With busy lifestyles, the ability to shop at home is a luxury service that anyone can enjoy.  No more visiting multitudes of stores and then going back several times to work out the details.  Why waste time when you can have a true shop at home professional come to your home?

A shop at home floor service makes the process simpler.   The shop at home professional will bring many samples so you can see how they look in your home with your lighting and furniture. Although brick and mortar stores often have what they consider a shop at home service it is usually limited to how many samples they can fit in their van or their car.  The shop at home professional has a special traveling “showroom” with as many samples, if not more than a brick and mortar store. They are prepared to provide you with everything from expertise on choosing the right flooring, to design advice and professional installation.  Basically a “one stop shop.”

We know that flooring is a big decision and the true professional will not only have hundreds of products but will measure and assess your site conditions in one easy step.  If  convenience and expertise is what you want, then shop at home floor covering is the way to go.

What should you look for in a shop at home?  The same business credentials that you would look for in a brick and mortar store.  The shop at home professional is prepared to earn your confidence and make your at-home buying experience a simple and enjoyable process.

When booking the appointment with your shop at home professional, be sure and ask for licensing if applicable in your area and testimonials from satisfied customers.  Shop at home professionals realize they have been invited to your home and come prepared to build that important trust factor.  Remember, since they are a shop at home service, 70-80% of their new customers come from satisfied people like yourself.  They are prepared to provide you with information such as photos from past jobs so you can see the quality of their work.   The shop at home professional will be prepared to walk you through every step of the process and be available during and/or after the installation to make sure everything goes smoothly.  They are aware that not only are they providing a service but building new friendships.

“Our business is built on one premise”, says Christine Rankin President of Carpet Network a shop at home flooring and window treatment service with over 30 years experience.  “Besides our cutting edge products, providing the best customer service is our most important product.  We realize it’s a privilege to be invited into someone’s home and we take that privilege seriously.   As we know, we only get one chance to make that most important first impression.  For the 5th year in a row, Carpet Network has been honored with the designation of being in the top 50 franchises for the past 5 years.  This honor is due to the outstanding customer service commitment of our franchisees to all of their customers.”

Want the process to go smoothly? There are things you can do to help prepare yourself for choosing new flooring.  Determine how much you want to be involved in the process, will you rip up you existing flooring, move your furniture, provide your own installation and be available to do a final walk through after the job?

What about our “Green presence?”   To Carpet Network , green is not only a color but another important part of our life.  For further information on our green commitment visit http://www.aboutgreenfloors.com/.

Want to be in touch with a Carpet Network professional in your area?  Contact either by phone
1-800-821-1635 or info@carpetnetwork.com or  http://www.carpetnetwork.com/ under “Find a Dealer.”

This blog is brought to you by the people at Carpet Network.

The first type is categorized as a “Cave Person” and consists of those who need window fashions that make the room pitch black in the morning.

The second type – a “Cloud Person” – is someone who needs light to come through in the morning in order to wake up.

Most people think the look they’ve chosen for the entire house has to flow to the bedroom. That is not the case. The bedroom is a private room and it is a matter of how you function in the room and, particularly, how you like to get up in the morning.
Here are some tips on how to decorate your bedroom in order to get a good night’s sleep based on your light preferences:

The most important thing to consider when decorating the bedroom is that you need something on those windows. If you are a “Cave Person,” the best window fashions are those that block out light so that you are not awakened and agitated by it. Products such as honeycomb shades in an opaque fabric feature a patented honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb design that significantly reduces heat transfer at the window and serves as an excellent light-blocking tool. They also deliver deep; rich color saturations, especially in the opaque fabric because of their unique construction. In addition, they absorb up to 50 percent of reflected sound to ensure a restful night’s sleep.

If you are a “Cloud Person,” you need something that will let light filter through and allow you to wake up to light coming into the room. Products that feature soft fabric vanes suspended between two sheer fabric facings such as Silhouette. With the vanes opened, light enters yet is diffused through the sheers to soften it and allow you to wake to soothing and less jarring light Additionally, these shadings absorb up to 30 percent of reflected sound.

The bedroom is the only room in the house that you can decorate for your personal needs. It’s a private space that should cater to your decorating preferences in order to allow a great night’s sleep.

Using these tips, a good night’s rest is just a blink away.

Southern exposure windows receive good light all year long. A warm glow is cast on the interior. To protect fabric, furniture and floor coverings, light-diffusing treatments can help.

Western exposure windows admit the hottest, haziest light of the day. Consider a combination of light diffusing and light blocking treatments.

Eastern exposure windows offer warm, bright light, especially during the morning hours. Treatments that block UV rays are a good choice.

Northern exposure windows offer the clearest, most consistent light and the coldest exposure. The use of energy-efficient treatment will help control energy costs.

This means that up to half of what is paid for heating and cooling utility bills pours through them, as well.  Isn’t it time to stop throwing money out the window?

Here are three ways to save energy:

Installing energy efficient window treatments in your home can reduce heating, cooling and lighting energy needs in these significant ways:

Reduce heat flow (heat loss and heat gain) through the windows.

Control solar heat (heat energy from the sun) by allowing it in winter but reducing it in summer.

Enhance day lighting (the use of natural light) by diffusing and dispersing sunlight deep into a room.