October is Child Safety Month for Window Treatment Safety
October isn’t just for pumpkins and ghouls. October is Child Safety month. At Ross Howard Designs, we don’t forget your pets, either. The window coverings industry uses warning tags, labels, and other methods to communicate the potential hazards of corded window coverings. The warning labels tell of the important information about cords being a potential […]
Are Your Shades and Blinds Child-Safe?
The recent recall of more than 50 million roman shades and roll-up blinds has once again brought the topic of window treatment safety into the public’s eye. According the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 200 infants and young children have died due to accidental strangulation in window covering cords since 1990.