Since 1953 the Building Centre has been offering homeowners and building professionals access to the latest in building and home decor products available in South Africa. Of course AMERICAN shutters are amongst the exhibitors!

Founded by renowned South African architect Laurie Wale, the Building Centre offers visitors access to a permanent exhibition of over 200 building products. It’s a well known source of inspiration and product information and is frequented by architects, contractors and homeowners who want to keep abreast of the latest building innovations.

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We know it’s hard to get everything done in business hours and because interior décor inspiration often strikes long after the work day, we had an online showroom designed which allows you to generate an estimate quote for AMERICAN shutters or blinds any time!

This is how it works…

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It’s a lovely surprise when readers comment on our blog, tweet to tell us what they loved reading or ‘like’ our blog posts via our Facebook fan page. Every comment helps us tailor our blog for you!

However, since not everyone comments, we took a look at our blog statistics and uncovered the top 10 blog posts of the year. It’s fascinating to see which blog posts got the most attention so without further ado; here are the posts that topped the charts in 2011…

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Hanneleze Kruger had a stunning start to summer when she won R5 000 worth of AMERICAN shutters or blinds in our Summer Temptation competition!

Her summer temptation, ‘Picnic under massive oak trees. Running with rolled up jeans through slips and streams,’ inspired this home décor inspiration board…

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“We had a great morning at Homba Primary in Khayelitsha where we planted the first of 50 trees,� said Karina Palmer, our marketing manager.

In honour of Arbour Month, AMERICAN shutters’ sponsored trees will be planted over the next few weeks at various primary schools in Khayelitsha by Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA), the first South African social enterprise with a strong focus on environmental and global warming education and awareness.

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With information and news from around the world just a click away, we are fast becoming accustomed to the ever-blurring borders between South Africa and the many countries from which we have learnt and adopted products throughout history. Shutters are one such product.

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There is little more pleasurable than basking in winter sunshine slivering through a glass window or door on a cold day. These magic moments have us following the lazy sun with lizard-like devotion and curling our toes in wooly socks with delight. But alas, as soon as the sun is cloaked by cloud or bids an early goodnight, the cold grips us and we look for ways to replicate that natural warmth.

It is the same windows and doors that invite the winter sun into our homes that are responsible for losing our homes’ warmth. Glass windows and doors lose and gain heat in four ways: thermal radiation, heat conduction, convection and air leakage.

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We are proud to introduce another first to the South African market; an anti-bacterial option to our shutters and blinds.

Anti-bacterial shutters and blinds are ideal for high traffic areas where communicable diseases are easily spread as well as in the homes where children and/or elderly residents suffer from compromised immune systems.

Sealed with Hygienilac, AMERICAN shutters range of anti-bacterial shutters and blinds will continue to kill off bacteria for as long as 10 years! The anti-bacterial properties are effective for years because of the lacquer’s inherently low water solubility.

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We’ll be tempting design enthusiasts to go GREEN with our range of eco-friendly blinds and shutters at various home décor exhibitions nationwide!

Visit our deliciously tempting stands where you could enter our competition and stand the chance to win R 5 000 worth of shutters or blinds! Read the rest of this entry »

… Mandy Fernades!

Congrats Mandy! You have won R 10 000 worth of shutters or blinds from AMERICAN shutters!

We emailed Mandy and she was blown away…

“Wow, I can’t believe this!!! Thank you so much!” – Mandy Fernades via email.

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