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Active demonstration of how to make your own window shields for your car.

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 With so many people now living in their cars, here is another way to make your own window coverings for your vehicle. This video is so impressive. Adaptation is what humans do very well. Nikki is a great example of adaptation bringing new ways of thinking outside of the box.  Similar to the previous video about creating window coverings for a van, this has differences that are very helpful.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7LTNJP5rpU https://www.instagram.com/nikkidelven... Campers Instagram @adventuresofcamper

Heat saving window coverings for a Nissan Van.

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  DIY Thermal Van Window Covers From Insulation And Carpet ♻️ | Ep 10 | Nissan NV200 Camper Van Build An excellent and very quick lesson on how to make your van warmer  or cooler for camping. Private, but well imagined and cleverly done.  As with everything for any kind of window, measurement is key, templates are necessary. Of course in Britain temperatures are cool, misty, even cold. The British Isles in general do not suffer from temperature extremes except in the Outer islands or at greater elevation. So North American temperatures might need more insulation.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKvAV_z-BrQ

Automation for Draperies

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Automated draperies.  Draperies will always be with us. For there is no other window covering that creates ambience and variety like draperies do. Ageless. Curtains define and separate the outside from the inside. Outside it can be an ordinary cityscape, or suburban street, or even a more unsightly view. Inside it can be an entirely new landscape of your own design.  Your own specific and unique landscape of comfort and beauty can be created with draperies. With draperies you have an infinity of beauty at your beck and call. Fabric makes a home, a home, not an office. Even though we are all working from home these days, we don't always want to be reminded of work. Draperies allow you to keep the world of home separate from the hurly burly of the commercial world.  Why? The ageless beauty of fabric, fabric often from all over the world encourages a plethora of design and beauty. Most blinds, (though not all) cannot create these inner dimensions of ultimate beauty.  Ce...

CHANGE at our windows.

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  Window Covering Answers Free Consultation Do you find yourself looking out of the windows a bit more often these days? If you are home, you might find that looking out of the window brings an element of relief, interest, even joy depending upon the view.  Even if your view is not so great, there are ways to turn that window into something you want to look at, with the right window covering. It is all about adaptability.  Certainly, as Covid-19 ravages our lives all over North America and the world. we will have mixed emotions about our homes,  our lives, the lives of others and   yes, even our windows.   We have been given time to think .⌚⌛ And as one very wise  and hilarious woman used to say,  "Thinking is dangerous" . 💣    Thinking is the beginning of Change .  Sometimes that thinking is done right at the window. Sometimes that thinking is about what is going on with this particular window .  In times of Chaos , i...

Motorized Roller Shades? IKEA Fyrtur vs Zemismart Solar/Battery vs DIY!

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2018 iBlinds Smart Window Blinds Z-wave Plus Controller Review

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Air Conditioning Blinds - Interesting Design http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/10/13/ac-on-the-blind/