Everyone has wardrobes for the seasons. When the chilly weather of fall begins, we tend to empty our closets and drawers of the lightweight clothing and shoes of summer – the sandals, the shorts, the tank tops, the sundresses, the swimsuits, etc. and pull from storage the sweaters, sweats, pants, jackets, boots, and such of…
Make no mistake about it – new windows are a major expense, and selecting the “right” ones is not an easy task. There are hundreds of local options for window purchases, but one should not go quickly down the path of looking for bargains!
If there weren’t benefits to the many window treatments available to us, they wouldn’t all be selected for the homes they furnish. But when choosing a window covering style for your own home, where do you even begin? When it comes to window treatments, shutters are one that can be fixed to the outside or…
Contemporary lifestyles have certainly thrown out many of the traditional rules for interior decorating, and we all feel freer to experiment with combination our parents and grandparents would have loudly rejected. Still, in order to avoid some of the big mistakes that you will certainly regret, there are a few standard “rules” to consider.
If you are tired of the full drapery “look,” not to mention the dry cleaning bills every year, the taking down and the re-hanging, then perhaps you are ready for something “cleaner” looking in window treatments. Perhaps you are ready to consider window shades!
