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Pleated shades Hunter Douglas Window Fashions Pleated shades from Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Upper Saddle River, NJ, with a Privacy/View option allow two fabrics on one shade with a moving center rail. Featured in the bedroom shown is the Canterbury Lace fabric on top and the Day Dreams room-darkening fabric on the bottom.

Chromagraphic Processing Co., Williamsport, PA, uses technologically advanced equipment to supply its clients with custom sizes and colors. INTERMIX, a computerized coloring system, assists in matching or creating infinite colors and stores custom color formulas for future use. A full line of mini-, micro- and vertical slat material also is stocked in standard colors. Mariak Industries, Inc., Torrance, CA, offers a full line of vertical blind fabrication machinery to assist current and new fabricators. The line includes simple hand punches for top, keyhole and button hole to manual bench-mounted machinery for cutting and punching PVC and channel panel. Machinery for cutting, punching and creasing top and bottom 3 1/2-inch louvers also is available. Turnils USA, Duluth, GA, has updated the color selections for its products. Nordic Light pleated shades now are available in 56 colors in six patterns with color-matched rails and components. Nordic Light honeycomb shades are offered in 21 colors compatible with the regular pleated shade hardware program. The one-inch blind line now is available in 114 colors. The drapery sample program from Kay & L Draperies, Inc., Waverly, IA, features hundreds of patterns to choose from. Choices are limited only by the imagination. Soft-Tex Mfg. Co., Cohoes, NY, offers down and feather pillow forms featuring Soft-Tex Mfg.'s Stuffy pillow forms and Popinjay standard polyester fill pillow forms. Soft-creations is filled with synthetic microfibers. Pillow inserts, bed pillows, down comforters and bulk fibers all are available. The full range of workroom products available from H.T. Barnes Co., Foley, AL, includes piping cord, thread, hardware, shirring tapes and many other products. Videotapes and how-to brochures also are available to aid in workroom projects. Delaware D.G. Co., Newark, DE, presents Pellon® Wonder-Shade®, a unique, no-sew premium shade-backing material that is easy to use. Available by roll or kit, it can be cut lengthwise or crosswise to make finished shades that are room-darkening. On the outside, the shades will be white, with no fabric showing through. Inside, the material maintains the decorative fabric's true colors. Complete custom manufacturing services for most types of draperies, bedspreads, top treatments and accessories are available from Merrill Y. Landis, Ltd., Telford, PA. For unique home fashions, designs can vary from ornate to simple. Specialty shapes and sizes also are available. Royal Capital Stamping & Tooling Ltd., Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, announces the Multi System. It offers the versatility of a wall or ceiling mount while reducing your inventory of brackets and snap-on clips. All you need is one bracket style and the clips that twist on. Also available as extension brackets. The solution for inventory cost reduction. CACO, Inc., Johnson City, TN, presents Delta Woods two-inch blinds constructed from kiln-dried American hardwoods and offering the best features and option choices available including a new routless feature. One- and two-inch slats and unique valance options are offered. The Faux Wood, manufactured of space-age PVC foam, creates a blemish-free wood-looking product. The Arch Wood arch solution is constructed of wood and PVC foam. Self-piercing rolled rimmed grommets with spur washers from Fasnap Corp., Elkhart, IN, offer the strength and the corrosion resistance of stainless steel for the toughest specifications. The grommets punch easily and set cleanly through tough, tightly woven fabrics including acrylics, vinyl, carpets and sailcloth. Available in sizes 0, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The Louver Shop, Dawsonville, GA, presents EVTEK shutters extruded from exterior vinyl resins. A quality product at a value price, these shutters do not crack or peel, are environmentally friendly, fire retardant, moisture proof and are all custom made. EVTEK products are backed by The Louver Shop's assurance of quality and service. Antique Drapery Rod Co., Dallas, TX, features antique reproduction drapery hardware. New designs have been created from historical European design elements. Many parts are imported from Italy and France.