Heritage Star Country Curtains

Sorry about my last post / rant. I get really frustrated with dishonest people. Those USA Wallpaper folks really upset me.

Anyway, tonight's edition of the country home decor blog post is going to cover the Heritage Star Curtain and Decor pattern from IHF. Rather than posting pictures of all the individual window treatments and matching table coverings and decor accessories, I'm going to share the group pictures and give you a link to go review the entire pattern if you're interested. ("A little birdie" told me I had too many pictures...)

The Heritage Star curtain selections are made from homespun fabrics and the Heritage Star Design is a tan cotton accented by gold and burgundy stripes. The hem continues the gold and burgundy colors in appliqued stars. A few of the most popular pieces a shown below. To view the entire pattern, visit the Heritage Star page online.

Heritage Star Valance

Heritage Star Shower Curtain

Heritage Star Tablecloth, Napkins and Place Mats

Short Rant About Getting Ripped Off

I buy and sell products online everyday. I've ordered from huge companies like Amazon and Dell and little guys running eBay stores. I have never been more disappointed in a company than I am with USA Wallpaper.
I ordered a country valance (made by Park Designs) back in March. The USA Wallpaper customer service department notified me that the item was discontinued and out of stock, but they drafted my PayPal account anyway. The customer service agent told me that she was not authorized to issue a refund, but that she would send the refund request to the accounting department and they would process the refund during following month (April).
It's now May and still no refund! I have contacted them again and the customer service department is unable to explain why the refund has not been issued. She again promised to send the refund request to their accounting and told me I was welcome to call back in a couple weeks to follow-up on it. According to the customer service agent I spoke to, there is no way that I can talk to directly to accounting to get the problem taken care of promptly. After three phone calls and numerous emails to the merchant, they have still not issued a refund for the merchandise that was never shipped. Poor, poor, poor service. I will never do business with them again. Thankfully they only stole a few dollars. If this had been a major purchase, I don’t know what I would do.

I trying to resolve my problem, I started searching online to see if anyone had come up with a good method of retrieving money from these deadbeat curtain merchants. To my dismay, I found dozens of similar complaints from customers across the USA. Some of the complaint sites are:
www.retailmenot.com/view/usawallpaper.com
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/456/RipOff0456208.htm
http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=55603
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/456/RipOff0456238.htm

I tried to resolve the problem by going through PayPal at first, but they declined to participate. I filed a BBB claim mid-May, but nothing has come of it yet. BBB has the company rated as an F for whetever that's worth.

Beyond the main company name, the USA Wallpaper folks seem to have a network of different company names running various online stores. The ones I know of are:
USA Wallpaper
Decorate With Style
CountryDecorz.com

Country Star Curtains and Decor

The country star design is a deep wine gingham accented by the country star pattern on the tone on tone hem. Black, red and tan gingham accent the stars on the hem. The line includes a full collection of window treatments, tabletop accessories, throws and pillows. Click on the pictures or the title for pricing or to read more.

Country Star Primitive Valances

Country Table Covers, Placemats and Napkins

Midnight Design Country Curtains and Matching Decor

Thank you for visiting and sorry for the delay in getting this out to you. I had hoped to introduce a new pattern every week, but that just didn't happen. I will try to be more diligent in getting the rest of them out to you.

The new pattern this week is the Midnight Star design. Midnight is a marvelous combination of black, tan and red. The under layer is a small plaid pattern while the pointed layer is a subtle stripe in tan, red and black accented by an appliqued black star. This country valance is 5 star for quality and country decor appeal. All of the pieces are fully lined and the drapes and panels include matching tie-backs. A few of my favorite pieces are shown below.

Midnight Design Valance

Midnight Swags

Midnight Curtain Panels

Midnight Star Placemats

Midnight Star Table Cloths

Midnight Design Table Runners

Midnight Star Cotton Aprons

Midnight Design Country Throw Pillows

Midnight Star Throw Blanket

Midnight Woven Rug

Midnight Pattern Shower Curtain

Checker Berry Design Curtains and Kitchen Decor

The Checker Berry design (manufactured by IHF) is dominated by a wine and tan check cotton fabric with embroidered berry vine and wine berries. The curtain pieces are fully lined and the pattern includes accessory pieces for the kitchen, dining room and living room. A few of the most popular pieces are pictured below.

Checker Berry Scalloped Layered Valance

Checker Berry Shower Curtain

Checker Berry Placemat

Checker Berry Fishtail Swag

Checker Berry Aprons (available in full and half length sizes)

Checker Berry Throw

Checker Berry Drapes

Checker Berry Tablecloth (Available in 54" x 54" and 60" x 84" sizes)

IHF Country Window Treatments and Home Decor Accessories

IHF (India Home Fashions) has introduced several new fantastic designs in their 2009 catalog. The catalog includes too many designs and pieces to introduce in a single blog post so I will be introducing them one at a time over the next few weeks. Upcoming introductions will include:
Check Berry Valances, Swags, and Aprons
Midnight Design Valances and Curtain Tiers
Country Star Window Valance, Curtain Tiers and Aprons
Heritage Star Valances and Swags
Live Love Laugh Valances, Swags, Cotton Throws and Aprons
Willow Creek Valances and Throws (coming soon)
Home Sweet Home Valances, Throws and Tiers (coming soon)

The Snowmen Dolls are Back!

I am simply amazed at the number of primitive snowmen (and snowwomen) dolls available online. There are big ones, little ones, set of three and pairs of two. There are snowman lamps, snowman pillows, dolls, curtains, table cloths and table runners. You name it - there's a snowman version available somewhere.
In my niche, there are a wide variety of pricing and shipping options. Country Sampler boasts a pretty good assortment, but they seem to have higher prices than other retailers. Ebay has a wide variety of snowman collectibles, but you have to pick through a lot of junk to find the good stuff. Stitches and Baskets has a pretty good selection and very reasonable prices. The best place (IMHO) to find primitive snowmen is Primitive Home Decors in the, you guessed it, Snowman category. They have fast shipping on most of the most popular snowmen. I saved pictures of some of my personal favorites below. Which one do you like best?

Primitive Snowman Dolls


Mr. Jingles Primitive Snowman


Mr. Cane Snowman


Sir Tanner Snowman



Jingle Tree Snowman


Granny Rose Snowmen Doll Set