Duette Honeycomb Shades, Easy View Arch

Just this afternoon I installed the Duette Honeycomb Easy View Arch shade at a local bank. The shades were installed in an office, lobby and conference area. This shade fits on a arched window opening.

The banks assistant vice president had a window that was on the east side of the building. The sun streamed in lots of light in the morning making a glare on his computer screen. The easy-view shade is fabricated with duette honeycomb fabric which is very energy efficient. The "cell" construction provides great insulation,keeping heat inside when the weather is cold and outside when it's hot. By substantially reducing energy loss through windows, Duette Honeycomb Shades can help you lower your heating and cooling costs.  The smooth up and down operation works well when using the sliding handle on the bottom rail.

The staff also has the option of clearing the arched window completely for those gloomy days when the sun don't shine. The shade compacts nicely on the sill leaving an open view.

Hunter Douglas branded window fashions are designed and custom-assembled in the U.S.A. and are backed by an exclusive Lifetime Guarantee.

An "Eyebrow Shaped" Cornice Board with Stationary Panels

My client was very pleased with the window treatment I completed this morning. When I first met the couple they didn't have any window treatment on the windows other than some worn cellular shades with those tangling cords hanging down on each shade. Well, the problem was solved by going with Hunter Douglas Architella Cellular Shades using the "lite-rise" system on each shade in the bow window. Lite-rise is a cordless shade so there are no cords exposed when raising or lowering the shade.

I am fortunate to have a great program from "Minutes Matters" where I can do a rendering of a window treatment to show my client before placing the order. Below is a sketch of the window before it was complete.

This sketch gave my client a better visual of the project before hand. The program allows me to import all kinds of designs and dimensions according to the size of the window. It will also let me import the fabric that was chosen.  The final treatment is pictured below.

The fabric on the "eyebrow cornice" and the panels was a drapery weight from Mitchell Fabrics. The cornice board is edged with cording from Ado Corporation. This livingroom / diningroom area was such a pleasure to pull together. The client also took advantage of the federal tax credit of up to $1500.00 because they purchased the qualifying product, Architella Honeycomb shades.

This is a photo of another window, much smaller in size that was across the room. Overall the treatment was a nice tailored look that really softened the room.

Nantucket Transforms Light Inside And Out

Hunter Douglas Nantucket has soft 3" fabric vanes that float between sheer facings to transform the light entering a room.

Nantucket Sunscreen Privacy Shades will let you enjoy superior light control during the day and privacy at night. Available in three popular screen shade colors in the expanded  3" vane size, Nantucket Sunscreen Privacy Shades offer the advantage of a "screen shade" combined with the beauty, light control and privacy.

As shown in the right photo above, a sun screen shade alone will not give a lot of privacy at night. The Nantucket Sunscreen shade on the left allows privacy when the vanes are in the closed position. To transform natural light in your home, choose Nantucket window shadings.

Where does your home loose the most energy ?

The red in this photo shows energy loss through your windows. Glass allows heat to enter a building and it stops it from exiting. Sunlight that passes through a window and is absorbed and converted to heat is trapped inside the building because the glass will not allow it to leave. So, glass not only maintains poor insulation in terms of "R" value but actually works against you when you are trying to control solar heat gain in the summer to off-set air conditioning loads or just keeping a building cool and comfortable.

Duette Architella shades offer the highest energy-efficient window treatment for your windows. In the infrared photo above the Architella covered window in the green color shows a significant improvement on energy savings.

Duette Architella shades offer superior energy efficiency, reducing energy loss through windows by up to 50%. Up to $1500.00 federal tax credit opportunity through December 31, 2010

The Bordeaux Valance

The Bordeaux Valance from M'Fay Patterns has a simple flat scalloped section enhanced by only one shallow pleat to give it softness.  Seperate tail sections overlay the seams and the valance is finished off on each side with a jabot.

The fabric used was Carole Fabrics , pattern-cafe, color- mustard. Lining was Carole Fabrics, pattern- manhatten, color - mustard. The valance was also interlined to give it some thickness &  body. The trim was from Ado Corporation : Design K1014A Color 207.

 The shades underneath this treatment are Hunter Douglas 3" Silhouette, from the Matisse Collection, color : brushed gesso.  This was a great treatment for a bow window in a formal diningroom. The client was very  pleased with the results !