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| window treatment for bay windows with doors | 10/9/2008 |
Q: I have a bay window and the left window is a 15light door. Any suggestions for a window treatment ...
A: The swing-arm mechanism is provided by Rowley Co., which is wholesale only. It does take some work ...
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| Draperies | 10/7/2008 |
Q: I would like to hang drapes in my master bedroom with a matching upholstered box cornice. Since the ...
A: A custom design would require only 4 panels, of differing widths and would be fully functional. ...
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| Ready made drapes - WRINKLED! | 10/6/2008 |
Q: We just bought ready made thermal drapes, 100 x 95" long and hung them up. They're nice except for ...
A: There is nothing in the content that would prohibit you from steaming. However, you do have to be ...
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| disguise vertical blinds | 10/6/2008 |
Q: I have contemporary family room with light steel blue walls, dark brown furniture and grayish ...
A: Are you handy? One of the least expensive solutions for a contemporary look is a simple upholstered ...
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| window treatment for bay windows with doors | 10/6/2008 |
Q: I have a bay window and the left window is a 15light door. Any suggestions for a window treatment ...
A: Bay windows can be difficult to work with, & with one of the windows being a door, even more so. ...
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| window treatments | 10/4/2008 |
Q: I have a big living room, high ceilings, the room is 16' x 24' painted a gorgeous burgundy and on ...
A: There are a couple of ways you can treat these windows. I agree that with ceramic floors it would ...
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| Door Panel/Window Treatments | 10/1/2008 |
Q: I have warm red walls in my living area, toffee colored furniture and light wood floors. My question ...
A: Am I correct in assuming that most of the furnishings & surfaces are solid colors? Not having a ...
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| HELP...in love and decorating | 9/29/2008 |
Q: Morning....so let me just start by saying I recently moved into my Boyfriends house which was built ...
A: It does sound like this room needs some color. Since the style is modern & the colors are ...
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| drapes | 9/28/2008 |
Q: my walls are a terra cotta orange, beige carpet. The furniture I plan on buying is mocha color and ...
A: Once you have your furniture selected, I would then select a slightly deeper mocha shade for the ...
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| Large windows but no space for hanging curtain rod | 9/22/2008 |
Q: I recently moved to a new apt which had large windows covering the majority of one wall in every ...
A: As a follow-up-- I was thinking primarily of curtains when I wrote last. However, it occurred ...
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| Curtains/drapes | 9/15/2008 |
Q: My livingroom walls are painted a light peach color (feather white-Behr paint). What color ...
A: The curtains you select will help to determine the feel of the room. The choices in ready-made ...
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| What type of curtaines would go with traditional looking house? | 9/8/2008 |
Q: we just bought a brand new home. it has an open kitchen - Kitchen and breakfast area followed by ...
A: Your best investment in this scenario is to select wood blinds, or alternative wood blinds (the ...
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| bow window | 9/8/2008 |
Q: We are redoing our bow window. Currently have 5 individual blinds and want to go with a rod all the ...
A: Yes, this is relatively easy to do. Kirsch makes several products which work in bow windows. One ...
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| Drapery | 9/4/2008 |
Q: I am looking for draperies for both my formal living and dining rooms. First of all we are not ...
A: Here are several options... 1) To really emphasize the windows--& height, you could use solid ...
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| DRILL HOLES | 8/30/2008 |
Q: Help,I tried to drill holes for my curtains and the hole got too big.Also the hole is only a half ...
A: You are correct. The screws which came with your rod are for screwing into a stud behind the ...
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| Fabric vertical blinds with backer - new installation - shrinking problem | 8/25/2008 |
Q: I recently had two very large front windows as well as an atrium door fitted with new fabric ...
A: Some companies back up their product more than others. If you didn't do anything to them to cause ...
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| Window Treatment | 8/22/2008 |
Q: I hope you can help me as this has been a five year project for me, I can't make a decision!!! In my ...
A: I think you are close to solving the problem of the too-large window. Why the three-tone panels ...
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| window treatment colors | 8/14/2008 |
Q: I have black furniture in my living room and dining room..I also have very pale "salmon" colored ...
A: I think the best combination of colors would be to add cream or ivory curtains to living and dining ...
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| Short Window - Window Treatment(s)? | 8/10/2008 |
Q: What is the correct length of curtain side panels for a short window? Found a example on your site ...
A: If you are going to keep the curtain closed most of the time, giving the illusion of taller windows, ...
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| window is half circle and half square | 8/9/2008 |
Q: I have a window in my dining room that is half circle half square. I need to find something to ...
A: There are several ways to cover the window. If you need to cover both the arch and the square ...
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| shutters/curtains? | 8/9/2008 |
Q: I have a 120 year old house in Toronto with a beautiful arched stainglass window above a fixed 60" ...
A: I'm having a little trouble visualizing this window. Is the depth of the window only 1"? Is the ...
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| Problem adding window treatments to Marvin windows | 8/2/2008 |
Q: ..I came across this website while searching for help in adding window treatments to Marvin wndows. ...
A: There are several styles of shades which would work. It depends on the type of bracket system. You ...
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| Contemporary house | 7/21/2008 |
Q: what kind of courtains would be trendy for a contemporary house (style, color)? I'm a very artistic ...
A: There are several directions you could take... You don't mention wall color, but if it's neutral you ...
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| living/dining area | 7/20/2008 |
Q: I have two small windows on one wall in living room. Dining room is connected with living room. ...
A: I would select a lighter green, since your walls are cream. Maroon would end up looking heavy. ...
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| All windows have radiators below | 7/12/2008 |
Q: All windows in this home have the old fashioned radiators for heat below them. The distance between ...
A: You are correct in thinking about air flow. In general, an inner curtain will work best if you have ...
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| window treatments and wall color | 7/7/2008 |
Q: I was thinking about painting my front room a warm red. I have a beige carpet. I wanted the red to ...
A: Although red is a lovely color, it can make a room feel closed-in when used on all 4 walls. The way ...
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| large living room window | 6/25/2008 |
Q: I have an 107" X 71", 9 panel, east facing window. I have had earth-tone wheat-patterned traverse ...
A: In most cases I recommend using more than one blind, unless you have an awkward bow/bay window or ...
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| what type of window treatment | 6/16/2008 |
Q: I have a family room located in north part of the house. One window facing north and three windows ...
A: The best solution to block out drapes (and too much light) is the standard drapery--and they are ...
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| Great room window treatments | 6/10/2008 |
Q: I have a huge 2-story great room in a new house and am having touble finding an appropriate design ...
A: I am currently at a window treatment seminar so not at my computer. When I get back Monday I will ...
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| window treatments | 6/7/2008 |
Q: I have two double hung windows in my large formal dining room in a vintage apartment. One of the ...
A: Not knowing your particular style, I'm going to suggest transluscent blinds...have you ever looked ...
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| slatted blinds | 5/31/2008 |
Q: The cord to open and close the blinds became tangled at the wheel housing. In clearing the tangle I ...
A: Could you give me some clarification? What type of blinds do you have? Are they mini-blinds, wood ...
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| window treatments and allergies | 5/27/2008 |
Q: I am a Geriatric Care Manager and one of my clients has allergies. She is 98 years old and ...
A: There are two types of light managing treatments, those which reflect light & those which filter it. ...
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| window treatment | 5/15/2008 |
Q: After I closed your email it "disappeared". Could you email me a copy of your answer for the ...
A: I apologize for taking so long to reply (lots of deadlines). I cannot find a copy of my previous ...
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| window treatment | 5/7/2008 |
Q: I would like a suggestion for window treatment in my living room and dining room. Due to allergies ...
A: It's taken me awhile to mull over this question. One solution that came to mind right away was the ...
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| vertical blinds. | 5/1/2008 |
Q: We recently moved in a house with exisiting fabric vertical blinds on a large bow window and sliding ...
A: Graber carries a variety of vertical blinds in all lengths. However since you are replacing them, ...
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| window treatment | 4/23/2008 |
Q: I have new Marvin windows. becaue they are so pretty i'd like to not cover them with blinds or ...
A: I needed to think about this awhile in order to give you a complete answer. The obvious question ...
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| window treatments | 4/14/2008 |
Q: I have a very large family room window that measures 118 1/2 inches wide by 70 1/2 inches tall that ...
A: I've used blinds on this style of window several times in the past 3 months! There are two ways you ...
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| pleating | 3/23/2008 |
Q: We are trying to take straight rod curtains and making them into traverse rod curtains. I bought ...
A: If you would like the drapery to travel, as I imagine since you plan to use a traverse rod, you will ...
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