Helpful Articles - Strickland's HOME

September 2, 2015

Design Your Own Window Shades with Strickland’s Home

Picture your perfect room. You want a room that express your unique style and personality, your passion, your aesthetic. What if we told you that you could refine your room to perfection by making your custom designed window shades? Strickland’s Home is an authorized dealer of Comfortex, and […]

Shades

July 22, 2015

Plantation Shutters of the South

What gives a stately southern home its character? Is it a welcoming porch? A grand staircase? We may be a bit biased here at Strickland’s Home, but we feel that a key ingredient to the southern estate is plantation shutters. After all, Scarlet O’Hara may have highlighted […]

Shutters

July 8, 2015

Mid-Century Modern Window Treatments

Are you hip to mid-century modern homes? Mad Men fans and those with retro-leaning tastes will recognize flat planes, large glass windows and open space floor plans as the groovy look that defined a generation. Even here in Wilmington, NC, where porches and plantation shutters rule, you […]

Window Treatments

July 6, 2015

Five Must-Have Features for Home Office Organization

Working from home has many benefits: a commute that’s counted in footsteps, the ability to run a load of laundry while you attend important meetings, and the freedom to take a lunch break in your own kitchen, to name just a few. According to a recent Forbes […]

Closets

June 24, 2015

Patterned Drapery Panels: A Cheat Sheet

If you’ve ever studied a foreign language, you know that it can be a challenge to keep track of grammar rules, vocabulary, and all the special idioms that native speakers know. Even an out-of-state visitor to Wilmington, NC may stumble over the true meaning of bless your […]

Draperies & Fabrics