Blind Repair Pros is here to save you money by not replacing your blinds, shades, or shutters. We are specialist in Hunter Douglas window treatments and repair most major brands normally in one visit. We even repair blinds on yachts and RVs. Blinds, shutters, and shades can be very expensive when you start replacing each one that is broken.We can save you time and money by doing quick repairs. With over 30 years of experience in the blind repair business there are not many problems we can't overcome.  We repair a multitude of shades, shutters, drapery rods, horizontal blinds and much more. We can replace motors and remotes and even retrofit shades and blinds with motors. We are fully licensed and insured. At Blind Repair Pros we provide top quality onsite blind repair service. We repair all types of shades and most major brands so you dont have to spend a lot of money on purchasing new blinds, shades, or shutters. We guarantee that your blinds, shades, shutters, and more will be fixed normally within 1 visit. We repair yachts and RVs that have shades with guide wires or rails, restrings and repairs and much more. At Blind Repair Pros we also repair roller shades, drapery rods, horizontal blinds and more. Save money by not replacing your blinds. Call on us for a FREE Quote. If youre having problems with your blinds and are looking for onsite repairs, need motorization or need us to take down and reinstall blinds, lubricate stiff sticking blinds, cut down or shorten blinds to fit we can do it all at Blind Repair Pros and more. At Blind Repair Pros we can replace motors and remotes in your shades or blinds and fix most major brands. ...read more

Shoji Panels have evolved into a modern, contemporary window treatment!  Use them on your sliding doors, as room dividers, partitions or just wall accents.  Our Shoji panels come in a variety of frame designs and a myriad of fabrics.  Please come into our showroom at 4551 N. Dixie Highway in Boca Raton, Florida to see them in person!  Call us at 561-394-8883 or email us at info@theblindbroker.com. ...read more

INNOVATIVE WINDOW FASHIONS LLC http://www.InnovativeWindowFashions.com FINDING PEACE AND QUIET IN A NOISY WORLD     ~ Hunter Douglas Can Help ~ Oh for a little peace and quiet. There is noise everywhere we go. Boom boxes blare in our parks. People yell into cell phones on public transportation and on our streets traffic roars, machinery drones, planes zoom overhead and pedestrians scream at one another and into their cell phones to be heard above it all. According to the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse, a national non-profit organization with extensive online noise-related resources, (www.nonoise.org), “Noise is among the most pervasive pollutants today…Noise negatively affects human health and well-being. Problems related to noise include hearing loss, stress, high blood pressure, sleep loss, distraction and lost productivity, and a general reduction in the quality of life and opportunities for tranquility.” More than ever we yearn for our homes to be peaceful sanctuaries but too often noise from the outside imposes on even our most personal spaces. Not only are our cities noisier than ever, but also, our suburbs, where even large houses are being built closer to their neighbors. Hunter Douglas, the nation’s leading manufacturer of custom window coverings, can help. Its products provide great style at the window and are engineered to improve the quality of life at home by providing privacy, climate and noise control. In fact all its products are rated for sound absorption and all their window coverings are custom made to your window’s specific sizes for maximum light and privacy control as well as sound absorption. Duette® honeycomb shades, whose construction mimics the inside of a honeycomb, have especially high sound absorption ratings with several fabric styles absorbing 55 and 60 percent of reflected sound. Duette shades in Phenomena™ fabric with three layers of honeycomb pleats absorb an impressive 65 percent of reflected sound. And now the most comprehensive offering of honeycomb shades on the market has even more varieties from which to select. In honor of its 20th anniversary this year, Hunter Douglas has added a significant line extension built around its proprietary 1 ¼-inch pleat size, which speaks to the trend for larger-scale window coverings. This offering consists of two new fabrics and three lifting system extensions, including PowerRise® battery powered remote control motorization, an ideal option for large windows, especially for bedrooms and media rooms where sound and light control are high priorities. Most of the popular Silhouette® window shadings that softly diffuse light through two sheer fabric layers and gently curved fabric vanes absorb 30 percent of reflected sound. This window covering also has the unique ability to diffuse light protect against the sun’s harmful UV rays, while still revealing the view out the window. Hunter Douglas has recently introduced three new fabrics for this product – The Matisse Collection™, which features colored sheer fabrics as well as fabric vanes, Lumiere™ and BonJour™ – and the new fabric-covered headrail designated Palette™. Luminette® Privacy Sheers, a similar concept to Silhouette window shadings that is oriented vertically, provides up to 50 percent sound absorption with most fabrics. For those who prefer a window covering with the timeless beauty of a Roman shade and the practical functioning of a totally modern window covering, Hunter Douglas has made Vignette® window shadings available with the PowerRise® easy, affordable motorization option. Offering billowy layers of fabric folds, Vignette window shadings with EveScape™ room-darkening fabrics absorb 60 percent of reflected sound. Hunter Douglas continues to innovate with window coverings that combine high style with practical performance. New Alouette® LightLouvers feature 2 ¾-inch wide elliptical fabric louvers that seem to magically float at the window because there are only two support cords, no matter how wide the product, and because the headrail, which is also elliptical in shape, tilts with the louvers to virtually disappear. Alouette LightLouvers offers the timeless look of a shutter with the light control of a blind and the softness of a shade, and with “Clair” fabric they provide 45 percent sound absorption. Window coverings can make a big difference in bringing peace and quiet to a home. Hunter Douglas is pleased to share some additional tips from the Noise Center of the League for the Hard of Hearing: • Pay attention to the noises around you and whenever possible, turn down the volume. •Limit exposure time to loud noise sources in the home. • Wear adequate hearing protection such a foam ear plugs or ear muffs when using loud equipment. • Buy quiet products. Contact the Consumer Products Safety commission and the manufacturer of noisy products. •Try not to run all appliances in your kitchen at the same time. • Make your home acoustically sound by following recommendations of the National Bureau of Standards: o Place vibration mounts under major appliances and foam pads under small appliances. oInstall padded carpeting, vinyl tile or thick linoleum to absorb sound. o Seal holes or cracks in doors and windows with caulking or a minimum expansion foam sealant. For even greater noise control, many Hunter Douglas products, such as Silhouette window shadings, are ideal for use in combination with drapes. Combined they will provide maximum sound absorption – a lullaby for your windows!http://www.InnovativeWindowFashions.com ...read more

INNOVATIVE WINDOW FASHIONS LLCwww.InnovativeWindowFashions.comGOING GREEN THIS SUMMER IS MORE COST- EFFECTIVE THAN EVER ~ Hunter Douglas Can Help Reduce Air Conditioning and Heating Bills ~ Hunter Douglas, the company that pioneered the category of highly energy efficient yet fashionable window coverings with the development of the Duette® honeycomb shade in 1985, has the following tips to help save on those heating bills without giving your home a major overhaul: • Weatherize – First, test your home for air tightness. The U.S. Department of Energy recommends lighting an incense stick on a windy day and holding it next to your windows, doors, electrical boxes, plumbing fixtures and other places where there is a possible air path to the outside. If the smoke travels horizontally, you have located an air leak. Seal up these holes, weather-strip doors and insulate attic floors. And, when the fireplace is not in use, keep the damper closed tightly. • Insulate – Don’t just insulate your attic. The Department of Energy calculates that 10 to 25 percent of a heating bill goes out the window, literally. Duette honeycomb shades, boasting a cellular structure that traps air in the honeycomb pleats, can dramatically increase energy savings at the window. Insulation is measured in R-values and the higher the R-value, the better a window resists the transfer of heat. A single layer of uncovered window glass has an R-value of about 1, while a typical double-glazed window (two panes of glass or with a storm window) has an R-value of around 2. By selecting an energy-efficient window treatment, you can increase the R-value one to four points. Duette honeycomb shades with three layers of honeycomb pleats more than double the energy efficiency of a double-glazed window and nearly quadruple the efficiency of a single pane of glass with a very high insulating R-value of 4.8 (on double-glazed windows). • Improve and maintain your mechanical systems – Make sure your gas or oil furnace is serviced and cleaned at least once a year and change or clean furnace filters often during heating season. Also, clean warm-air registers, baseboard heaters and radiators as needed. And, replace your thermostat with a programmable one that allows you to set temperatures at different times of the day. Turning the heat down from 72 to 65 degrees for at least eight hours a day can reduce heating bills by 10 percent according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Portland General Electric, Portland’s largest utility company, has dispelled the popular notion that the higher you set your heater’s thermostat, the faster your home will warm up. In reality, they say, it takes the same amount of time for the temperature to reach 70 degrees F whether the thermostat is set at 70 or 90 degrees. Setting the thermostat all the way up only increases your heating costs. Another hint, according to Tom Silva, general contractor on PBS’s “This Old House,” air conditioning units should be removed in the fall as they are drafty and suck the air out of a house. If that is too much work, use an insulated jacket that goes on the exterior. • Watch Your Windows – For the rare sunny day, open your shades to help heat the house with the sun, but be sure to close them at night. Also, keep the windows on the south side of your house clean to ensure maximum solar gain. • Landscape – Let Mother Nature work for you. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall permit winter sunlight to reach and warm your house. Plant deciduous trees on the south and east sides of your home. 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INNOVATIVE WINDOW FASHIONS LLC www.InnovativeWindowFashions.com West Palm Beach- 561-640-0500 Boca Raton- 561-483-8211      GOING GREEN THIS SUMMER IS MORE  COST- EFFECTIVE THAN EVER   ~ Hunter Douglas Can Help Reduce Air Conditioning and Heating Bills ~ Hunter Douglas, the company that pioneered the category of highly energyefficient yet fashionable window coverings with the development of the Duette®honeycomb shade in 1985, has the following tips to help save on those heating billswithout giving your home a major overhaul:•Weatherize– First, test your home for air tightness. The U.S. Department ofEnergy recommends lighting an incense stick on a windy day and holding it nextto your windows, doors, electrical boxes, plumbing fixtures and other placeswhere there is a possible air path to the outside. If the smoke travelshorizontally, you have located an air leak. Seal up these holes, weather-stripdoors and insulate attic floors. And, when the fireplace is not in use, keep thedamper closed tightly.•Insulate– Don’t just insulate your attic. The Department of Energy calculatesthat 10 to 25 percent of a heating bill goes out the window, literally. Duettehoneycomb shades, boasting a cellular structure that traps air in the honeycombpleats, can dramatically increase energy savings at the window. Insulation ismeasured in R-values and the higher the R-value, the better a window resists thetransfer of heat. A single layer of uncovered window glass has an R-value ofabout 1, while a typical double-glazed window (two panes of glass or with astorm window) has an R-value of around 2. By selecting an energy-efficientwindow treatment, you can increase the R-value one to four points.Duette honeycomb shades with three layers of honeycomb pleats more thandouble the energy efficiency of a double-glazed window and nearly quadruple theefficiency of a single pane of glass with a very high insulating R-value of 4.8 (ondouble-glazed windows).•Improve and maintain your mechanical systems– Make sure your gas or oilfurnace is serviced and cleaned at least once a year and change or cleanfurnace filters often during heating season. Also, clean warm-air registers,baseboard heaters and radiators as needed.And, replace your thermostat with a programmable one that allows you to settemperatures at different times of the day. Turning the heat down from 72 to 65degrees for at least eight hours a day can reduce heating bills by 10 percentaccording to the U.S. Department of Energy. Portland General Electric,Portland’s largest utility company, has dispelled the popular notion that the higheryou set your heater’s thermostat, the faster your home will warm up. In reality,they say, it takes the same amount of time for the temperature to reach 70degrees F whether the thermostat is set at 70 or 90 degrees. Setting thethermostat all the way up only increases your heating costs.Another hint, according to Tom Silva, general contractor on PBS’s “This OldHouse,” air conditioning units should be removed in the fall as they are drafty andsuck the air out of a house. If that is too much work, use an insulated jacket thatgoes on the exterior.•Watch Your Windows– For the rare sunny day, open your shades to help heatthe house with the sun, but be sure to close them at night. Also, keep thewindows on the south side of your house clean to ensure maximum solar gain.•Landscape– Let Mother Nature work for you. Trees that lose their leaves in thefall permit winter sunlight to reach and warm your house. Plant deciduous treeson the south and east sides of your home. Stop chilling winter winds by plantingevergreen trees and shrubs on the north and west sides. ...read more

The Finest Quality Window TreatmentsINNOVATIVE WINDOW FASHIONS LLCWest Palm Beach     Boca Raton FL  561-640-0500           561-483-8211www.InnovativeWindowFashions.comSelecting window coverings is one of the most complicated decorating decisions homeowners face, as there are many practical and aesthetic considerations. According to the National Association of Home Builders' "Housing Facts, Figures&Trends 2004" report, a typical, newly built 2,272 square-foot house has an average of 19 windows. So most homeowners must multiply this decision by 19!Experts at the nation's leading window covering company, Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, offer the following guide to help you select custom window coverings that will provide the best practical performance and add pleasing decorative qualities to every room in your house. Here are the questions you need to ask, and better yet, the answers: Practical Considerations What are your needs for privacy? A general rule of thumb is that if you can see out through closed treatments during the day, others can see in at night. Hunter Douglas has a range of products that offer options ranging from sheer to privacy and all the degrees in between. Silhouette® window shadings, which feature fabric vanes suspended between sheer fabric panels, rotate for varying degrees of privacy and light control allow you to see your view and at the same time provide privacy. It comes in a light-dimming Bon Soir fabric for areas where more room darkening is desired. Luminette® Privacy Sheers, the vertical version of Silhouette shadings featuring a sheer fabric facing with vertical fabric vanes attached to the rear for privacy and light control, has an Evening Star room-darkening vane option. For some the ability to close a blind, shade, shutter, shading, privacy sheer or drapery, especially at night, offers both shelter and comfort. Hunter Douglas recently introduced a window covering showcasing 2 ¾"-wide fabric louvers with a elliptical, cellular shape that rotate 180 degrees in either direction and raise and lower like a shade. The headrail and bottom rail are also elliptical in shape and pivot with the louvers to virtually disappear. When the louvers are fully open, the view is crystal clear, when closed, privacy is complete. Alouette LightLouvers are offered in two opacities - the translucent Clair and room-darkening Clair de Lune. For an even more sheltering look, Alouette louvers may be layered with draperies that may be pulled shut at night. What are your needs for light control? Many window coverings go up and down and make all stops in between. Duette® honeycomb shades, Brilliance® pleated shades, Jubilance® Roman shades and Provenance® woven woods offer the added option of being lowered from the top down, thus allowing light to enter a room while still providing privacy and offering maximum light control. And there is now a Top-Down / Bottom-Up and TiltAnywhere option for the popular Silhouette window shadings which allows you to operate the shadings from the top down, or the bottom up or in combination and tilt the product when it is in any position. Products with either vertical or horizontal louvers, vanes or slats such as Country Woods® Collection wood blinds, Heritance® hardwood shutters, Palm Beach Custom Shutters, Silhouette shadings, the new Alouette LightLouvers, Luminette sheers and Cadence Soft Vertical Blinds allow you to redirect the light to change the complexion of a room by rotating or tilting the louvers. Of course, how much light control you need depends what your room will be used for. For media rooms, Duette honeycomb shades in opaque fabrics with an aluminized polyester core that provides total room darkening are a good choice. These shades are available with PowerRise® battery powered remote control motorization, which can be integrated into home automation systems. Remembrance® window shades in opaque fabrics area also now offered with radio frequency-controlled hardwire motorization and can be very effective for media rooms. Which direction does your window face? And what are your needs for UV-ray protection and energy efficiency? North-facing windows bring in the most even and consistent light. It is also the coldest exposure, so for energy conservation these windows are often treated with insulated shades - such as Duette® honeycomb shades, which trap air in the honeycomb cells, and Country Woods Collection wood blinds - or lined draperies and cornices. Duette honeycomb shades come in single, double and triple honeycomb layers and a multitude of fabric and hardware options. The Duette triple honeycomb shade is the most energy efficient nationally branded window covering on the market. South-facing windows receive sunlight year-round, casting a warm, golden glow on interiors. Heat and UV rays in this consistent light will cause the most damage, so, choose products that can protect fabric and furniture from the sun's harmful rays. The right window covering can block up to 99 percent of UV rays. Look for a "% UV blockage" rating. The higher a product's rating, the better the home's interior is protected from UV rays. For example, Duette honeycomb shades can block up to 99.9 percent of UV rays. Remembrance® window shades in opaque fabrics, Vignette® window shadings - an updated Roman shade with gently contoured fabric folds that roll up into a sleek headrail - Heritance hardwood shutters and Duette shades in opaque fabrics are all good choices. East-facing windows admit the most balanced or full-spectrum light, however, its brightness and clarity may render it warm, especially in the morning. Window treatments with two layers that diffuse light, such as Alouette LightLouvers with it is cellular louvers, Silhouette window shadings with companion Luminette Privacy Sheers and Duette honeycomb shades are good choices here. If your windows face west they are exposed to the hottest light and also the haziest because by day's end, there are so many impurities in the atmosphere. Many of the same treatments as south-facing windows are good selections here. Products like Silhouette window shadings and Luminette sheers can also provide UV protection while still allowing a view. Is noise a problem? If your windows face a crowded street, sound can be a problem, especially at night. It's good to know that fabric window coverings can provide a solution. Alouette LightLouvers, for instance, with its 2 ¾"-wide fabric louvers with an elliptical shape absorb almost half of all reflected sound, as do Luminette sheers. Duette honeycomb shades with the triple layer of honeycomb cells absorb almost three quarters of all reflected sound. Do your windows open and, if so, do you open them often? Some windows open up, some out and some in. Other slide from side to side. For window or glass doors that slide open and shut Hunter Douglas vertical blinds or a vertical covering like Luminette sheers work well. Duette honeycomb shades with the Vertiglide® hardware system is another wonderful style option because the honeycomb fabric is oriented vertically with the shade operating sideways. When open, it folds back to a mere six inches, no matter how wide the treatment. If the window is used for ventilation it is best to have treatment that stacks off the window so that incoming breezes will not rattle or damage it. Is the window covering child-safe? Particularly if you have young children or pets at home safety is important. In 1993, Hunter Douglas introduced the Break-Thru® Safety Tassel for horizontal blinds, leading the industry in addressing the safety concerns posed by window covering cords. Since that time the company has continually introduced new and improved technologies that enhance the safety of Hunter Douglas products and family homes. Among the safety innovations: the PermAssure® Safety Wand, a fiberglass wand that is a single control replacing both the cord and the chain on vertical blinds; cordless, wireless PowerRise motorization; the UltraGlide® patented lifting system on Duette shades and Silhouette shadings, which features a single, retractable cord that is easily kept out of the way of children; and the LiteRise® Touch System, a cordless lift system that allows shades or blinds to be raised and lowered with touch of a finger. What about hard-to-reach windows? For very large and hard-to-reach windows, such as skylights and clerestory windows, motorization is a necessity, and in rooms where there is an entire wall of windows and in bedrooms where it allows controlling the window covering without leaving your bed, it is a great convenience. Hunter Douglas offers motorization on many of its window coverings. Luminette® with PowerGlide® remote control motorization both traverses the sheers and rotates the fabric vanes. Duette honeycomb shades and Silhouette window shadings are available with PowerRise® motorization and a Silhouette with PowerRise retrofit kit allows manually operated shadings to be motorized. New PowerTilt® remote control motorization that tilts blinds open or closed by remote control is available on Country Woods Collection wood blinds, Hunter Douglas Alternative Wood Blinds and Shapes and Modern Precious Metals� aluminum blinds. Aesthetic Considerations What are the proportions of the room? The window treatment should be considered within the overall scale of the interior in terms of both height and size to maintain proper proportions. If, for example, the window is small in relation to the rest of the room, you may want to extend the covering to the edge of the window molding to make the window seem larger. For a large window with a beautiful view you may want a simple covering, like Silhouette shadings, Luminette sheers or Alouette louvers that will enable you to control light without obscuring the views. For a window with an interesting architectural frame, place the covering within the frame so as not to obscure it. Also, for a room with a low ceiling, remember that vertical lines can enhance the height of a room. Cadence Soft Vertical Blinds with a patented curved louver profile for the softness of a drapery can add height as can Luminette Privacy Sheers. What colors do you prefer? Color intensifies as you increase areas of coverage. A small amount of bright red might be suitable for a decorative tape or trim, but overwhelming in an entire window treatment. To visually expand a window or room choose soft, light or cool colors such as lemon yellow, seafoam-green or sky blue. Another hint: Coordinate the window coverings with the wall color, as low contrasts will keep the eye moving around the room. Reverse the technique to make the window or room appear smaller and cozier by using dark, warm colors and high contrast between the window and wall. Also remember what your window looks like from the outside. Many Hunter Douglas window coverings have neutral white backings for a consistent from the exterior. How does pattern work at the window? Always consider the effect pattern at the window will have on the whole room. Are there other patterns in the decoration? Will they complement each other or create chaos? Pattern, like color, can be surprisingly intense in large quantities, so proceed with caution. Considering Texture? The rich subtlety of texture is increasingly appreciated in home decoration. Textures can be both casual (rough, nubbly or earthy) or formal (smooth, elegant fabrics). Texture is particularly important at the window where light penetrates the fabric or material. Always put the sample to be used in an application up to the window to judge the effect of light coming through it, as the texture will alter the diffusion of the light. In answer to the designer and consumer demand for texture, Hunter Douglas has added several new appealing textures to its popular Duette honeycomb shades, including Batiste, a linen-like woven fabric with the durability of a non-woven in two styles. Luminette sheers just introduced some new sheers fabrics, including Sheer Linen, Summer Breeze with "barely there" checks and Abstractions with a contemporary, fluid pattern. For optimum function and pleasing aesthetics Hunter Douglas continues to lead the field with new introductions every year that anticipate consumers' needs.http://www.InnovativeWindowFashions.com ...read more