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	CLICK HERE to Win the Window Treatments of Your Dreams, AND Free Total Room Design Consultation by Michael Payne, HGTV Celebrity Interior Designer! Enter online to win the $10,000 Exciting Windows! Makeover Sweepstakes!  Imagine how gorgeous your rooms can be with magnificent custom window treatments designed and made just for you.  You’ll also receive a FREE design consultation with HGTV’s own Michael Payne, celebrity interior designer AND Exciting Windows! customer! Luxurious Fabric Window Décor Brings Added Elegance to Your Home Seems like a long time ago when the things you hung up in front of your windows were simple curtains, and that was all they were. Over years, so many incredible designs, styles, fabrics and technological innovations have turned “curtains” into probably the most elegant and personal statement you can make in determining your home decor. Add glorious valances, sumptuous cornice designs, acres of fabric, gorgeous ornamentation, hardware or tassels, and the look and feel becomes pure luxury… and comfort in any room of your home. The key is in finding and selecting the perfect fabrics to achieve your design goals. Casual elegance can be achieved with textured fabrics used in creating draperies with luxe volume. Shimmering silks, blends and new synthetics can bring an elegant sparkle that makes your rooms shine. Opulent multi-layered effects help achieve depth at any window, with fabric sheers, shadings and blinds beneath custom designed draperies making the ultimate décor statement. Design Celebrity Michael Payne’s Window Idea of the Month: Never skimp when it comes to exploring ideas for making your home more beautiful and comfortable for your family.  Ideas are FREE, and if you want help in developing ideas based on expert advice, consult a professional.  Your window fashions specialist brings a wealth of design and technical information to you that will help make your ideas into spectacular windows.  What could be better than a free consultation filled with ideas and options you can use to make every room and every window better looking! Please pass this on to a friend. They will thank you, and so will I. For more great ideas and decorating quick tips, as well as access to a portfolio of photo albums filled with great window fashion designs, Become a fan of Exciting Windows! on Facebook www.facebook.com/excitingwindows

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A simple solution to improve drafty rooms is to layer high R-rated fabrics and materials over or under existing window coverings. If you already have beautiful custom window fashions in place, how about new, vaned cellular blinds for a layer of heat transfer-stopping beauty. These blinds come in myriad light-controlling densities and color options certain to accent your windows while working hard to save you energy dollars. Other innovative shades and blinds and shutters also offer a vast improvement in heat-retention around your windows, and provide an added layer of beauty as well. Ask me about the incredibly gorgeous, high thermal quality fabrics and linings now available in creating custom draperies for your home. You simply won’t believe that such beautiful materials can also save you money, even in the short term.

Using discount drapery fabric as part of your decorating scheme is a simple and inexpensive way to update your home design. Don’t be tempted to limit yourself to curtains when considering this style of material, drapery fabric can be used to fashion table covers, seat cushions, pillow cases and even duvet covers.

The traditional art of sewing seems to be every decorator’s worst nightmare and they have come up with numerous ingenious way to use drapery fabric in the home without having to sew a stitch.

The first way is simply to fold fabric before you hang it. Careful accordion folds will hang well and will maintain their shape if good quality heavy fabric is used. You can thread the folded material through rings fitted to the walls to create a classic valance, with tails that cascade down on either side.

Another way to avoid the sewing machine is to use a heat activated adhesive, specifically designed for fabric. This has the appearance of a thin sheet of web-like white material and you place it between two pieces of material to fasten them together. When you run a hot iron over the material the glue is activated and secures the material. Always make sure the adhesive is washable if necessary, as many are not.

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Cellular Shades (also known as Honeycomb Shades or Cell Shades) are great for light and temperature control as well as Privacy and sound absorption. Light Filtering Cellular Shades provide a warm glow and let light filter through while blocking direct sunlight and heat. Choose a blackout Cellular Shade if you need total darkness in areas such as bedrooms.  Unlike Pleated Shades that have visible strings, Cellular shades do not have holes that can let light enter the room. The lift cords are hidden between the cellular fabric of the Cellular material so there are no visible string holes or strings to let light in and take away from the beauty of the fabric. Cellular Shades are extremely energy efficient and have a very high insulation R-value.

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A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, center and bottom). Within this frame can be set louvers (both operable or fixed), solid panels, glass, fabric, and virtually any other item that can be mounted within a frame. Shutters may be installed for any number of reasons including to provide privacy, controlling the amount of sunlight that enters a room and to protect against weather. Depending on the application, and the construction of the window frame, shutters can be mounted to overlap the opening or fit within the opening. The term window shutter applies to many types of coverings including both interior and exterior shutters, used on the inside of a house or building, and exterior shutters, used on the outside of a structure. On some styles of buildings it is common to have decorative iron shutters to cover the doors as well as the windows.

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