(NC)—With the warm weather months just around the corner, it's time to start thinking of all things fresh and in bloom. While the economy may make you hold off on vacations, there's no reason you can't indulge in a “staycation,” or a vacation spent at home, and see your surroundings in a new light.
Sue Rainville, director of marketing for Hunter Douglas, Canada's leading manufacturer of custom window fashions, offers the following tips on how to plan the ultimate staycation:
• Make Plans: Treat your vacation at home similarly to a regular vacation by making plans. Enjoy your surroundings by taking long walks and engaging in other activities that allow you to enjoy all of the beautiful things you have close to home, whether it's a local park, mountain trail or city block.
• Transform Your Home into an Oasis: Get lasting pleasure from the money you were saving for travel by indulging in some decorating projects to refresh your surroundings.
• Create an At-Home Spa: Turn your master bath into a spa with the addition of piles of white towels, scented candles, a fresh coat of paint or a photo-mural of a tranquil scene. To have privacy plus a real sky view in your bath select a window fashion with a top-down/bottom-up design option such as Duette Architella honeycomb shades. This product features a patented honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb design that provides superior energy efficiency to keep the room warm and inviting and add to the spa-like mood you've created.
• Get Some Sleep – Turn off your alarm clock and indulge in sleeping late. As psychologists advise that we sleep better in a dark room, add some room-darkening window treatments. New Pirouette window shadings are available in two opacities – semi-opaque and room-darkening – in a delightful array of textured fabrics and colours.
• Make the Most of What's Nearby – Visit local museums and landmarks, and plan outings on your own or with friends to nearby movies, theater or concerts. Consult guidebooks and make an itinerary, just as you would if vacationing in a foreign town.
More information is available online at www.hunterdouglas.ca or toll-free at 1-800-265-8000.
Source: www.newscanada.com
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