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WIN a window make over with
Rufflette worth £1,000If your home has big windows and you favour a classical look, then now is your perfect chance to win a fabulous makeover for the window of your choice with your very own unique selection of products from the window fashions expert, Rufflette. For Traditional Homes and Interiors has got together with this classic British window fashions brand – the specialist in bespoke window solutions – to offer one lucky reader a £1,000 window makeover using Rufflette’s products made up to size using the company’s bespoke window fashions service.
The winner of our exclusive competition gets to submit the details of their chosen window as well as their style ideas and then choose products from the Rufflette range of Grandeur wooden curtain poles, co-ordinating finials, holdbacks and rings, the option of co-ordinating Renoir tiebacks*, plus gorgeous fabrics from the Rufflette Début range, suitable for make up into blinds or curtains.
Grandeur poles come in a choice of chunky diameters up to 48 mm, ideal for large, grand windows, and there is a stylish choice of colours – ebony, garnet, antique bronze, antique ivory and silver mist and blackened walnut. All have matching rings, a choice of matching finials and holdbacks, and they can be teamed with Renoir tiebacks, also from the Rufflette range.
With rich, lush colours and fabulous designs, the Début range of fabrics has a truly theatrical feel, which embraces both the contemporary and traditional applications. There are 34 woven fabrics in 113 colour options, specifically designed to complement the poles and decorative finishing touches in the rest of the Rufflette range. The Début fabrics are collated by colour mood with each of 12 groups of main designs co-ordinated with textured plains and small-scale patterns.
Grandeur poles are made from pine from an FSC-certified sustainable source and the finials are a made from either resin or wood. The whole range is fully custom made and poles can be made to precise lengths or combined for a mix and match look. Rufflette has comprehensive advice and many product accessories to achieve the best overall effect with the chosen window.

More information on Grandeur or on any of Rufflette’s comprehensive range of window fashion fabrics, poles, suspension systems, blinds and accessories can be found on www.rufflette.com or by contacting customer care on 0161 998 1811 or email customer-care@rufflette.com.
Q: Out of the thirty four woven fabrics available, how many colour options are there?
Closing Date: 30th November 2008
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* The selected winner will be able to choose whatever combination they like from the Grandeur poles and accessories range, the Renoir range of tiebacks and from the Debut fabric collection up to a total of £1,000 retail. Please note, any curtains that need to be cut to size will add to the cost included in the prize value. If products exceed the £1,000 prize, the winner will need to pay the balance in advance with a cheque or credit card.
These rules apply to all competitions in Traditional Homes and Interiors magazine. Only one entry per person. Employees of CPL Media Ltd, and all their relatives plus employees of companies involved in the magazine are not eligible to enter, entries that fail to comply with these instructions will be disqualified. No cash alternatives can be offered in lieu of prizes. Only one entry per household and all entrants must be UK residents. Persons under 18 are not eligible for entry. All completed entries will be drawn on 7th of the month following publication, for a single prize, which will be the particular item specified in the competition details. Winners will be notified within 7 days of draw date. The Editor’s decision is final.