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What’s Hot on Pinterest – Blinds.com’s Most Pinnable Products

Pinterest is a redecorator’s dream. Whether you’re knocking down walls next week, or dreaming about a project a few years out, it’s wonderful to be able to save all of your ideas in one organized place. We want you to be able to plan your decorating down to the last detail, so we’ve made our photos extra easy to pin. Read on to see the window coverings that our customers are pinning the most. Top 3 Blinds.com Products on Pinterest:     1. Norman 2″ Faux Wood Blinds Faux Wood Blinds are one of our most popular window coverings because they give you the look of real wood at a more affordable price, and there’s no risk of warping.Norman Faux Wood…

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Bedroom Window Makeover on The Well Crafted Home

Our friend Lauren runs an incredible blog called The Well Crafted Home. She’s a new wife who shares home decor craft tutorials and recipes for yummy treats that the whole family will love. Tune in every week for Well Crafted Wednesdays where she shares the cutest DIY projects from around the internet. The Well Crafted Home Window Makeover Lauren’s bedroom just got a fresh new look with soft fabric roman shades custom fitted just for her windows. Like many, she is new to the world of window coverings, so she tried out our new service, Face2Face. She  video chatted with one of our in-house designers to find the perfect fit for her window. Here’s what she had to say:  ”I had never bought blinds before so I was not sure how…

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Roller Shades Are Back + New Colors!

With clean lines and unbeatable functionality, roller shades are making a stylish comeback. More and more designers are bringing in roller shades to pair with minimalist modern designs. Although the nostalgic pull downs are  perfect for arts and crafts homes as well. Read more about window treatments for historical homes To keep up with this recent resurgence, we’ve given the Blinds.com Brand Roller Shade line a complete makeover. We are now offering new of-the-moment colors and designer fabrics for our most popular roller shades. New Designer Textiles for Roller Shades: Blinds.com Brand Signature Solar Shade Our Signature Solar Shades are perfect for preserving your beautiful view, while reducing glare and incoming heat, as well as protecting your furnishings from UV rays….

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Discount Window Blinds – Blinds.com Sale February

Your home is where your kids grow up, you celebrate with friends, and where your best memories live.  Give your home the love and care it deserves this Valentines Day with brand new window coverings, custom made just for you. Do you have a home love story worth sharing?  See what’s on sale for February: Save on All Blinds.com Brand Products For Valentine’s Day, we want to show your home some love with brand new window treatments! From now until the end of February, get 10% off Blinds.com brand products when you make an order of $295 or more. Great window views and great savings — they’re the best valentines around. Get these savings with the promo code: BC10 10% off all…

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Furry Valentine Caption Contest – How to Win!

Sometimes making your sweetheart laugh out loud is a better gift than all that mushy stuff. Wouldn’t it make your day to wake up to this little guy on February 14th? He’s so pugly he’s cute, and there’s no way you can resist. Give him a caption on the Blinds.com Facebook Page by Wednesday February 6th at 12pm CST and you could win one of these prizes: 1 of 3 Valentine’s Temporary Tattoo Packs from Tattly A Hand-Holding-Friendly Mitten Bring on the Snark! Head over the Blinds.com Facebook page and give us your best one-liner (nothing dirty please!) for this little guy. Share the contest post with your friends and we’ll give you an extra entry! At noon on Wednesday we’ll…

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We <3 Your Home – Share Your Home Love Story

Do you remember the moment when you walked in to your home and knew it was “the one”? Did you fall in love with the big oak tree out front where kids could play, the dining room that was perfect for thanksgiving dinner, or the built-in work workshop off of the garage? When we think of home, all of us have a special space that we love the most. As Valentine’s Day approaches, we want to help you rekindle the love with your home. Even though the pipes burst last winter and the stairs still squeak, don’t forget about the things that made you first fall in love. We asked Blinds.com employees to share what they love most about home:…

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Hang Blinds with No Tools – The InstaFit™ Cordless Honeycomb Shade

We’ve been on the edge of our seats waiting to announce the release of an innovative new product, The Instafit™ Cordless Honeycomb Shade. This window shade is truly like no other. Even the most DIY-phobic decorators can install it in seconds and it won’t leave any holes in your wall. Want to know how this is possible? Well, think back to the tension rods that you use to hang curtains. Easy to install, but a little wimpy, right? The InstaFit™ Shade stays firmly fixed in your window through spring tension, just like a curtain rod, but the comparison stops there. The high quality steel headrail, high tension springs and rubber gripping ends will lock the shade tight into your window frame until you’re…

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Get Your Windows Ready for the Super Bowl

collThe countdown is in the single digits for The Big Game. You’ve got a snack-tastic menu planned that will rock the coffee table, and have plastered the house with your team’s colors, but are your windows ready? The planets have aligned so that kickoff will coincide exactly with sunset in many cities across the nation. Your monster sized TV won’t do you any good if there’s a huge glare on the screen coming from due west. Get Your Man Cave Game Day Ready Block out glare and protect gadgets that can be damaged by the sun with these top notch roller shades. When you choose the motorized lift system you can turn your living room into game time central with…

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Video Chat with Decorating Experts: Face2Face

Know it’s time to update your window coverings, but don’t know where to start? We empower our independent-minded, DIYer customers to shop for themselves with our wide selection of top-quality products and an easy-to-navigate website. However, when you’re knee deep in a renovation project, sometimes you don’t know what you want or need for your windows. We’re here to give you guidance and expertise when you ask for it. That’s where our innovative and personal new service, Face2Face, comes in. Get Expert Help Choosing Blinds and Shades for Your Home With Face2Face, you can schedule a free video chat with a one of our window design experts at your convenience. Connect with a  consultant via your computer, smartphone, or tablet…

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Football Food for the Big Game – Crabby Cities Face Off

r January 24, 2013 | B DIY Projects, Seasonal Trends

Whether it’s the Big Game or showing off your new kitchen blinds that’s got you hungry, it’s time to start strategizing for your dinner table line up. Others may be taking the brother battle angle when it comes to the game, but the real rivalry is a gastronomic one between two cities lousy with crabs. West and East coasters have divided loyalties between San Francisco’s bigger, flakier dungeness crabs and Baltimore’s smaller, sweeter blue crabs. Why not take the battle from the gridiron to the table and set these two crustaceans head to head? Baltimore Blues, or should we say Purples… Baltimore is known for it’s soft shell blue crabs, caught fresh from Chesapeake Bay. Give Ravens fans a taste of home with…

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