Subject: RE: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?
From: Jason Wolf (wolfjas2@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2007 - 13:30:32 CST
To be honest we are in the research stage and are keeping an open mind.
> From: matthew.loeffel@loeffelsteel.com> To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu> Subject: RE: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:30:14 -0600> > > What type of price range are you gunning for? I have a corner unit and I> had southern shutters and blinds installed.> > Best Regards,> > Matthew T. Loeffel> Sales> Loeffel Steel Products, Inc.> Phone: 847-382-6770> Fax: 708-849-8008> matthew.loeffel@loeffelsteel.com> > > Click to access our website > > > This email (including any attachments) is confidential. If you are not the> intended recipient you must not copy, use, disclose, distribute or rely on> the information contained in it. If you have received this email in error,> please notify the sender immediately by reply email and delete the email> from your system. Confidentiality and legal privilege attached to this> communication are not
waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery to> you. Loeffel Steel Products, Inc. does not guarantee that this email or the> attachment(s) are unaffected by computer virus, corruption or other defects.> Loeffel Steel may monitor incoming and outgoing emails for compliance with> its Email Policy. > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: vanguard-talk-bounce@venus.soci.niu.edu> [mailto:vanguard-talk-bounce@venus.soci.niu.edu] On Behalf Of Joy Ringger> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:22 AM> To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu> Subject: Re: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?> > could i ask how you are putting these up? are you drilling a hole in the> brick wall to put up the curtain rods? > joy 603> > Barbara Thomas <barst@comcast.net> wrote:> > I'm with Mary on nothing being needed to "transform" windows. I live in a > corner unit so I found I had to put up blinds on all of the west facing > windows, because the sun is so intense in the summer as well as the late > spring and early fall, that it was un
bearable in the afternoon. If that > wasn't the case, I would have left them bare, except for the bedroom. > Though they do offer a bit of insulation in the winter when it is really > cold. I never put up blinds on north facing balcony doors, because I like it> > like that. Though as Mary stated, fading is a big problem.> > In any case, the choices for window coverings for our large sliding balcony > doors is fairly limited UNLESS you want draperies. For blinds, you are kind > of limited to vertical type blinds. The exception might be putting up > separate horizontal blinds on EACH section of the balcony window, otherwise > the door wouldn't be able to open properly.> > One alternative to the standard vertical blinds is the Hunter Douglas > Luminette which combines vertical blinds with sheer fabric. They are very > nice but expensive. Take a look at the Hunter Douglas website for some > ideas http://www.hunterdouglas.com/our_products.jsp and check out Home Depot> > to see examples of them and other brands. W
hatever you do, it is going to > involve custom blinds or draperies because of the size of our windows.> > Barbara> 501> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Deskovich" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:05 AM> Subject: Re: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?> > > > My experience is that nothing is needed on the "transom" windows. The > > balcony above keeps the sun out in the summer because the sun is high > > enough in the sky, and in the winter the sun is welcome. I did have a > > film put on my windows to keep things from fading. It was fairly > > inexpensive ($700 and I had the bedroom window done too). The film > > doesn't provide privacy, but since I like the sun coming in during the > > winter (I'm on the south side) I tend to keep the vertical blinds (one > > solution for window coverings, albeit a not very creative one) open but > > don't have to worry about fading the floor and furniture.> >> > Mary> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------> > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo yo
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