Exciting Windows! by Design

If you are looking for custom window coverings ExcitingWindows! should be your choice. With over 20 years experience and also being licensed, bonded and insured we offer free in home consultaions. We can provide you with all window coverings including blinds , shades, shutters, draperies, curtains and much more. We provide quality installations by professional installers.

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ExcitingWindows! by Design is your full service window covering business. With over 20 years of experience in curtain and drapery design. We are licensed, bonded and insured. We offer a 4-way guarantee and free in home consultations. With a professional installation we can turn your windows into a look and design that fits your life style.

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Curtains, Draperies, Shades or blinds will add beauty to your windows. We are licinsed, bonded and insured and offer free in home consultations. Work is completed by professional installers and we offer a 10 year warrantee on all products.

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We are a custom draperies and curtains manufacture. We bring you all window fashions including blinds, shades and shutters. We are licensed, bonded and insured and have more than 20 years experience, Call today for a free in home consultation.
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Curtains and draperies are your choices for bringing Texure, Color and Style to your windows. No other product is as versital as using fabrics.

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It takes 36,000 silk caterpillars 60 days and one ton of mulberry leaves to produce 12 pounds of raw silk. This reduces down to even less fine silk. So if you ever question the high value placed on silk fabric, just remember these facts:

Silk accepts dye better than any other fabric, which means it can be made in the most beautiful assortment of colors possible. Intricately detailed patterns are produced crisply and clearly on silk, and no other fabric has its elegant, soft sheen.
Silk is very durable when the fabric is well constructed. Its use for parachutes is the highest recommendation that can be given for the strength of its fiber. The great length of the filament, a factor in strength, imparts smoothness to the constructed cloth.
Its rich colors, delicacy, and high cost have earned silk the nickname, “the fabric of royalty.” This high quality fabric sets a tone of formality and elegance in a room. Because of its special qualities and regal associations, many people love to have silk used in their interiors. However, it should be used only where it will be subject to a minimum amount of wear from sitting, rubbing or pulling. Also, its use in fabrics for window treatments is limited as it performs poorly in sunlight (it will rot in a short time).

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Wool fabric is particularly valued for its fine body and durability. Wool continues to be considered a fabric of quality, although its use in home furnishings is limited primarily because of competition from lower cost synthetic fibers.

Wool is an animal fiber with exceptional resilience. Because it adjusts so easily, wool upholstery looks taut and unwrinkled and will not develop stretch waves with use.

Another fine characteristic of wool is its colorability. It accepts dye beautifully. Wool resists spots and stains if given immediate care. Wool fiber is the weakest natural fiber, but the fabric is made more durable through the use of selected grades of wool and hard twisted ply yarns.

The type of wool yarn and its construction determine the type of finished woolen fabric made from it. Fabrics are made of thin or thick, fluffy wool yarn and are soft to the touch. Worsted wool fabrics are produced from combed yarns to remove short, loose fibers. The resulting yarn is firmer, tougher and thinner. Worsted fabrics can be more tightly woven, are less bulky and much smoother and stronger than non-worsted.

Of course, wool does have a few limitations. Unless woven in a very tight weave, it is casual in appearance and not appropriate for semi-formal or formal decorating schemes. Also, the price of good wool upholstery fabric often prohibits its use. In addition, unless wool is processed, it can emit an undesirable odor, especially in damp climates. Finally, some people are allergic to wool.

What do camels, vicunas and Kashmir goats have in common? Their furry bodies produce different types of wool. These wools are particularly valued for their softness and are seldom, if ever, worsted. Camel hair, vicuna and cashmere are all more expensive that the finest of other wools. Use these luxury fabrics on rare occasions, and only when they won’t receive lots of wear, such as for decorative pillows.

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Ancient Egyptians wrapped their dead in flax, and the fabrics covering those mummies have survived to this day! Linen, made from the stems of flax, is the oldest of all textile fibers. Linen is especially durable, second only to silk in strength among natural fibers, and is an excellent choice when you need a sturdy fabric that is lightweight in appearance.

But beware, linen, while beautiful and long-lasting, has failed many an uninformed decorator. Its strong cellulose fibers are very difficult to dye. A beautiful printed linen fabric on a chair may appear to fade on the seat and back area in a very short time. Actually, the problem is not due to fading; the dye, which was never able to impregnate the fibers, is simply wearing off. In such a case, the actual fabric will far outlive its pretty print. Even when linen is dyed evenly, plan on some fading. This is not always a negative factor since fading can give it a very comfortable appearance. But you should consider this point before deciding to use linen on a particular item.

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With today’s technological advances, some linen is dyed well enough so that the print will hold up nearly as long as the fabric. To test the linen, simply turn it over. If the design colors showing through on the back are at least half as strong as the top pattern, the colors should last. On most linens, design dye simply sits on top and the back is off-white with little trace of dye. When this is the case, either choose another fabric or switch to a natural colored linen and add interest by using patterned throw pillows of another fabric.

Ancient Egyptians wrapped their dead in flax, and the fabrics covering those mummies have survived to this day! Linen, made from the stems of flax, is the oldest of all textile fibers. Linen is especially durable, second only to silk in strength among natural fibers, and is an excellent choice when you need a sturdy fabric that is lightweight in appearance.

But beware, linen, while beautiful and long-lasting, has failed many an uninformed decorator. Its strong cellulose fibers are very difficult to dye. A beautiful printed linen fabric on a chair may appear to fade on the seat and back area in a very short time. Actually, the problem is not due to fading; the dye, which was never able to impregnate the fibers, is simply wearing off. In such a case, the actual fabric will far outlive its pretty print. Even when linen is dyed evenly, plan on some fading. This is not always a negative factor since fading can give it a very comfortable appearance. But you should consider this point before deciding to use linen on a particular item.

With today’s technological advances, some linen is dyed well enough so that the print will hold up nearly as long as the fabric. To test the linen, simply turn it over. If the design colors showing through on the back are at least half as strong as the top pattern, the colors should last. On most linens, design dye simply sits on top and the back is off-white with little trace of dye. When this is the case, either choose another fabric or switch to a natural colored linen and add interest by using patterned throw pillows of another fabric.

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