can enter the room, while maintaining privacy. This is our most popular category, as the living area can be lit up with incoming light, the atmosphere is friendly, but neighbors are “shut out”.
  4. Room-darkening shades are made of materials that filter more light, and considerably darken the room. However, they do NOT block ALL light. These materials do not allow a view through and provide complete privacy.
  5. Blackout or opaque shades virtually block ALL light. The type of shade doesn’t allow any light to filter through; essentially electric light has to be turned on to see inside a room when lowered. This type of shade gives also complete privacy.

 

Why the 2 different sets of wording (opaque vs. blackout)? The opaque and semi-opaque wording has simply been established within the Hunter Douglas product line. It is used in their highly popular Duette honeycomb line. The Duette product line really only offers four fabric categories, which does not include a room-darkening fabric, it only offers the blackout fabrics with the foiled technology which blocks all light.

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