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August 2008
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Shades, Shutters & Blinds
The classic look and the down-to-earth practicality of blinds and shades make them ideal choices for bringing a sense of style to both modern and traditional interiors.
You name the style, we can do it. Click here for more detailed information.
Transform the Family's Favorite Hang-out
Is your kitchen the center focus where your family often gathers together? Does your kitchen hold the essence of a throbbing hub of activity? Does your kitchen inspire your family and friends? If you want your kitchen to be a cozy nook where the kids sprawl around doing their homework or exchange confidences, or if you want to entertain an intimate circle or even if you want to have a long chat with your best friend, then transform your busy module with a makeover. THE YARDSTICK in Cupertino, California, offers expert advice with attractive choices for window treatments. Inspire your loved ones with a reflection of warmth and vitality in their favorite hang-out.
Get the best guidance on trends, designs and colors from THE YARDSTICK which offers durability and quality when choosing shades or blinds for your dream kitchen. When you are remodeling your kitchen one of the things to consider is the window. It is a key part of any kitchen remodeling project. The design of your window has to be considered when you go in for window treatment. Café curtains are a good idea and with fabric valances, will look great as an add-on. Modern kitchens with their gleaming surfaces look great when contrasted with metal mini-blinds. They also have the advantage of blending any color scheme and being more fire resistant than other window treatments.
Inspiring Choices for a Great Makeover
THE YARDSTICK has a lovely choice of shades and blinds for you to choose from. Roman shades have a clean stylish look especially in neoclassical or contemporary spaces. Matchstick or bamboo shades can be used to add an oriental feel to the kitchen besides being great dust busters because of the natural tones. Pelmets are an alternative which allows a more dramatic feel to window treatment. Windows may be custom, semi custom, or stock, but they're all constructed to fit well besides adding warmth to the kitchen. With an attractive variety you can choose from aluminum, vinyl, wood, aluminum over wood, and vinyl over wood, depending on your needs and budget.
THE YARDSTICK provides you with a kaleidoscope of choices with lovely designs in drapes, curtains and fabrics to suit all types of window treatments. If you desire a themed look with a Western or an oriental theme, the professionas at this versatile company will help you with great ideas. They are available for an at home consultation or you could visit their new showroom in Cupertino. The YARDSTICK also specializes in custom upholstery, antique upholstery and contemporary upholstery and bedspreads. They also do balloon window shades, thermal window shades, lace window shades, custom window shades, blinds carmel, wood blinds, composite blinds and blinds shades.
Operated by Jack Alter in Cupertino, California, THE YARDSTICK as a family business is known for their on-time delivery and value-oriented products. The company has reliable, efficient and experienced professional staff in design, sales and installation experts. The YARDSTICK is a showplace dealer of HUNTER DOUGLAS products and are leaders in alternative window coverings such as Blinds, Luminette®, Silhouette®, Woven woods, Verticals and Shutters.
Add a Trendy and Contemporary Look to the Heart of your Home
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Accessories
We not only take the time and effort to complete your drapery or upholstery order, we can suggest accessories that would help to coordinate your rooms.
You name the style, we can do it.
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Pattern your lifestyle with elegance
Do you want a combined elegance of warmth and style? Do you want to pattern your lifestyle with shade and light? Get the best advice from THE YARDSTICK at Cupertino, California, when you are choosing a window treatment for your home. Informal window treatments are often cozier and complement modern furniture quite nicely. Formal window treatments work great with older, carved furniture. The size of your windows is also important when choosing your drapery. Tall windows would look elegant with swags and valances. Smaller window could be made to look bigger by fixing the curtain rods higher than where the window actually starts and letting it fall to the floor. This gives an impression of tall windows.
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If you want more sun in your rooms you could perhaps choose a sheer or transparent window treatment. This is excellent for sunrooms and breakfast rooms that are also living spaces in your home. You should probably have simple window treatments for the kitchen that will withstand humidity and moisture while remaining easy to clean. Formal window treatments usually include a sheer under layer with a heavier drape over that. But casual window treatments consist of two layers just stitched together and hung and this works out much cheaper. Modern buildings look better with simpler minimalistic furniture and drapes. Older Victorian type mansions definitely need more ornate drapes. THE YARDSTICK as design consultants has created a module of elegant taste and renders customized service with skilled professional guidance and on-time delivery. |
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Display the tapestry of style and warmth
As specialists in custom drapery, THE YARDSTICK offer expert advice that brings out the beauty of a room with elegance and style. Lending experience and an innate sense of taste, the company displays a beautiful drapery showroom at Cupertino, California that has thousands of samples from leading mills giving you the best choices. They excel in all aspects of window treatments, including custom draperies, valances, blinds, shutters, and rods. They offer window shades, custom blinds, draperies, window valances, embroidered draperies and much more.
Operated by Jack Alter in Cupertino, California, The Yardstick is a family business known for their reliability and fast delivery. The company runs on the cogs of efficiency with experienced professional staff in design, sales, and installation. The Yardstick offers an enchanting range of curtain rods that will complement your room to add charm and versatility.
The YARDSTICK are specialists in custom drapery and also offer antique and contemporary window treatments. They can advise you on window treatment blinds, motorized window treatments, bay window drapery, bay window drapery rods, exterior window shutters, window furnishings, window coverings and window curtain. The YARDSTICK is a showplace dealer of HUNTER DOUGLAS products and are leaders in alternative window coverings such as Blinds, Luminette®, Silhouette®, Woven woods, Verticals and Shutters.
Accent your home with unique quality and value...
Window Styles
Different styles of windows create wonderful opportunities for fun and exciting window treatments.
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Add elegance to décor
Do you always search for a one-stop shop for all your interior décor needs? Do you spend hours deciding on the perfect balance of elegance and harmony? Do you need expert advice that will give your interiors a truly unique style? If so, your search is over because The Yardstick in Cupertino, California offers expert advice with a wide range of fabrics for upholstery and curtains. There are many designs in curtain rods. Spring rods, a long spring with hooks on both sides, are most simple and do need any kind of hardware to install. The magnetic rods are more elaborate but can still be installed easily. They need a metal windowsill to work. Sash rods are thinner and quite pretty.
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The Yardstick gives you a wide spectrum of curtain rods to choose from. Curtain rods that are similar to sash rods but larger in circumference are café sash-rods, which stick out from the walls rather than lying flat on the surface of the wall. These are quite ornate as there are plenty of designs. Some of the things that you must consider when buying curtain rods are the type of curtains that you will be using them for. If the curtains are light and simple you could have one of the simpler rods to hang them from. If the drapes are heavy and long you would need a heavy duty curtain rod, which can hold the weight of the fabric. They are available in a variety of colors, though the more popular ones are brass, gold and ivory.
Make your room a place of enchantment
THE YARDSTICK will advise you on the type of rod to choose depending on the kind of window treatment and curtain drapes that you want. They also have a great range of other contemporary window treatments like window blinds, shutters, shades and antique drapes. In case you need curtains for the entire house, they will help you choose the right window drapery for the right room. With a highly durable range in different shapes and sizes, The Yardstick gives you patterns for curtain rods that are distinct, beautiful and add function to ornamentation. Showcase
sophistication with an eye-catching array of curtain rods that lend style, quality and refinement to your home.
Operated by Jack Alter in Cupertino, California, The Yardstick is a family business known for their reliability and fast delivery. The company runs on the cogs of efficiency with experienced professional staff in design, sales, and installation. The Yardstick offers an enchanting range of curtain rods that will complement your room to add charm and versatility.
The YARDSTICK as specialists in custom drapery also offers antique and contemporary window treatments. They can advise you on window treatment blinds, motorized window treatments, bay window drapery, bay window drapery rods, exterior window shutters, window furnishings, window coverings and window curtain. The YARDSTICK is a showplace dealer of HUNTER DOUGLAS products and are leaders in alternative window coverings such as Blinds, Luminette®, Silhouette®, Woven woods, Verticals and Shutters.
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May 2008
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Shades, Shutters & Blinds
The classic look and the down-to-earth practicality of blinds and shades make them ideal choices for bringing a sense of style to both modern and traditional interiors.
Click here for more detailed information.
Airy. Aesthetic. Appealing.
Did you always want your décor to look stylish and sophisticated? Did you always like the play of light and shade to enhance your home? Did you always long for window shades that are in harmony with the seasons? Decorating the interiors in California for over 49 years, The Yardstick arrays its showroom with elegant fabrics from leading mills and gives you the essence of value and quality service with window treatments, including custom draperies, valances, blinds, shutters and rods. With an innovative air, The Yardstick displays a spectrum of window shades as a creative alternative to lighten interiors, filter sunlight besides giving you the necessary privacy.
The Yardstick as a family business is owned and operated by Jack Alter in Cupertino, California. Dreaming up the magic of beautiful interiors, the company is not only reliable for their fast delivery but has also operated with the experience and expertise of professional staff in design, sales, and installation experts. Infusing versatility, The Yardstick offers Shades as a great alternative to heavy drapery. Modern houses with minimal furniture look great with blinds or shades. It lets in a lot of light and looks neat and simple. Window shades can be made of bamboo, reed, rattan, jute, faux wood and woven woods, which are lightweight materials. It is woven to create a natural look and is very affordable. They are easy to clean and a feather duster would do the trick. They are available in many styles and designs and they use pull cords to move.
Contemporary. Classy. Colorful.
They are delicate and so may not be the best choice for the children’s room. These days you get shades with a full valance treatment. In earlier times, the bamboo shades were handmade and it took a lot of time to make one. But these days we have advanced technology and it is much easier to make many different types of bamboo and woven wood shades in many colors and designs. The YARDSTICK has some great shades as well as a great range of other contemporary window treatments like window blinds, window shutter and antique drapes. They will help you choose the right shades for your room.
The YARDSTICK as specialists in custom drapery also offers antique and contemporary window treatments. They can advise you on window treatment blinds, motorized window treatments, bay window drapery, bay window drapery rods, exterior window shutters, window furnishings, window coverings and window curtain. The YARDSTICK is a showplace dealer of HUNTER DOUGLAS products and are leaders in alternative window coverings such as Blinds, Luminette®, Silhouette®, Woven woods, Verticals and Shutters.
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APRIL 2008
Custom Furniture
Yardstick introduces custom-made furniture designed to reflect your personal style, specifications, and dimensions to fit your space.
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The décor of extra sensory perfection
Does your living space reflect your personality? Would you like to just wave a magic wand and display your refined taste in your surroundings? Let your décor translate the nuances of life into the taste, texture and tone of the pattern of a classic trend. The Yardstick at Cupertino, California, leads you into a world colored by sophistication, style and individuality. As specialists in custom drapery and formal window treatments, The Yardstick addresses the décor of interiors in California with the essence of elegance. Carrying
on a tradition of quality and service, The Yardstick also showcases quick deliveries besides being reliable with aesthetic products and innovative ideas. Transform your interiors with The Yardstick and let the fabric add color to your lifestyle.
With 49 years of experience, the company has garnered a professional staff who are experts in design, sales, and installation. Give your home a whole new makeover with drapes from The Yardstick. Informal window treatments are often warmer and complement modern furniture. Formal window treatments work great with older, carved furniture. The size of your windows is also important when choosing your drapery. Tall windows would look elegant with swags and valances. Smaller window could be made to look bigger by fixing the curtain rods higher than where the window actually starts and letting it fall to the floor. This gives an impression of tall windows. The Yardstick dresses your interiors with perfection and professionalism.
Draping a tapestry of elegance
If you want more sun to enter your room, you could choose a sheer or transparent window treatment. This is excellent for sunrooms and breakfast rooms that could be lightened up by bright sunny mornings. You should probably have simple window treatments for the kitchen that will withstand humidity and moisture while remaining easy to clean. Formal window treatments usually include a sheer under layer covered with a heavier drape. Casual window treatments consist of two layers stitched together and hung. The Yardstick offers excellent advice customized to suit your taste and personality.
THE YARDSTICK specializes in custom drapery and antique or contemporary window treatments. They can advise you on window treatment blinds, motorized window treatments, bay window draperies, bay window drapery rods, exterior window shutters, window furnishings, window coverings and window curtains. Discover the highest quality custom draperies and re-upholstery at lower prices at The Yardstick and explore a sophisticated and stunning repertoire of life www.yardstickdrapes.com. The YARDSTICK is a showplace dealer of HUNTER DOUGLAS products and are leaders in alternative window coverings such as Blinds, Luminette®, Silhouette®, Woven woods, Verticals and Shutters.
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MARCH 2008
Custom Draperies
Our design experts will give you a free consultation so that your drapes will be custom-made to fit the design of your home or office.
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The Yardstick is a full service Hunter Douglas's dealer for over 20 years.
Hunter Douglas is known for having developed the first aluminum venetian blind in the 1940's. Since that time, the company has brought a myriad of remarkable new products to consumers. Today, under one banner, Hunter Douglas Window Fashions offers a wide range of products. They have Shutters, Honeycomb Shades, Luminette® Privacy Sheers, Luminette® Evening Star®, Luminette® with PowerGlide®, SoftTrak™ and Window Shadings - Silhouette®.
Decorating your interiors of your house
So you have a beautiful new house or have built one and it is time to do the interior decoration. This means finding the right fabric, the right colors, the right designs for each room, all complementing each other and making the room attractive. Do you know how to go about it, where to go for the materials or who to ask? Decorating a home can be exhausting if you do not find the right accessories. Window treatments can make or break a room. The window treatment can be elaborate and elegant and heavy if you are going for the formal look, or they could be warm and thick and dark if you want a cozy look or they could be bright and flowery and vibrant if you want a sunny look. It all depends on the room and what the room will be used for. A children's room will definitely be brighter and look more gay than a formal dining room which needs more elaborate drapery.
The Yardstick is the place to go for all your decorating needs
Whatever the need is, there is only one place to go - THE YARDSTICK. The Yardstick has been into drapery and upholstery since 1958. Ruth and Bernard Alter started the business by selling dress fabrics in San Jose. As the business grew they diversified and moved into a larger place on Union Avenue.
The family-owned business has had the reputation of offering the highest
quality custom draperies and re-upholstery at lower prices than its major competitors and department stores. Jack Alter now owns and operates the family business at 10564 S. De Anza Blvd. Cupertino, Ca 95014. The Yardstick continues the family tradition of serving the customer's needs with quality selection and service.
They have a great showroom with thousands of samples from leading mills giving you a great variety to choose from. They have a skilled staff who have many years of experience with all aspects of window treatments, including custom draperies, valances, blinds, shutters and rods. They also specialize in custom antique and contemporary upholstery and bedspreads. They are dealers for HUNTER DOUGLAS products and are leaders in alternative window coverings such as Blinds, Luminette®, Silhouette®, Woven woods, Verticals and Shutters.
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