Choosing Window Treatments for Your Home The original “window treatments” were purely functional. They acted as a barrier to the cold in the winter and the heat in the summer. The functionality of window treatments has diminished some what as homes have improved but they still remain popular as a decorative enhancement. Window treatments bring together the thematic elements of colors and designs in a living space. Croscill Bedding was the first company to offer decorative window Continue Reading ...

Creative Curtains and Window Coverings One of the easiest and least expensive ways to transform the look of a room is to change the curtains and window coverings. Instead of using the same old curtain rod and drapes, try putting your imagination to work to see what you can come up after being inspired by the following ideas for curtains and window coverings. One of the most popular ways of making your own window coverings is to buy a designer curtain rod and pinch clips. These pinch clips Continue Reading ...

Making The Most Of Your Internet Business A website should give you new ways of marketing and selling your products and building relationships with your customers. But when I do a search for just about anything online I see a lot of web sites that are totally ineffective. It seems that a lot of people forget that they are only one among tens of hundreds of thousands of the same type of businesses. In order to compete you have to stand out. But it seems that the only standing out a lot of Continue Reading ...

Where Did The Window Boxes Go? I just happen to love window boxes and miss seeing them in the more modern neighborhoods these days. My neighbors who lived across the street from us had just painted their older rather plain, small house a medium gray with white trim. Clean, but boring I thought. With two large windows on each side of the front door, I had visions of painting the front door red and adding 2 red window boxes beneath those windows. Talk about adding some impact! Window boxes Continue Reading ...

Thatch Roofing Materials One can easily be charmed to the tropical aura thatch roofing effortlessly exudes. Thatch is not only the oldest but also the most versatile roofing material known to man. From the leafy palm fronds on Polynesian edifices to water reeds on European cottages, thatch roofing materials simply have an incomparable quaint allure all of its own. Thatch was predominantly used up to the 19th century but with the influx of modern types roofing materials, its use Continue Reading ...

Tinted Windows Offer Protection From The Sun’s Rays Tinted windows of vehicles are, for some people, the best way to go. However, there is more to tinted windows than what meets the eye. When windows are tinted, they also offer protection from the harmful rays of the sun. For most vehicles though, this is just an added option. A Ford vehicle’s window, or any vehicle’s window for that matter, could be tinted through the application of a specially designed film which is constructed to Continue Reading ...

Internet Explorer Most of MSIE's advantages are Firefox's disadvantages, and vice-versa. This article will discuss some advantages and disadvantages of MSIE in relation to Firefox. Advantages Integration with other Microsoft products Microsoft often offers its customers good integration among its products, and MSIE is no exception. One can drag an Excel bar graph from an MSIE webpage onto an existing Excel document, or view a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation from within MSIE. Within a Continue Reading ...

Keep Mosquitoes At Bay In Your Home And Yard (NC)—You have likely heard about West Nile virus, but may still wonder how to safeguard against it this summer. The easiest thing you can do is keep the source at bay – those irritating mosquitoes – by preventing them from breeding. "Prevention is the best way to battle this virus," says Dr. Colin D'Cunha, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health. "Ontarians should know how the disease is spread and how to protect themselves and their Continue Reading ...

The Lie About Leads I get a dozen e-mails a week offering me “free leads.” Most of these advertisements are bait to get agents to sign on with a particular insurance wholesaler or product provider as they grovel to add value by providing agents tools that will help make sales. But let’s take a closer look at what the industry calls a “lead” as this word is used inconsistently. The agent needs to know what’s being offered. Cold lead—this is worthless—it’s a name form a Continue Reading ...