Posted by: cellularwindowshades on: May 18, 2012
Here are the hands of one of our “master craftsmen”! Julie’s video (on YouTube) shows how to replace a Smoothy Clutch in your own home (should you wish to do so). She’s one of our go-to Gals, for repairs and shade-building. But it takes a few stages in the life of a shade to get [...]
Posted by: cellularwindowshades on: April 27, 2012
An email message two days ago. . . The customer asked, Could he make a change in a line item? Or, was it too late to make any changes? There is a brief window, where the order goes from our order entry department to various departments within Production — and this customer lucked out! We pulled the [...]
Posted by: cellularwindowshades on: April 20, 2012
Remember the line from Sunset Boulevard: “They had faces then” –Norma Desmond knew that visuals were worth a thousand words. With films routinely being made in “3-D” — giving “faces” noses, chins, and cheekbones — now is the time for The Inside Scoop to break through the wall (no pun intended) and talk about our [...]
Posted by: cellularwindowshades on: April 13, 2012
A few weeks ago, Kim Cook of The Associated Press, brightened the Spring 2012 home decor campaign with a story about “Graphic Prints and ‘Saturated’ Colors”. Her conclusion: They offer a breath of upbeat decor after the long, drawn-out winter. Ya-hoo! “‘Saturated’ is a word being used a lot; it means ripe … hues…intense…rich… zingy… peppery.” [...]
Posted by: cellularwindowshades on: March 9, 2012
Recently, the The Washington Post‘s “Lifestyle” magazine featured an article on what’s trending in window fashion. Brian Patrick Flynn, an interior designer and found of decordemon.com, rightly comments that “Dressing windows is one of the most impactful ways to give any space a designer edge“. Flynn and interior designers Betsy Burnham and Mallory Mathison give [...]
Posted by: cellularwindowshades on: February 29, 2012
Looking through magazines over the weekend, I came across two US-based companies that deal in designs. Blog readers of The Inside Scoop at CellularWindowShades.com will appreciate the ease with which you can customize more and more of your decor. Have you ever wanted to design your own fabrics? Spoonflower.com allows the inner-William Morris in you [...]
Posted by: cellularwindowshades on: February 24, 2012
Given that my colleague and I answer queries every day — sometimes we’re chatting with customers as far away as Australia – from our Vermont headquarters, I found last evening’s ABC News broadcast about the return of Call Center Jobs to the US exceptionally interesting: The thrust of the story is that simple queries and routine [...]
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