Faux Wood Blinds

2005-06-11T04:43:00.000-07:00

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2005-06-11T04:18:00.000-07:00

Keep Summer Heat Outside with Shutters Inside
Three Ways Interior Shutters Can Help Beat the Heat This Summer

(ARA) - From the intense dry heat of the Southwest to the hot, humid climate of the East Coast and Midwest, summer means battling the heat! This time of year, homeowners across the country are fighting to lower air conditioning bills, protect furniture from the harsh rays of the sun, and keep their families cool and comfortable.
The latest trend in home decorating can solve all three problems: interior shutters made from Polywood, an engineered wood substitute. Polywood is a synthetic material that insulates against the summer heat and blocks the sun from entering the home better than any other window covering. Available exclusively through Sunburst Shutters and its licensed dealers, the shutters will not fade, warp, crack or discolor when exposed to extreme heat.

Shutters are not only a beautiful addition to any home’s décor, but they are practical as well. They provide a barrier between heat entering the home and cool air leaving it. Here are three ways that the right shutters can help beat the heat this summer while making your home look beautiful.

* As the cost of power increases, homeowners search for more ways to cut back on their electric bills. Dix Jarman, CEO of Sunburst Shutters, the country’s largest shutter manufacturer, says that Polywood shutters are one way to increase the efficiency of a home’s air conditioning system.

“We have conducted studies on the insulating properties of Polywood compared to blinds, drapes, shades and other shutters,” says Jarman. “When it comes to keeping out summer heat, Polywood consistently outperforms every window treatment.”

Polywood has been tested to be 70 percent more energy efficient than wood shutters and 1600 percent more energy efficient than aluminum mini-blinds.

Additional insulation against the sun’s rays equates to real savings in summer cooling bills. Just ask Kelly Wagner of Las Vegas.

“Over the past five years that we’ve had Polywood shutters in our home, the cost of power in Las Vegas has gone up and up,” says Wagner. “We’ve noticed that with shutters on nearly every window, instead of going up, our air conditioning costs have stayed the same.”

* Harsh summer light can cause permanent damage to carpets and furniture by fading colors and patterns. Shutters block out these rays almost completely, unlike curtains or blinds that only provide partial coverage.

“The carpet beneath our windows that have Polywood shutters has remained a dark hunter green, while the areas that do not have shutters have faded to a light turquoise color,” said Wagner. “Closing the shutters during the hottest time of the day has saved our carpet.”

Jarman says long-term fade protection for carpet and furniture is one of the benefits Polywood customers report years after installing shutters.

“People invest thousands of dollars into carpet and furniture, only to let them be ruined from sun streaming through their windows,” says Jarman. “Once homeowners notice the effects, it’s too late. Shutters are a beautiful way to protect furniture from fading right now.”

* With Polywood shutters your home can be an oasis against the summer heat. Coming home to a cool, comfortable room is a calming experience after a long summer day. The white, crisp look of Polywood shutters, coupled with their cooling influence against the sun, creates a comfortable atmosphere for any family to enjoy.

Phoenix resident Chad Taylor said, “When I took down my blinds and replaced them with Sunburst Shutters, I could feel an immediate difference in the temperature of the room.”

Many families avoid using certain rooms in the summer that get direct sunlight during the day and become uncomfortably hot. Installing interior shutters helps homeowners reclaim these rooms during the warmest months of the year.

So as you aim to fight back at the summer sun, remember that windows are a major conduit of heat transfer into your home. Choose the right window treatment and you’ll be much cooler this summer. For more information on Polywood or Sunburst Shutters, visit www.sunburstshutters.com.

Courtesy of ARA Content

Wood Decor

2005-06-11T04:17:00.000-07:00

Designing the Gourmet Kitchen -- From the Inside, Out
New Cabinet Innovations Use “Zone Design” to Put Everything at your Fingertips

(ARA) - Gourmet cooking and entertaining can be frustrating, even for the seasoned cook. With guests now congregating in the kitchen while the meal is being prepared, fumbling around in the back of your cabinets for that long lost spice jar, gadget or serving tray can turn cooking into a chore.
Fortunately, manufacturers are listening to these concerns, and responding with solutions that may change the way people think of and design their kitchens.

“For decades now, we’ve been designing kitchens in a classic triangle, with a cooking area, a food prep area and a cleaning/storage area. But today’s serious cooks needed ‘point of use’ solutions,” says Ellen Cheever, ASID, a well known kitchen and bath designer and industry educator. “So now, you’re seeing appliances like special warming drawers or beverage centers that fit in base cabinets. The insides of cabinets are now so specialized, there is a pull out or a special drawer for almost every need,” she said.

In fact, one manufacturer of high-end, semi-custom kitchen cabinetry, Decora, has just introduced the ACCESSories collection, with more than 100 cabinet options designed to provide specialized storage for the gourmet cook and entertainer. With more than 1,000 different size, door and finish combinations -- and now a full line of storage products--Decora’s national network of independent dealers and designers can offer a custom fit and a high-style look for around 20 percent less than custom cabinets, according to Jan Aufderhar, semi-custom manager for Masterbrand Cabinets, Decora’s parent company in Jasper, Ind.

“Designers are realizing that built-in cabinetry is a great way to break up space between the open kitchen, dining room, great room combinations, without making the floor plan feel closed off. With cabinetry doing so much more now, people are lot more likely to have things like built-in butler’s pantries, wet bars, study areas and even built in china cabinets,” she adds.

Here’s just a few of the applications Cheever and Aufderhar noted for today’s new high-performance kitchens:

Food Prep Zone: Kitchen islands have become elaborate food prep areas, with lower counter heights, built in butcher block countertops and knife drawers with special inserts to keep knives straight, organized and sharp. Cutting boards slide out for use and disappear back into the cabinet when they’re not needed.

Cooking Zone: With many cooks now buying separate cooktops and ovens, instead of freestanding ranges, new organization options have emerged. In the cabinet underneath the cooktop, chefs can put in drawers that hold up to 32 spice jars, right where they are needed, or install a special pull-out that holds all the pots and pans and organizes lids. A huge array of tall cabinets, base cabinets and special pull outs are specifically designed to hold sauces, spices, mustards and chutneys, right near the cooktop.

Baking Zone: Cooks serious about baking often choose to lower their countertop, adding knead-friendly marble counters. Now, Decora has taken this a step further by offering pull-out box cabinet inserts that allow bakers to store canisters, baking powders and spices together, under the counter. Special base cabinets have tiered, adjustable layers that are perfect for holding unruly springform pans, casseroles, cake decorating kits and the like.

Formal/Casual Dining Zones: “People are using built-in cabinets as a buffet that separates their kitchen from their dining area, usually with a tall bank of cabinets,” says Cheever. “With the right door style, you can make a combination china cabinet/buffet that never needs dusting, isn’t in the way and can be as big or as little as you want. With the right lighting, you can display your best pieces as artwork. It makes setting the table a snap; and it’s a very smart way to use your space,” she says.

The Wet Bar/Wine Service Zone: Wet bar modules can help make a transition between food preparation and food serving zones, and do it beautifully. Base cabinet beverage centers offer everything from rolling bins on a carousel, for storing a wide variety of canned goods; to pull out storage meant to hold eight, 2-liter bottles of soda. Wine racks can be built in a variety of configurations -- in freestanding pantries to doorless configurations built as a show area in the cabinets. Combined with today’s under-the-counter wine chillers and beverage centers, there’s no need to go to the basement for that dusty old bottle.

Meal Planning Command Center: Built in bookcases, file drawers and computer base cabinets can turn a corner of the kitchen into the perfect place for accessing computerized recipe files, paying the family bills or storing beloved cookbook collections and culinary backgrounders. With some kitchen cabinet manufacturers offering built-in office modules in addition to their kitchen line, designers can seamlessly integrate the two -- whether you’re storing cookbooks in a hallway leading into the kitchen, adding a shelf at the bottom of the kitchen island or putting in a kitchen office nook.

Task-Specific Storage Zones: Instead of a pantry that stores everything in one place, many homeowners are opting for dividing storage into specific work areas of their kitchens. For instance, some families are using storage for a “breakfast center,” where a trim, pull-out base cabinet can store cereals, syrups, pancake and muffin mixes and bagels. And for pet owners, a special pull-out base cabinet with an additional small drawer could be made to store large dog food canisters, treat boxes, toys and grooming materials.

“Cabinet storage systems have been around for a few years, but only now are kitchen designers starting to truly see their potential,” says Aufderhar. “When people begin to see how much time proper organization can save them in the kitchen, I think these kitchen designs will become a true mainstream trend,” she adds.

To find out more about emerging kitchen design trends, visit www.decoracabinets.com.

Courtesy of ARA Content

Faux Decor

2005-06-11T04:16:00.000-07:00

Mouldings Make Decorating Magic

(ARA) - Homeowners looking for a fast, easy way to improve a room should consider adding mouldings. It’s more dramatic than just painting and most projects can be completed in as little as a weekend.
“I often tell my clients -- especially first time homeowners -- that nothing makes a better first impression that fresh paint and new moulding,” says realtor and interior designer Gretchen Paulsen, who’s been advising clients in the Pacific Northwest for more than 30 years. “You’re adding the ‘bones,’ the ‘wow,’ the ‘charm’ that people crave in a home.”

Any room can benefit. Add elegance to a living room, historic box beams to a dining room, create a cozy study, a Zen-like retreat, or give a fast face lift to a bathroom -- all with mouldings.

The first step is to determine the style you prefer. There are lots of places for inspiration: from the library or magazines to informative Web sites such as LP Mouldings www.lpcorp.com/moulding -- which has a fun selector for honing your look.

Traditional style is popular, especially for living and dining rooms. Choose darker woods and deep, rich paint colors. Consider stacking various profiles for an opulent look. Use combinations of chair rail and picture rail mouldings to create an Old World look.

The Shinto, or Asian style, is achieved with simple, long lines. Start from the floor up using natural woods and contrasting paint colors. Keep the décor minimal. A teak or bamboo side chair and a lovely plant may be all that’s needed.

Casual contemporary style is characterized by clean lines, lighter woods or white trim. This style works especially well in bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens.

For ease of installation and fewer headaches, measure twice, cut once and consider pre-finished products. “Prefinished means you won’t have to waste time sanding, painting or staining and you won’t have to search endlessly for the best pieces,” says Jessie Peterson of LP Mouldings. LP’s lightweight, moisture-resistant, pre-finished moulding line is perfect for damp areas like bathrooms, laundry rooms and kitchens, and simply wipes clean with a cloth.

If you covet wood moulding but suffer sticker shock, consider wood veneer moulding for the same look at a fraction of the cost. LP also offers cherry, oak or maple veneers over a finger-jointed pine core, which keeps the cost down considerably.

If you chose a moulding style that needs to be stained or painted, Peterson suggests doing so before attaching it to the wall. It’s easy to touch up the painted moulding once it is installed.

Hanging moulding is simple, especially if you use special, pre-finished accessory pieces, such as inside and outside corner blocks for ceilings and bases that eliminate the need to miter-cut. Just begin from any corner in the room and nail in place. Drive nails to within 1/4 inch of the surface of the moulding to prevent scarring and, with an appropriate sized nail set, drive nails below the surface of the moulding. Joints and splices may be filled with caulk. On crown mouldings, it’s helpful to add a bead of caulk along the ceiling edge to hide imperfections.

No matter what your style, don’t forget finishing touches.

Crown mouldings add height and drama, providing a decorative transition between the wall and the ceiling that can add grandeur to any room. If your ceiling height is lower, don’t be afraid to use crown moulding; just choose a narrower profile.

Don’t forget the ceiling, says Paulsen, who suggests treating ceilings as the fifth wall. “Complete the room with medallions under light fixtures or create the look of box beams with trim and moulding to decorate the ceiling as you would a wall.”

Finally, don’t feel that every room in your home has to match. Historically, kitchens were white -- to give the impression of cleanliness -- while other areas were decorated to suit the use of the room.

Courtesy of ARA Content

Bamboo and Faux Wood Shutters, 31"-33" x 36" (MOCHA)

2005-02-18T02:47:00.000-08:00

Amazon.com: Home & Garden: Bamboo and Faux Wood Shutters, 31"-33" x 36" (MOCHA)These blinds are just beautiful and would go wonderfully in any room's decor. The beauty of bamboo is just timeless. These are made of a durable, easy to clean vinyl. Size is as mentioned above.

Resources For Faux Wood Blinds

2005-02-06T10:41:00.000-08:00

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2005-01-27T05:52:00.000-08:00

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Faux Wood Blinds

2005-01-23T08:27:00.000-08:00

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