Take your chair from drab to fab with a custom slipcover by choosing a fun but well suited fabric. Consider whether you want to machine wash your fabric or send it out to be cleaned. Quality fabrication is a must to ensure ease of removal and proper fit. The inside finished edges are just as important as the overall look. An educated consumer is a happy consumer.

It has been awhile since we have posted something on this blog because we have been busy creating alot of beautiful work this past year. We create custom drapery and valances as well as custom cushions, pillows and bedding. We also offer Hunter Douglas window treatment products for our residential and commercial clients.

In fact, Hunter Douglas is offering another great rebate. Starting June 1st through August 15th, 2010 you can enjoy $50 rebate per unit for Silhouettes and Pirouettes. Also you can enjoy a $100 rebate per unit for Luminette Privacy Sheers.

It is our attempt to post more frequently so that we can keep you abreast of the latest in window treatment fashions.

Conduction is when heat moves through a solid material like glass, spacers and frames around the windows. Multiple-glazed windows with argon gas between the panes as well as thermally resistant spacers and window frames help reduce conduction. Yet despite the most beautiful and expensive windows, we still feel the effects of conduction.

Convection is when heat touches the window and becomes cool. As the air cools it becomes dense and drops. Warm air then rushes in to take its place near the window glass. This is also known as the convection loop cycle. Yet despite multiple-glazed windows with argon gas and thermally resistance spacers and frames we can still feel the cold draft.

Radiation is the movement of heat from a warmer body to a colder body through energy waves. Clear glass absorbs heat and transfers it to the colder area. Radiant heat loss is felt in much the same way as conduction and convection as a cold draft. Despite top of the line windows, nature takes its course.

Does this mean you should buy a house or office without windows? NO and I doubt you would be able to find one anyway. Window treatments add a barrier to heat flow and improve energy conservation. Properly fit shades, blinds or shutters impede heat loss. Add another layer with drapes and improve the insulative effects around the windows. Valances stop the flow of air from the top of the window. Now use your custom window treatments properly. Close them at night to hinder heat loss and open them during the day when the sun is out to help warm the interior in the winter. Close them during the summer when the suns rays can damage and over heat the interior.

Yet despite the most beautiful and expensive windows, we still feel the effects of conduction, convection and radiation. However properly fit custom window treatments will improve energy efficiency and the interior comfort level of your dwelling.

Patio Drapes by Transitions Drapery out of Sunbrella Fabric for a patio in Grosse Pointe MI

Why window treatments? Window treatments meet the practical needs of clients. Window treatments offer privacy. Window treatments also offer protection of the internal surroundings from the suns damaging effects. Window treatments offer improved energy efficiency to a space. And the best part, window treatments offer beauty. Fabric window treatments play a huge role in the overall beauty of the space by wrapping the decor with softness and color.

I love to bring practical beauty to the area with hard and soft window treatment options. I love to see the transformation of the completed space. I love meeting my consumers needs no matter how large or small the project. That is why I chose this crazy business.