October 6, 2008

Energy Efficient Window Treatments

Who Knew that
Money-Saving,
Energy-Efficient Custom Window Fashions Could
Be So Beautiful, Too!

With the cooler months just around the corner, accompanied by possibly record-breaking heating and cooling bills, wouldn’t this be a great opportunity to beautify your home with money-saving, energy-efficient custom window coverings? And I’m not talking about the clumsy, dark or old-fashioned looking thermal coverings of the past. Let’s instead talk about the advanced, high-technology, high “R” value rated marvels that have come along in the last few years. These products highlight your windows, allow variable amounts of outdoor view, and still keep the warmth you want inside, and the cold you want, outside!

Blinds, Shades, Draperies and Shutters to keep you warm!

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.

Ed Hopkins
Exciting Windows! by Verticals Etc.
603.964.7282
verticals@excitingwindows.net
http://www.excitingwindows.net/content/products.php

Window Décor Tip of the Month:

Bringing nature indoors is always a good way to add color and flair to your rooms, and your windows are the best place to start. Look outside any of your windows, and find a small tree branch, or shrub or flower you can trim and place in a vase of water (or without, if already dried), then place the vase in front of or near the window. A simple arrangement of greenery, or even twigs artfully displayed, that also appear just outside the window brings mother nature into your rooms, adding a dimension of beauty that you can change every week!

Save energy dollars now!

With energy costs going through the ceiling (AND out the windows!), this is the best time to invest in cost-containing, energy-efficient custom window fashions. I know so many amazing solutions for virtually every window type and room, you won’t even have to do any homework to get the best solutions for your rooms. Plus, I come to YOU, so you save gas and the time it takes having to shop around for what might or might not be good for your home needs. Call me today… I’ll bring a full array of beautiful, energy efficient options for your viewing, and we’ll work within your budget to make your home even more beautiful… and more comfortable. Just contact me and we’ll get started!

Ed Hopkins
Exciting Windows! by Verticals Etc.
603.964.7282
verticals@excitingwindows.net
www.excitingwindows.net

Serving Maine, New Hampshire and the Boston, North Shore are of Masschussets

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September 19, 2008

Update your kids’ rooms now

Back-to-School Time! Add Personality and Privacy with New Window Fashions for the Young Ones!

 

Now is the perfect time to update your kids’ rooms, just as they’re headed back to school… and brighten their environment for when they get home. What could be better than a comfortable and great looking room your kids will actually WANT to hang out in, study in, and return to after long days, quarters and semesters at school? Why not make their rooms special with custom window fashions we can design together just for them… setting a theme that says as much about their personality as it does your about your care and good taste. What kid doesn’t love a little extra privacy? New window fashions can provide that valuable commodity, too! Come and see what’s new in our showroom in North Hampton, NH, just south of Portsmouth and minutes from the Mass border.

Ed Hopkins & Mary Ellen O’Donnell
Exciting Windows! by Verticals Etc.
603.964.7282
verticals@excitingwindows.com

Window Décor Tip of the Month:

Blue is for boys… but it may not be for young men! Pink is wonderful, but at some point, girls grow out of that, too. When you make a décor change with window fashions, you aren’t limited by any one color, style or texture, and you don’t even have to change anything else in the room to make a major style shift. If Junior’s room is still blue, and his window treatments have seen better days, why not look to what’s happening in bold geometric prints? How about crisp cellular or louvered shades or blinds in a contrasting color or texture to bring “POP” to his environment? Thinking pink, there are loads of hot, contemporary styles and colors (like bright yellow, orange and even aqua or brown) that can update a girl’s pink room, and bring her private hangout into today by making it “her own” current style, where she’ll feel great and can “be herself”!

Rooms They’ll Love Living In!

Creating a place where your kids really want to study may seem an improbable task, but if they aren’t comfortable where they do their schoolwork, it will show. At the very least, it should be a place where they feel at ease, one that has their own tastes and interests incorporated. It’s important they get enough light, both natural from the windows and from other light sources. As they grow and mature, their personal space becomes a much more important part of the place they call home and can be a spot where they feel the safety and comfort you always try to create for your whole family. Let’s freshen your home with the kids’ rooms in mind. I have a terrific array of ideas and products in every price range to make this happen and will be happy to work within your budget to help you make your family’s rooms new again with window fashions. Call me today and we’ll get started!

 

 

Ed Hopkins & Mary Ellen O’Donnell
Exciting Windows! by Verticals Etc.

603.964.7282
verticals@excitingwindows.com
www.excitingwindows.net

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Serving Southern Maine, The New Hampshire Seacoast and the North Shore of Massachussets

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August 25, 2008

Consider Sound

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Do you live on a busy street? Do you have a lot of hard surfaces in your home? Properly planned window treatments can be a wonderful addition to your enjoyment of your home by dampening or reducing sound transmission. There are a number of products available today that can reduce the sound travelling into the home from outside or coming from other areas of the home.

Draperies are a great choice, but other products like Duette Honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas can reduce sound transmission as well.

If we can help with issues like this, visit us at www.excitingwindows.net or call 603-964-7282 today to get started.

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