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Luminette Privacy Sheers and Modern Draperies

The Luminette brand offers two dramatic ways to cover wide express – sheers and draperies. Luminette Privacy Sheers provide the widest range of light control possible, with a sheer face fabric to let light in and integrated soft fabric vanes … Continue reading

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Provenance Woven Wood Window Shades Extra Features

100% Polyester five-ply yarn is used in all Provenance shades Each fabric is woven with multiple yarns. Micro reeds are inserted into the grass fabrics every 1″ to  1 1/2″. The front and back face of bamboo slats are alternated. … Continue reading

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Looking for a supplier of specialty shading products?

Drapery Connection offers the Chicagoland area a complete one-stop offering of Customized Window Treatments. This includes draperies, shutters,shades, blinds, verticals, woven woods, skylights, grills, bohi screens, eyebrow windows. Visit our website for great window treatment ideas! www.draperyconnection.com

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Time To See The Light In Your Window Treatments

Light and shadow continues to be a major trend. Light accentuates dimensional surfaces; it sets the scene with shadow; it creates atmospheres and perpetuates illusion.  It is the Designers role to use Custom Window Covering to create the light mood … Continue reading

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Hunter Douglas Annouces New Blind Cord Tilter

The features are: 1. High-efficiency cord tilter Advanced polymer gears infused with silicone and low-friction additives make tilting extra smooth. Powerful, built-in braking design prevents slates from ever creeping open. Tested to over 50,000 cycles. Durable Tilt Drive Unit Heavy … Continue reading

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Choose Graber Energy-Efficient Shades

CrystalPleat Cellular Shades feature a cellular design that insulates windows to keep rooms warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. Available in for opacity levels for customized privacy and light control and three cell sizes for a range … Continue reading

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Selecting Your Window Treatment

Begin by choosing the window treatment style that you favor. For ideas, browse the room scenes featured in the center of this guide. Consider your needs for privacy and light control, style and room characteristics. When selecting your finials, brackets, … Continue reading

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English Decorator Styled Rods

The Buckingham decorative drapery hardware collection evokes the rich heritage of old world England in today’s most discerning homes by following in the tradition of fine . Each piece is intricately detailed and hand finished and is as distinctive as … Continue reading

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Mohair – The Ultimate Upholstery Fabric

Mohair was originally produced for the seating of thrones and the carriages of nobility. It is known as the fabric of Kings and Sultans. Mohair usually refers to yarn made from the long white lustrous hair of the Angora goat. … Continue reading

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AcoustiShade Window Treament

The AcoustiShade window treatment product is designed to control noise and black out sunlight in commercial applications, providing a convenient and beautiful solution for systems integrators. The AcoustiShade is comprised of three main elements: a sound attenuating blackout layer that … Continue reading

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How to Measure for Draperies

Begin at the top; position your curtain rod. To measure for curtain length, decide where you want your curtain to start-at window height, above or below and where it will fall-valance length, window sill, window apron,floor, longer than floor….and then … Continue reading

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Chicago Window Treatment Trends

Windows are the epitome of the pairing of function and beauty. They are the transition between the outdoors and indoors, ushering light and air inside. They are a means of extending our views beyond the parameters of our walls. To … Continue reading

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