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Custom drapery sweepstakes

Posted on April 3, 2012 by charlie marshall

Win the window treatments of your dreams, AND free total room design consultation by Michael Payne, HGTV celebrity interior designer!

Enter online to win the $5,000 E

xciting Windows! Makeover Sweepstakes! Imagine how gorgeous your rooms can be with magnificent custom window treatments designed and made just for you. You’ll also receive a FREE design consultation with HGTV’s own Michael Payne, celebrity interior designer AND Exciting Windows! customer! Just click on the graphic, left, and enter now!

Visit the IDEA Studio and See Your Ideal Windows Come True!

Now you can start picturing gorgeous new custom window fashions at YOUR windows without even leaving your home or office, saving you time, effort and even a few gallons of gas in the process! With the Exciting Windows! IDEA Studio site, you select from a complete array of window types to approximate the ones you want to treat, a vast array of designs and products that include virtually EVERY window fashion type and style, and luxurious extras like valances, cornices, decorative hardware and tie-backs. Then by just clicking a few buttons, your personal window design appears fully composed for you to view, alter and enhance!

Charlie Marshall is the owner of Custom Draperies by Designers Touch of Louisville Ky. Charlie has helped hundreds of home owners beautify their homes and would love to help you as well. Charlie will come to your home and help you with your selection of draperies, pleated shades, blinds or any of the wonderful new products available to you through Custom Draperies by Designers Touch. Check our web site at WWW. designers-touch.com or call at 502 905 2368 and make your home more beautiful.

Charlie can be reached at charlie@designers-touch.com . Custom Draperies of Louisville Ky. can motorize all window treatments. Draperies Louisville Ky. Draperies New Albany In,.Draperies Floyds Knobs In , Sellersburg In, Phone KY. 502- 905 2368

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Energy saving window treatments

Posted on April 3, 2012 by charlie marshall

Mild Winter? Even So, Who Isn’t Ready for Summer?

In most parts of North America, this year’s winter was just not all winter usually is. Less snow and warmer temperatures generally prevailed, and it was almost easy to think about being outdoors in short sleeves even in January many places. Chances are, you saved some money on your heating bills due to the lack of cold outside and radiant air coming from your windows this time around, which was a real boon during these economic times. Why not experience those savings again, year after year, by exploring high R-rated custom window fashions and products designed specifically to save energy and energy dollars, too, even when it’s seasonally cold AND hot outside!

As I often say, energy-efficient custom window fashions aren’t what they used to be… dowdy, heavy and dark thermal fabrics, and unlovely, often frumpy designs. Great and beautiful innovations in fabrication, materials and coatings have replaced those old warhorse quilted roller shades that did a fine job way back when. Now, most high R-rated window treatments can’t even be detected as such, and I’d love to show you just how beautiful, economical (and SMART) these innovations can be. Call me for a free at-home consultation, and I’ll bring everything right to you.

Custom Draperies by Designers Touch

502 905 2368

charlie@designers-touch.com

Control your “Day-Lighting” with Window Fashions!

There’s just no better place in your room to make it look its best than at your windows, and it all starts by having the perfect control over the light that enters there. It’s best when there are more options that just “open” and “closed”, since the quality and strength of light varies all day long. Layering levels of light control, such as draperies over shades or blinds, or sheers under lined draperies, give you the most flexibility in allowing just the right amount of light into any room, and can save you money in heating and cooling bills almost immediately. This can also protect your interiors from the sun’s harmful UV light that can damage colors, fabrics and finishes. Have a chat with your Window Fashions Professional to get a good assessment on how you can protect both your rooms AND your wallet with window treatments that work for you!

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How does color effect our life ?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by charlie marshall

What Does A Color Do?”

Colors trigger behavior and emotions, responses and body functions. Oh, is that all?

One of the first things we notice about something is it’s color. Unless, of course, there are no lights!

Color is light and we’ve mentioned that before but color is an intangible part of life that is vital to our health (our ability to sleep, properly digest, think clearly, have strong and healthy bones and teeth) and our moods (SAD, red causes alert response to danger or activity, and more).

Not only that but when purchasing a product, color is often the deciding factor determining whether or not to purchase a product. Color speaks volumes about us and TO us.

Here is a bit about some colors and how they influence behavior:

Pink — unconditional love and healing
Orange — Happy, social, energetic
Blue — relaxation, vision, rest and independence
Green — the color that is easiest on our physical eye, the color of nature, the color of healing love
Yellow — warmth, nourishing and grounding, self-esteem, will, determination, thinking and good digestion (of food and issues)
White — purity, clarity, spirituality, all colors of light
Purple/Violet — spirituality, action and rest at the same time
Black — protection, depth, mystery
Red — passion, action, deep love (usually romantic)
Metallic colors:
Often interchangeable in our decor and changing with the trends, metallics offer shine, shimmer and depth, often advancing toward us to capture our attention, to show wealth, sophistication, and drama
Silver — A cool, decisive color, often used to show reserve and glamourous sophistication. If you love Silver, platinum or brushed nickel, it shows you are reserved, not brash, and, in line with grey, compliant and a team player.
Brass and Copper — Copper has been used in cooking and water conduits for centuries because of it’s antibacterial, an
Often interchangeable in our decor and changing with the trends, metallics offer shine, shimmer and depth, often advancing toward us to capture our attention, to show wealth, sophistication, and drama
Silver — A cool, decisive color, often used to show reserve and glamourous sophistication. If you love Silver, platinum or brushed nickel, it shows you are reserved, not brash, and, in line with grey, compliant and a team player.
Brass and Copper — Copper has been used in cooking and water conduits for centuries because of it’s antibacterial, antimicrobial qualities. Brass and copper are more common materials that don’t often speak to the rarity of other metals but offer beautiful accent when paired with the right colors or materials. Brass, a mixture of metals, has been used to make beautiful bells, singing bowls, door hardware and more.
Gold — associated with wealth, historically reserved for the wealthy or to signify those pieces that are most important, whether in art, in cathedrals or in jewelry. Gold is an especially powerful healing color, associated with the highest and best. Did you know that gold is really so rare “that all the gold ever mined from Earth would fill only 3 Olympic-sized swimming pools” Brian Cox, astrophysicist and create of Wonders of the Universe for Science Channel. I love this; Brian Cox explains the Universe with a mixture of science and loving awe.

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Window decor tip of the month

Posted on April 2, 2012 by charlie marshall

: Soft, Luxurious Décor Fabrics Add Visual Calm

Any time you can add softness to your decorating, you make your room more inviting. There’s just no better way to do that than with beautiful fabric, and glorious custom draperies give you the greatest opportunity to add that visual calm to your rooms. Whether it’s a single sheer layer that offsets hard lines created by window frames, or a full and luxurious custom treatment designed only for you in layer upon layer of soft texture, your room will instantly become a more sheltering and peaceful place anyone would envy… and enjoy!

Charles Marshall
Exciting Windows! by Designer’s Touch
KY: (502) 873-9454
IN: (812) 944-2267
designerstouchKY@excitingwindows.com
www.excitingwindows.com/designerstouchky/

Win the window treatments of your dreams, AND free total room design consultation by Michael Payne, HGTV celebrity interior designer!

Enter online to win the $5,000 Exciting Windows! Makeover Sweepstakes! Imagine how gorgeous your rooms can be with magnificent custom window treatments designed and made just for you. You’ll also receive a FREE design consultation with HGTV’s own Michael Payne, celebrity interior designer AND Exciting Windows! customer! Just click on the graphic, left, and enter now!

Visit the IDEA Studio and See Your Ideal Windows Come True!

“Become a fan” on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/excitingwindows

Posted in arch windows, bedspreads, draperies, drapery hardware | Tagged custom treatment, decor, designers touch, fabrics, louisville ky |

Color for 2012

Posted on April 2, 2012 by charlie marshall

PPG 2012 Deco Candy Voice of Color

Bold color and power packed punch,
Deco Candy is just plain fun and alive.

Deco Candy

Bringing together vibrant colors and fun design, Deco Candy transforms a home into an intensely joyful playground. A vivid harmony of citrus accented by this year’s bright blue, clean green and tangerine, the color scheme is irresistibly optimistic. Stripes and color-blocking bring a sense of organization to what could otherwise be too boisterous a spectrum of hues.

Colors awaken the senses. PPG colors in this palette are Mother of Pearl (513-1), Persian Blue (153-5), Hearty Hosta (208-5), Tangerine Dream (123-7) and Citrus Spice (110-7).

Choose Your Colors: Get Advice in Your Home

You can now get color advice in your home by color experts!

ExcitingColors! Certified Color Consultants are available in select cities throughout North America to help you choose just the right color for your home to bring you years of happiness

http://excitingcolors.com/

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Colors for 2012

Posted on April 2, 2012 by charlie marshall

PPG 2012 Quiet Tech

Quiet Tech is soft, quiet, and richly intellectual.

Quiet Tech

It’s impossible to unplug without a place to escape to, so minimalism is the foundation of this trend. Rooms have visual interest without complication. Details and embellishments are kept to a minimum. Pale and mid-tone wood tones don’t overpower the space. Shapes are rounded and tactile to keep rooms from feeling barren or cold. In the palette, ink blues play with earthy and calming neutrals.PPG colors in this palette are Gray Stone (517-4), Blue Tang (449-7), Chinese Porcelain (449-6), Earthy Ocher (315-5) and Spice Delight (215-2).

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Wood Blinds

Posted on March 15, 2012 by charlie marshall

Wood blinds offer a warm and inviting look to any decor. Richly stained or painted, wood blinds are the modern alternative to shutters. A decorative valance comes standard with each blind, also decorative fabric tapes is an attractive option.We suggest motorized blinds for ease of operation and a child safety. Choose from 1″, 2″ or 2/1/2 ” slats and many popular stains and colors.

Blindsgalore 2" Hardwood Blind shown in color Enhanced Grain Cognac

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Windows with WOW

Posted on March 15, 2012 by charlie marshall

Windows with WOW! Set Your Home Apart!

It can be as simple as adding a tailored unifying element to each window in a room, such as luxurious custom fabric-covered cornices or gorgeous soft valances over your existing draperies, shutters, shades or blinds. That’s easy, and we can accomplish that on almost any budget. If it’s time to completely rethink the existing treatments, we can put our heads together, share ideas and visuals of what will make your windows the place where your home stands out… with YOUR personality, YOUR style and on YOUR budget. And when you consider the YEARS your window fashions will improve your life, save you heating/cooling dollars and make your home THE place to relax and enjoy, you’ll realize what a reasonable investment your Custom Window Fashions will be. Call me, your Window Fashions Professional, and we’ll set up a time for a consultation, free!

Michael Payne’s Window Décor Tip of the Month:
TRENDING: Soft, Luxurious Décor Fabrics Add Visual Calm

Charles Marshall
Exciting Windows! by Designer’s Touch
KY: (502) 873-9454
IN: (812) 944-2267
designerstouchKY@excitingwindows.com
www.excitingwindows.com/designerstouchky/

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Window Fashion tip of the month

Posted on March 14, 2012 by charlie marshall

Michael Payne’s Window Décor Tip of the Month:
TRENDING: Soft, Luxurious Décor Fabrics Add Visual Calm

Charles Marshall
Exciting Windows! by Designer’s Touch
KY: (502) 873-9454
IN: (812) 944-2267
designerstouchKY@excitingwindows.com
www.excitingwindows.com/designerstouchky/

Posted in draperies, energy saving window treatments, roman shades, valances, window shades | Tagged blinds, custom draperies louisville ky, draperies, pleated shades, window fashion |

Color and Design

Posted on March 9, 2012 by charlie marshall

PPG 2012 Beauty Queen

Beauty Queen is Sophistication meets Disco, sort of like Princess Diana dancing with John Travolta

Beauty Queen

This palette speaks to the unapologetically confident woman. It’s the return of glam with disco sophistication. Beauty Queen strikes a feminine note but doesn’t exclude her suave, charming man. It’s high-intensity color that can turn light and airy on a dime. Lush and mysterious, soft and fresh, girly but not; the built-in contrasts sensation-seekers want. Ultra-slick surfaces like Lucite and mirrors capture the best spirit of the 70s. Sharp fuchsia pink and juicy purple are softened with cosmetic pink and freshened with this year’s brighter teal and white. PPG colors in this palette are Grape Juice (240-7), Tutti Frutti (138-7), Whirlpool (202-3), Candlelight Beige

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Client Testimonials

Mary Jane C. "Mr. Marshall was a delight to work with from the initial contact. He responded quickly to a phone message, even before I anticipated, and was available for a consultation on short notice. That was important because the windows in my house had just been replaced and we wanted new "honeycomb" fabric blinds installed as quickly as possible. He was also available for an early evening appointment, which my husband and I greatly appreciated. Although we wanted the blinds quickly, we also wanted good quality blinds, and he had excellent options from which to choose, along with a good range of color selections. We also had the good fortune of being able to take advantage of a special offer that saved us nearly a $1,000.00 on the blinds we preferred. As promised, the blinds arrived in two weeks, even a couple of days earlier, and Mr. Marshall arranged an appointment to install them at our earliest convenience. Again, as promised, he had the blinds (21) installed in about two hours. We will definitely choose to go to him if we decide to install window treatments, and I gladly recommend his services."

S.Trask Vender promptly called and made appointment to come to home to take measurements for shades. Showed up exactly on time and on day promised. Took measurements and told me they would be ordered and should arrive in about 2 weeks. Called just one week after measurements were taken and said shades were ready to hang. Came out next day to hang them. They fit perfectly and look very nice. He cleaned up any mess from installation and disposed of my old shades. Was able to pay for balance with my master card which is a feature I always look for.

B. Whitehouse This was the second time I have worked with Charlie. He is great to work with. He has a lot of experience. He made suggestions and was very patient with me while deciding fabrics/ design. He installed all of the products (blinds, shutters, and drapes) very well. I had a small issue with the shutter; he resolved it quickly and without problem. I would work with Charlie again and I would recommend him!

Mrs. Gibb After I ordered the product, he called as soon as it arrived, a head of schedule. He than arrived at the scheduled time to installed the window coverings. He was very efficient and pleasant while performing the task. I was concerned about some loose threads and he took care of them and assured me that if in the future a problem arose, the company would replace the panels.

Vicki Miller He was very quick to respond to my phone calls and to providing his service. When he hung the finished draperies he went to great lengths to make sure they were hung with absolute precision! He is not only very skilled and professional but also a very nice man!

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