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Keith Oliver:
I am getting my new MCD blinds installed on Monday.  In the front, the blinds will go all the way from A pillar to A pillar.  This means an installation attaching the double roller to the underside of the  fabric above the windshield, where presently the two partial blinds are attached, without valences.  New installations I have seen so far use a fabric valence to hide the double roller.  I doubt I will be able to find any fabric the same as what is there, so I am looking for other ideas for the valence.  I have reviewed all of the postings in the "Redecorating" section, but have seen no new valences.  If someone has redone theirs, I would like to see a photo.
At the driver's side window, I have removed the vertical valence that hides the curtain, as it is going, to be replaced by a double roller set of blinds.  I expect to replace teh big vertical valence with a much smaller one, tied into a horizontal valence above, both of wood to match the existing.  Unfortunately there is a fabric panel to which the curtain track is now attached, and I don't know if I can remove that panel and find good wood under(above) it.  Has anyone done this?  At that location there is the Tank monitor and Inverter monitor, on a removable panel, so I will be opening that up to see what I can access.
Any other ideas gratefully received, before I get into removing stuff that I may regret doing.
Once the blinds arrive, I will post some pictures, as by then I will know where they all attach.

Richard And Babs Ames:
Wood stained to match the cabinets?

Keith Oliver:
Ipswich Pine in a Minwax stain matches perfectly.

John Maguire:
I am restoring a 1992 and of course fabric was pretty worse for wear so I decided to stick with the oak theme and added a key in the middle to make it a bit less of a picture frame and then came up with the thought of a decorative tile in the middle...I placed that one just to get a sense of things but I have ordered some very nice Southwestern themed ones, hand painted and even at they they were less than $20. In addition I am thinking I will affix them with some commercial style interlocking velcro so I can change them if the boss Lady tires of one or another.

David T. Richelderfer:
I believe I remember hearing last year from Scotty when looking at Coaches at BCS in Bend that the lady who worked on fabric work when Beaver was in business had bought all the extra bolts of fabric and went into business on her own with an eye to servicing Beaver coaches that were remodeled, damaged, etc.  I think I was told she had matching fabrics for many/most of the Beavers made in the last few years of manufacturing.  I don't have her name, but the guys at BCS would have it... of course, unless I had a dream about all this.  Just so you know, I have been called a dreamer.  

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