Andrea, honeycomb blinds are very nice. We just finished adding a sunroom onto our house at the end of the year and put honeycombs out there.

Betty, I remember seeing the Plantation shutters some years ago when they first came out...are they still hot? I also have no clue! I still like them if they are out. I actually ended up choosing just regular blinds - no material - with a valance. We have sliding glass doors that go out to a patio. Our cat enjoys sitting behind the curtains even if the windows aren't open. She sheds like crazy, no matter how many times a day we brush her. Plus, we have just as many nights in MN that we are able to sleep with the slider open as we have to sleep with the A/C on, and we needed something that could go to the side and not up and down (but still keep cat hair off).

BTW, does anyone have a cat that has NOT been declawed? If so, have you discovered an answer to keeping your comforter//bedpread in good shape?

Trish