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Questions to Ask When Choosing a Pediatrician

When you are expecting your first child, there are numerous decisions to be made. The list seems endless. Choosing which pediatrician will care for your sweet newborn should be near the top of the list.

4 Things To Tell Your Barber When You Get A Haircut

Next time you sit down and the barber asks, "how are we cutting it today?", know exactly what to say.

Fresh Ideas for Window Treatments

Window Treatments Save Energy?

Express Blinds and More can help you find the perfect window treatments for your home. To find out more information about saving energy through window treatments, contact us today.

Formal Window Treatment Ideas

With the holidays approaching, let the window covering experts at Shades Shutters Blinds guide you through the most popular formal window treatment ideas.

3 Ideal Window Treatments for the Bedroom

Window treatment products work wonders for bedrooms, but you have to pick the right one. Wholesale Shutter Company discusses the best options.

Using hemp as a sustainable building material

Hempcrete is made from a mixture of the woody part of the hemp plant and lime. When used as a building material, it "has an energy saving of 67 percent over using traditional concrete." And, when it is mixed with other materials such as sand or cement, the result becomes a versatile building material that can be used to make plywood, insulation, sills, roofs, floors, wallboard, pipes and bricks. This article examines the sustainable aspect of research and development of hempcrete as a…

Things to Consider Before a Window Treatment

At Blinds Express & More, we specialize in bringing your window treatment vision to life. We offer a variety of customized window treatment options, including blinds, curtains and drapes.

5 Ideas for Historic Window Treatments

Window treatments confer privacy while giving rooms a décor boost. Here’s our guide to the best window embellishments for old houses.

Great Window Treatment Ideas and Inspiration

We just came across a really great post about ideas for window treatments. Here’s an excerpt: Whether you’re dressing up an interior to accentuate the views or aiming to lower energy costs, t…

The Worst Window Treatments for Dogs

Your beautiful shades and drapes should last - so what should you NOT choose when you live with a dog? Here are the worst window treatments for dogs.

Can a Flight Attendant Force You to Close the Window Shade?

Do you have the right to enjoy the view while you're flying? A travel expert weighs in on whether an airline can force you to close your window shade.

Four Bay Window Treatment Ideas that Work

Bay windows are an architectural treat. They have a graceful feel and let in loads of natural light. Window treatments offer control for this abundance and draw

Building Materials, Fossil Fuels' Ugly Cousin

Green building materials are being developed all around the world using recycled, rapidly renewable, or easily sustainable content.

3 Bathroom Window Treatment Types and 23 Ideas

Window treatments can add softness to a bathroom or provide privacy. Choose a bathroom window treatment that suits your space with one of these great ideas.

Clever Construction: 6 Green Building Materials of the Future

Think of the future. What comes to mind? Flying cars perhaps? What about robots? Most people would probably go to the extreme and think of these two things. But, why don't we take a look at some green building materials of the future? These 6 materials are seeing increasing usage in the building industry, so their entrance into mainstream home construction might not be so far away from our present time after all. SensiTile You wake up in the middle of the night…

Window Treatment Ideas

Looking for window treatment ideas? Take a look at this idea gallery of shutters, blinds, shades, and more. All the window covering ideas in one place.

7 Questions To Help Choose Green Building Materials

In green building , the lifecycle analysis (LCA) of materials is critical. The stages in this cycle as we know them are: raw material, manufacturing, distribution, use, and end-of-life management ….. so-on-and-so-forth. I’m sure many of you have heard this more than once. But what does any of that mean? Well, the simple answer is, products that we can use fully with little to no waste…

3 Kitchen Window Treatment Types And 23 Ideas

A kitchen is a hardest-working room in your home, so you'll need durable kitchen window treatments and window coverings that are still stylish.