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Number 116  | September 27, 2002
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Chalet Woods® —Affordable Wood Blinds From Hunter Douglas

Now there is no reason your more budget-conscious customers have to settle for anything less than Hunter Douglas wood blinds.  The popularly priced collection has recently been expanded to fit the needs of your customers.  Chalet Woods have the best features and the most popular options for wood blinds.  They are made with the HeadMaster™ low profile headrail.  A cord-tilt is standard, but wand-tilt is also available as an option.  The may be ordered as traditional routed blinds or with the de-Light™ feature that eliminates rout holes.  Blinds made with traditional rout holes may be ordered with standard ladders or with optional decorative tapes, which have also been expanded.  But the best feature of all is that Chalet Woods are fabricated by Designer Blinds and carry Hunter Douglas name along with the Lifetime Limited Warranty that goes with it.  To make Chalet Woods easy to show, slat samples are available on an inexpensive and easy to use sample deck that includes a sample of the valance and all of the decorative tapes.

New Colors
The color selection of Chalet Woods has nearly doubled with the addition of nine colors that are completely new to the line.  Stain colors are becoming more fashionable in today’s home fashions. A bleached, a whitewash and seven new additional stains have been added to the line in new colors that can be found in residential furnishings.  All of the previously existing Chalet Woods slat colors will remain in the line.

New Tapes
The Chalet Woods line has also picked up six new decorative tape colors. Four of these new tape colors are carried over from the Hunter Douglas Country Woods® Collection. In addition, there is a new soft green, and a new soft blue, colors that are prevalent now in furniture upholstery.  All of the previously existing Chalet Woods tape colors will remain in the line.

Improved Valance System
The Chalet Woods valance has been upgraded, too. First, the valance height has increase from 2˝" to 3". The taller valance provides a more upscale appearance. The overall valance design will be unchanged, just proportioned to become 1/2" taller. 

Hidden Mounting Brackets
The new hidden mounting bracket feature has been introduced to Chalet Woods. The Hidden Mounting Clip for valances mounts on a groove on the back of the valance. Installers and consumers will appreciate the ease of installation and the clean look.  The corner clip has also been changed and is easy to use.

While all of the low end blinds claim "to be as good" as 
Hunter Douglas, Chalet Woods gives you the ability to 
provide your customer  with what they really want —genuine Hunter Douglas wood blinds at a great price!

 

 

 



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