Window Treatment Ideas & Tips: Kempler Design

Hunter Douglas Silhouette Shades With Literise

Innovate or die! It’s true. Hunter Douglas is seemingly always the first to come to market with revolutionary products and adjustments to meet consumer need, or to create a market for their products. Kudos to them. The current trend that they are meeting with this new innovation is that of cordless window coverings. Blossoming as […]

Finials Can Make The Drapery!

Decorative side panels have become all the rage. So, unless you are using an attention grabbing fabric, you will need some sort of “punch” in the look. Finials are one way to get the look you want. In order to find the right finials for your application, you probably will need to order them custom, […]

Roller Shades With Custom Banding

It is possible to get the designer look that you are looking for without spending top dollar on them. Today’s video will show you a very nice roller shade, though it started quite basic. Simply by sewing on a horizontal banding to the bottom edge with the same material as the drapery that sits to […]

Shutter Arch As Valance

As a tall person, I appreciate tall windows. There is nothing worse for me than having to bend down to see out of a window. But the reality is that some windows aren’t that tall and the shame is that there was plenty of room above the window to make it taller in the first […]

Custom Drapery Rod For Low Volume Stacking

“Wall to wall” applications- What does that mean??? It means that when you want to do a drapery with finials, (those attractive things at the end of the rods on either side) but can’t because their just isn’t enough room on either side of the window. In the past, we have used end caps or […]

Austrian Shades- A Touch Of Vintage In A Modern Home

“Nowtro”. It’s the word of the day. It represents things from the past that have come back. Hip-huggers, tie-dye, bangs and many other type fashion statements from our past come and go regularly. The window fashions world is no different.

Client Testimonial April 2012

Every once in a while a client offers to tell my other potential clients why they used Kempler Design. This testimonial, though long, explains the differences between our services and our competitors. Thanks for watching.

New Strategy For Hunter Douglas

I’m a bit troubled as I write this post. In a recent meeting with a representative of Hunter Douglas, they outlined a new pricing strategy that is of minor concern to me. I haven’t really determined how I feel about it yet, so I’m putting my thoughts here. When I think about the name Hunter […]

New Spring Offerings From Hunter Douglas

This is not an exhaustive list of the new samplings that are available from Hunter Douglas, but it will give an indication of the new products and changes to existing product that are now available through Kempler Design and other Hunter Douglas dealers. One of these days, I will be better at the layouts, but […]

Options For Lifting Your Blinds Or Shades.

My last posting was about lifting heavy shades. I wanted to link to another posting about all the options you have, when I realized that I hadn’t written the article yet. So, here goes. It’s funny how things happen. For years and years, people lifted their shades and blinds by pulling on a cord. Then, […]