If you visit Decorex Cape Town this weekend, be sure to visit AMERICAN shutters’ exhibition stand (L 21) and enter our STYLE SECRET competition to stand the chance to win Privacy Premium wooden louvre blinds.

To enter ask any AMERICAN shutters staff members for the STYLE SECRET postcard, fill in your STYLE SECRET and contact details, and post it in our competition box at our stand.

Whether you’re an architect, interior designer or homeowner with a keen eye for design, you probably have décor and design STYLE SECRETS (or tips) you use to make your space unique and we’d love to hear them.

Share your STYLE SECRET and Privacy Premium wooden louvre blinds, valued at R8, 200 (including VAT) could be yours! The new innovative range offers exceptional light block-out with the first hole-free louvres. Louvres range in width from a 50mm to 63mm and have the tightest louvre closure.

We’ll be sharing the best STYLE SECRETS from Decorex Cape Town with our Facebook fans and Twitter followers throughout the weekend and beyond. Join our Facebook fan page and/or follow us on Twitter for the best STYLE SECRETS and regular updates on the best interior design inspiration the web has to offer.

Our team at AMERICAN shutters are excited to be exhibiting at Decorex Cape Town from 23 – 27 April at the CTICC. Decorex Cape Town opens on Friday, 23 April from 13h00 – 20h00 and we have 10 tickets for the opening day to give away.

There are 3 ways to win a ticket:

1. Follow us on Twitter and post a tweet including this hash tag: #AMERICANshuttersDecorex.
2. Join our Facebook Fan page and comment on our wall.
3. Subscribe to our blog.

We look forward to meeting you at Decorex Cape Town. Come visit our stand at L21 where you can share your style secret and stand the chance of winning Privacy Select wooden louvre blinds. Watch our blog for details.

Remember the scene in the movie Notting Hill when Hugh Grant’s character goes into a flat spin tiding up his apartment before letting his dream woman (played by Julia Roberts) through the front door?

It’s a stereotype that works in romantic comedies but does the average bachelor live in a mild state of squalor, only tidied up for a date? And by ‘tidied up’ we mean throwing almost everything into cupboards and dimming the lights so she can’t see the dust, dirty carpets or grubby walls.

Single guys; take a look around your home. Does it reflect your style or does it look like a college dorm room? Are there remnants of your mother or worse, your ex-girlfriend’s ‘feminine touch’ in your home? If you can’t see your living space objectively, answer this question:

Would you post photos of your home interior as it is now online for the world to see? If you hesitated, you need to read this!

We asked a few women what they think the biggest bachelor home décor turn-offs are and got their tips on how to convert your messy man-cave into a stylish bachelor pad.

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We’ll be at Decorex Cape Town at the CTICC from 23 – 27 April and would love to meet you!
We have 10 tickets to give to our special fans and followers. Follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook fan page or subscribe to our blog. That’s all you need to do to win tickets to one of Cape Town’s trendiest décor and interior design events.

How to enter:
• You could post a comment on this blog post or subscribe to this blog (see subscription links in the left hand column)
• You could join our Facebook fan page (extra points if you write on our wall).
• You could follow us on Twitter (extra points if you send us a tweet which includes the hash tag #AMERICANshuttersDecorex)

Decorex Cape Town 2010’s theme is a “Breath of fresh air� and aims to bring a breath of fresh air to the world of interiors. Watch our blog, Facebook fan page and Twitter profile for fresh décor and design tips as well as information about what we’re doing at Decorex Cape Town.

Even if you don’t enter to win tickets, come visit our stand at L 21 where our friendly and knowledgeable AMERICAN shutters’ staff would love to help you select customised shutters and blinds from our extensive range to protect your privacy and beautify your home.