Rex - Our Shop Dog & Best Friend

Rex - Our Shop Dog & Best Friend

It is with a great deal of sadness we must report that Rex our Cocker Spaniel left us the day after Easter 2009. He came to work almost every day of this life from the ripe old age of 3 months until his death 14.6 years later. He never complained about the management or his clients, he never stayed home because he was lazy and wanted to skip work - in fact he beat us to the car every morning when it was time to leave for work. Rex had the pleasure of meeting many wonderful clients during his years; he would greet every one who came into our shop with a sniff, a wag of his little tail or maybe he'd bring them his ball. He used to lay on the carpet in the front window and several times through the years people turned their cars around and came into our store to see if he was a stuffed dog in the window; no, he was just waiting for me to come back from an appointment.

What a wonderful friend he was. Trixie, his companion the last two and one-half years has big PAWS to fill! Oh, we have a new puppy Teddy, who was born on March 26th, he is a nephew of Trixie's. But, Rex no one can take your place and we will always miss you!

Spring Hunter Douglas Rebates - Stop the Great Energy Giveaway

The best rebate program ever offered by Hunter Douglas started on February 1, 2009 and will be in effect until April 30, 2009. The rebates will be offered on selected products and there are limites to the number of shades that will qualify for the rebates.

Rebates will be from $50 to $300 per shade, up to 10 units on each product below:

$300 for each Duette VertiGlide with Duolite honeycomb shades

$200 for each Duette VertiGlide honeycomb shade

$200 for each Luminette Privacy Sheer

$150 for each Park Lane Privacy Sheer

$150 for each Skyline Gliding Window Panel

$100 for each Silhouette window shading

$75 for each Pirouette window shading

$50 for each Duette Architella honeycomb shade

$50 for each Duette LiteRise with Top-down/Bottom-Up or Ultraglide with Top-Down/Bottom-Up

$50 for each Vignette Modern Roman Shade

$50 for each Nantucket window shading

(Duette Architella rebate is not combinable with Duette Vertiglide or Duette LiteRise/UltraGlide TDBU rebate. Only one rebate submittal allowed per client during this offer.) Please allow approximately 8-10 weeks for delivery of rebate checks by US mail after products have been installed.

Hurry - this is a great opportunity to add beautiful new window covering products in your home and receive this special rebate offer too.

Making GREEN Beautiful - Saving Energy at the Window

Heat flow through windows is graphically shown in the infrared photo above, where red areas indicate energy loss. The dramatic color difference between the walls and windows shows the contrast in resistance to heat flow. How can we make the windows more like the walls? By adding insulation. Not with the fiberglass you would use in the walls, of course, but with window coverings - products that also control light and privacy, and add a fashion statement to each room.

This infrared photo illustrates that by simply adding an insulated shade to the uncovered window means saving a lot of energy when heating your home. Energy loss, both in heat loss and heat gain, is through the windows; when they are insulated this means that you are saving money. The Duette Architella shade can add R-Value to your windows up to +4.

R-Value measure resistance to heat flow. The walls of a contemporary home typically have an R-Value of 19, while standard double pane windows only have an R-Value of about 2. By adding window fashions like Duette Architella honeycomb shades can add up to four points tripling the energy efficiency of a standard double pane window and cutting heat loss through it by up to two-thirds. Imagine the impact of this much increased insulation on your utility bills!

When you choose Hunter Douglas products for your windows you're doing more than saving energy resources and money. You're also enhancing the look of your home with remarkable beauty and style at the window plus you're increasing the resale value of your home as well. Come into our showroom at Drapes & More Interiors to see a sample of this fine product. We will be happy to come to your home to give you a free estimate too.

Clock Close-out Sale - Howard Miller Clocks

Clock close-out sale through January, 2009. We are not planning to carry these fine clocks in stock when our current inventory has been sold. In order to sell them we have discounted them down to 65% off their suggested manufacturer's listed retail price. The sale is for instock clocks only. We can special order clocks from Howard Miller but they will not be included in the close-out sale.

We have a nice selection of wall and table clocks in stock. Hurry there is only three floor clocks left for sale. The one pictured is in the tradition of the Arts & Crafts Guilds style and is in a medium oak. The floor clock is cable-driven with a Westminster chime and a Klininger movement with the chime silence option.