A Long Tradition of Excellent Service
The YARDSTICK has a 49 years of experienced staff of design, sales, and installation experts, all under the devoted eye of second-generation owner Jack Alter. An outstanding showroom with thousands of samples from leading mills gives you the choices you desire. Excellence in all aspects of window treatments, including custom draperies, valances, blinds, shutters, and rods, provide you the utmost assurance that your dreams will be fulfilled.
The YARDSTICK also specializes in custom antique and contemporary upholstery and bedspreads.
Visit our main website www.yardstickdrapes.com for details on other products. Also visit our new website www.drapessanjose.com for more details on Draperies, Upholstery, Custom Furnitures and Fabrics. You can also contact us by phone: (408) 366-1424,
(800) 480-0788 or email us at yardstickdrapes@aol.com.
COME VISIT US AT OUR NEW SHOWROOM at 10564 S. DE ANZA BLVD.
CUPERTINO CA 95014 (South of Stevens Creek)
Shades
Window Shades are one of the most intriguing window fashions. There are many different kinds of shades. For example, there are roller shades. They are typically made of vinyl but can also be made from fabric. The most popular fabric shades are balloon shades, Roman shades and Austrian shades.There are different fabric choices on shades - woven, linen, crinkle-textured, and a room-darkening semi-opaque material.
All of these types of shades can add a wonderful variety to your range of choices that can be used to decorate your home or office.
Shutters
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.
We specialize in caring Hunter Douglas products. In design language, a blind is a tailored window covering consisting of horizontal slats or vertical vanes, which can be opened and closed, made from sturdy materials such as aluminum, vinyl, or wood.
There are a variety of different types of blinds. A window covering made from soft fabric or fabric-like material shade is called a shade. Shades lend themselves to a broad range of decorative styles. They most commonly roll or fold up from the bottom to the top.
Shutters are usually made of wood slats used to allow air to flow through but not to admit sunlight.
Blinds, shutters, and the visual softness of shades offer beauty and function in a neat package; each is capable of standing on its own or combining with lavish layers of draperies and top treatments for a highly personalized window statement.
Visit our main website www.yardstickdrapes.com for details on other products. Also visit our new website www.drapessanjose.com for more details on Draperies, Upholstery, Custom Furnitures and Fabrics. You can also contact us by phone: (408) 366-1424,
(800) 480-0788 or email us at yardstickdrapes@aol.com.
COME VISIT US AT OUR NEW SHOWROOM at 10564 S. DE ANZA BLVD.
CUPERTINO CA 95014 (South of Stevens Creek)
Our value-added services
Design Consultation
 Our professionally trained staff would be happy to assist you with the selection of your window coverings. By helping you identify your functional needs, and then explore the design possibilities in fabric, texture, color and style, they can help you make the perfect selection among the wide range of products available.
Installation Service
Let us do the installation and make your life easy! Our experienced staff uses professional techniques and equipment on every installation. They're fully trained to properly measure and install virtually any window covering.
Interior Design Service
Count on our professional staff for the finest in interior design service - to suit any lifestyle and budget. Our designers will listen to your needs and reflect the personal style you want to communicate, whether it's a small one-time project or a completely custom-designed interior for your home.
Measuring And Installation
Let us do the measuring and installation and make your life easy! Our experienced staff uses professional techniques and equipment on every measuring and installation project. They're fully trained to properly measure and install virtually any window covering.
Upholstery
Count on our upholstery department to re-craft your favorite piece of furniture or create a new piece totally from scratch. We can make slipcovers too - to dress up or dress down your living space.
Motorization
Our motorization experts can help you protect your interior against heat and sun while maintaining your view or assist you in operating a window covering that's in a hard-to-reach place.
Our range of motorized solutions include hard-wired and battery-operated choices for remote operation.
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The Yardstick is a full service Hunter Douglas's dealer for over 20 years.
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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:
Shutters
Shutters are valued for their practicality and traditional look. They can be made of solid wood but most often they have movable slats to admit light and views. A more recent innovation is shutters made of PolySatin vinyl.
These have the advantage of being warp- and crack-proof, which suits them to high-usage and high-humidity locations such as bathrooms and kitchens.
Honeycomb Shades
 If you want a shade with an energy efficiency rating and insulation value, the Honeycomb shades are right for you.
Some honeycomb shades have reflective metal finishes, others have blackout linings, and still others are sheer. If desired,
there is also available a
battery-operated remote control that can raise and lower shades at the touch of a button.
Privacy Sheers - Luminette®
 These meld the light-softening quality of a sheer drapery with the privacy and adjustable control of blinds. Vertical vanes of soft fabric are bonded to a single sheer facting fabric.
When the sheers are drawn closed, the vanes can be rotated with the twist of a wand to provide privacy, or tilted open for filtered light.
Luminette reduces glare and provided UV protection during the day, while providing a soft-focus view; by night, it offers complete privacy with the luxurious look of draperies.
Luminette sheers are a natural choice for French doors, sliding doors and walls of windows, where both light and privacy are a priority.
• Luminette®
• Luminette® Privacy Sheers
• Luminette® Evening Star®
• Luminette® with PowerGlide®
• SoftTrak™
• Window Shadings - Silhouette®
Window shadings offer the best of all possible worlds: the light control of a blind, the easy operation of a shade, and the soft, light-filtering translucence of a sheer curtain.
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Types of Blinds
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Horizontal Blinds
 Consists of slats that reach from the floor to the ceiling or top of the window horizontally rather than vertically. The blind consists of slats that can be stacked up by means of a pull cord. Another control tilts the slats for as much light control and privacy as desired.
Aluminum Blinds
 Horizontal blinds that come with slats ranging
from
micro (1/2") to mini (1") to broader (2") widths.Their clean-lined design makes them suitable in almost any room decor. They are particularly compatible with modern architecture.
Miniblinds can be cut to fit around air conditioners and window cranks, and custom-fitted to unusual window shapes. Stacking space for aluminum blinds is minimal; a 6' blind stacks to less than 6" fully raised.
Wood Blinds
 These are valued for their handsome, natural look durability, and insulation properties.
They come in 1" and 2" slat widths.
More expensive than aluminum blinds, the best wood blinds are made of natural American hardwoods such as ash cherry, oak, basswood, or maple as well as pine, and are kiln-dried to prevent warping, splitting, or twisting.
For samples of the window covering styles and upholstery that the Yardstick can do for you to help you enrich your home.
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Visit our main website www.yardstickdrapes.com for details on other products.
Also visit our new website www.drapessanjose.com for more details on Draperies, Upholstery, Custom Furnitures and Fabrics.
You can also contact us by phone: (408) 366-1424, (800) 480-0788 or email us at yardstickdrapes@aol.com.
COME VISIT US AT OUR NEW SHOWROOM at 10564 S. DE ANZA BLVD. CUPERTINO CA 95014 (South of Stevens Creek)
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