More Canadians have home offices than ever before. If you have a home workspace or home office, the curtains and blinds you choose for your workspace can have a direct impact on productivity. ZebraBlinds.ca can help. We offer a wide selection of cellular shades, smart home shades, curtains, shutters, blinds and other solutions. With free home delivery, free samples, and…
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How to Use Blinds, Shades and Curtains With Patterns
Lots of people like to play it safe when it comes the colours of their shades, blinds, shutters and draperies. Many homeowners opt for solid colours for window treatments. However, interior decorators know that the right patterns in the right combinations can provide an important focal point for the eye, while helping create a gorgeous look. Luckily, ZebraBlinds.ca has a…
Keeping Blinds and Shades in Your Home Sparkling Clean
Whether you live in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Montréal, or any Canadian city, keeping your blinds and shades sparkling and clean can be a challenge. Even if you live in a smaller city, dust, exhaust and other pollutants can wreak havoc with your blinds and shades. You don’t want dust to settle onto your window coverings, as dust in your home…
How to Deal with Scam Artists – Faux Wood Blinds Canada
The Merits of Faux Wood Blinds I was keeping my son’s dog about a week ago and noticed there were several chunks of what I thought to be faux wood blinds on the floor. I could see they were nothing more than pressed cardboard with a plastic finish on them. When I purchased the blinds from less than two years…
A point of view – Infant Sleep and Parenting
Encourage Cortisol and Melatonin with Controlled Light Remember the awe you felt when your baby was born? That yawning rosebud that could turn into an unconscious smile that said ‘hallo’ or grim paroxysms of displeasure?! I remember my son’s first cries – those of mutant rage – but when he was laid on my chest, that glow of wonder, that…
SUITABLE WINDOW TREATMENTS FOR BATHROOMS
AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HOME Considering the important function that a bathroom serves makes it such an integral part of our homes. Our day begins in it and ends in it. A hot, invigorating bath gets us going for the rest of the day. So much happens in that span of time. Routines are planned, and ideas are born.…
Window Treatments for mild climates
Like if you are in Calgary, Alberta Close to the Rocky Mountains, Calgary experiences a humid continental climate that is dry, sunny, windy and cool. Sitting on the prairies, the city enjoys plenty of sunshine with low rainfall. The city is among the sunniest in Canada, with an average of 300 sunny days every year. The sun’s warmth can be…
Real Wood blinds vs. Faux Wood Blinds
In two minds: Vrai ou faux? “Change is the law of life. Those who look only to the past or the present and not to the future are certain to miss the future” said, John F. Kennedy. But for Brook, being an avid wildlife enthusiast and a devoted environmentalist, this mantra was especially hard to embrace, mostly because…
Window Shutters or Blinds?
What Differentiates Shutters from Blinds? In an earlier blog, I told you how my customers often get confused between shades and blinds, which was very frustrating for me at times. Failing to differentiate between shutters and blinds is another area of confusion I come across, just as often. As they both have vanes, it is difficult for me to convince…
Accessorize Your Window Treatments with Wood Cornices and Valances
The benefits of ‘finished’ windows. Have you ever done a presentation without doing a recap? Didn’t it feel like something was missing? How about that day you got all duded up, glam in designer clothes, shoes, accessorized to the hilt, but hair scrunched into a dreadful ponytail?! Quite a bit like having people over for dinner and not paying attention…