Step 1: Supplies and ToolsShow All ItemsReplacement CordPull EndsScissorsLighterPaperclip HookPliers/Nail fileTAMPA - Gavin Walla is lucky to be alive, though he has no memory of the accident that nearly claimed his life. It was all caught on tape 13 years ago inside the Walla home.Nicci Walla was video taping her youngest child when she turned the camera and captured then-four-year-old Gavin deathly still and hanging from a window blind cord. Gavin survived, but another couple's son did not. Erica and Stephen Thomas’s son Mac died in 2014, three decades after the consumer product safety commission first warned the public about deadly window blind cords.According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, corded window blinds continue to kill an average of nearly one child each month. But this is a figure the Window Covering Manufacturers Association disputes.CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye says he's made it his mission to rid store shelves of corded window blinds.Over the last 20 years, the industry took voluntary steps to improve safety in corded blind products.

Manufacturers claim recent improvements cut deaths by 50 percent, but children like Mac are still dying.Target recently voluntarily removed corded blinds from its shelves, and IKEA promises to do the same by January. But Walmart, Lowe's and Home Depot still carry a variety of corded blinds.We accompanied Gini Reace and her infant, toddler and 6-year-old to both Lowe's and Home Depot.At Lowe's, we found no signage warning customers of the risks related to corded blinds. When Reace asked about recommended blinds for a child or baby's room, the sales associate made no mention or suggestion to go with the cordless option. Current law does not require them to do so.In a statement, Lowe's explained that (by 2016) the retailer will, “implement more extensive training for our sales associates to enable more robust and consistent customer education and add new, in-store signage for this department to provide additional customer education.”At Home Depot, we saw no visible signage regarding window covering safety.

When Reace asked about shades for the baby's room, the sales associate did not attempt to steer her away from corded blinds.----- Privacy and Light Control Hunter Douglas window fashions are available in a wide variety of product designs with fabrics and materials that come in a range of opacities from sheer to opaque—offering varying degrees of privacy and light control options. Energy Efficiency Up to 50% of your home’s heating and cooling energy can be lost through your windows. At Hunter Douglas, we're an industry leader in making a big energy savings difference at the window. Innovation All of our window fashions are designed and custom-assembled in the U.S. Our longstanding commitment to quality and innovation means you’ll enjoy choices at Hunter Douglas that you won’t find anywhere else. Child Safety From cordless manual and motorized operating systems, retractable lift cords, cord tensioners and wand controls, we offer a wide array of innovative lifting system options for enhanced child and pet safety as well as especially easy operation.

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Plus, carrying a store card (if you’re careful and pay your bill in full and on-time) can yield savings. Lowe’s, for example, has a card offering shoppers 5% off purchases and both stores have cards with 0% financing options, which, can be especially helpful for big-ticket items you need a few months to pay off, assuming you pay the card before that period is up. Listen: This week on Catey Hill and Quentin Fottrell’s podcast Money, Markets and More: (on iTunes): What NOT to buy on Father’s Day and The worst tipper in America. And if you’re willing to do research on competitor’s prices and deal with customer service at the store, both Lowe’s and Home Depot offer a price match guarantee that’s among the most competitive in the retail industry. Both say they will beat a local competitor’s prices by 10% if you bring in the local competitor’s current ad, though there is a long list of exclusions to this policy. At Home Depot, for example, it will not beat an online price from a competitor by 10% and the store notes that this offer excludes special orders, bid pricing, volume discounts, open-box merchandise, labor and installation, sales tax, rebate and free offers and more.

(Home Depot and Lowe’s did not respond to our request for comment.) But don’t just assume big home improvement stores are your best bet. For one, your local hardware store will sometimes price match if you ask them to, and they may carry a discount line of goods that competes with those at a large home improvement store, says Shelton. Plus, the service at your local store may feel more personal. And, the asking prices at home-improvement stores aren’t always great deals. Here are five things that experts say you may be better off buying elsewhere. This story has been updated and was originally published in March 2016.Purchasing good quality blinds for our home has been one of our biggest expenses. Today I would like to share a great money-saving tip. When we first bought our house and realized we needed new blinds, we went to places like Sears, Home Depot and Rona to comparison shop. We ended up purchasing new Levolor cellular shades for the bay window in our living room, the dining room windows and one of our three bedrooms;

it cost us thousands of dollars even though we ordered through Rona and got a buy two get one free deal. Fast forward to 2012 after four of years living on one income, and huge motivation to get real value for our money. I really wanted to get the matching cellular shades for my son’s room and our room – the old ones let in too much light and we found it hard to sleep. I saw a 20% off deal on Levolor in the Lowe’s flyer and decided to grit my teeth and buy the blind for my son’s room. Taxes in, it cost $300 for the one blind. At this price, there was no way we could afford new window coverings in our room which has three full length windows. But the bright early morning sun in the summer was killing us – we are always tired and need every bit of extra sleep we can get. One day a light bulb went on in my head, and I checked out the Levolor US website to compare prices – and they were better than in Canada.  for the price of the one blind I had bought in Canada.

Levolor blinds were on sale on this website and it cost me $300 including taxes and shipping for three blinds. I happened to be looking for Levolor because I wanted to match the set that I already have in my home but they also carry other brands of blinds and shades including Bali, Collegiate, Comfortex, Good Housekeeping, Graber, M&B, MLB Shades and a Blindsaver brand. I highly recommend giving this website a try if you need window coverings for your home. You can order sample swatches to try out colours at home or go to your local stores like Home Depot or Lowes to see samples and swatches in person and then just order online. Do be careful with your measurements, and call Blindsaver for information if you aren’t sure. Shipping is free in the United States (on most orders). I live in Vancouver and was able to get the free shipping by using a parcel receiving service in Blaine, Washington called Pacific Mail and Parcel. It costs $14 per year and then there is a small per package fee that you pay when you go to pick up your packages.