When the boat arrived in Dallas from the Old Country (Galveston), dropping Patty, me, our dog Emmielou and our cat Ethyl off to begin our new life in the New World, we were hardly prepared for one important aspect of the move.

            Those we had depended on for years - our minister, plumber, electrician, painter, butcher, dry cleaners - not only weren't on the boat with us, but had no plans to move to Dallas to continue serving the Cherrys. 

            So we've spent the last three years looking to find those in Dallas who provide the superb services we were used to in Galveston.  (Oddly, when we got here we found that our Wells Fargo banker, Damion Phillips, had just moved here, too.)

            If you've read my recent Active Rain blog entries, you know that I've been writing for Dallas homeowners a series of names and phone numbers of these special people so that you won't have to go through the Cherry's learning curve unguided.

            One of the first chores when we bought our Dallas home was getting window coverings for it, and we thought 2 inch plantation shutters were the appropriate look.  By accident we found a company that builds shutters in Dallas.  There factory is about a ten minute drive from our house, so we went to see their products in their show room. 

            Sunburst Shutters is all but an anomaly in today's world.  They send their own people - in our case, Michael, Mike and Steve - out to measure each window.  Within the month, they are ready to install.  In our case, two nice guys, Ron and Edgar, did that for us.

<<===Ron and Edgar - Sunburst Shutters

            Sunburst Shutters custom products, made from a patented substance that looks, feels and has the weight of wood, but doesn't warp, have done more toward adding to the charm of our home than any one thing we have done.  And honestly, Patty and I are more than convinced that they are fairly priced.

            While Sunburst Shutters has factories in a number of cities, Dallas' is run by Bruce Jones.  He deserves the credit for making Dallas' Sunburst Shutters what it is.

SUNBURST SHUTTERS

10900 PETAL, SUITE 100

214 343-2601

Investigate Sunburst and its products yourself.  If your research brings you to the same conclusion ours did for us, consider buying from them.  Of course, there is no way to know whether your experience will equal ours.  I can assure you that it can't possibly surpass it.

BILL CHERRY, REALTORS

DALLAS

Our 43rd Year Serving Texas

214 503-8563

1 800-314-7110 -- 24 Hours