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Beautiful Window Treatments Customized for Your Home

Modern homes deserve window treatments that combine style, privacy, comfort, and convenience.

Made in the Shade Virginia Beach specializes in custom shades, blinds, plantation shutters, drapery, outdoor shades, and smart window automation designed specifically for your space. Their mobile showroom allows homeowners to explore products from the comfort of their own homes while receiving expert guidance from experienced professionals.

Whether you're looking to reduce glare, improve energy efficiency, add privacy, or create a more elegant interior, their team provides:

Free In-Home Consultations

Professional Measuring

Expert Installation

Smart Home Integration

Industry-Leading Products

Custom-Made Solutions

From traditional plantation shutters to motorized shades controlled by your smartphone or voice assistant, every solution is tailored to your lifestyle and design preferences.

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We are officially at the halfway mark of 2026, which means it is the perfect moment to pause and ask the question most businesses skip. Is what we are doing actually working?

This month we are diving into two topics that are easy to overlook but make a real difference. One is about who your website is actually built for, and the other is about whether your message is landing at the right moment or just landing anywhere.

Both come down to the same idea. Meeting your audience exactly where they are, not where you assume they are.

More than 1 in 4 adults in the US have some type of disability. If your website is not built with accessibility in mind, you could be turning away a huge part of your audience without even realizing it.

Here is what most business owners do not realize. Accessibility is not just the right thing to do. It is good for your marketing too.

Accessible websites tend to rank higher on Google. Alt text, clear headings, and fast load times help both your users and search engines find you. Wix is built with WCAG compliance in mind, but having the tools and actually using them correctly are two very different things.

Imagine a billboard that looks at the sky, notices it is raining, and instantly swaps its ad to show an umbrella. That is not a concept. That is already happening in Buenos Aires, where AI-powered billboards read real-time signals like weather and foot traffic to decide what to show.

Most businesses post the same message everywhere. But your audience is not the same person in every context, and your marketing should not treat them like they are.

When your message matches the moment, everything performs better. More clicks, more conversions, and more people who feel like you are actually talking to them.

Blogs, social posts, emails, your Google Business Profile. It is a lot to keep up with, and even harder to keep consistent

That is exactly what we handle for our clients every single month.

Want a behind-the-scenes look at what consistent content actually looks like? Follow Two17 Marketing on Instagram for tips, trends, and a peek into how we keep our own content strategy running.

We don't just talk about good marketing, we hear about it from our clients.

"They built me a gorgeous website and held my hand as I hyperventilated through this massive change."  That is what one client had to say about working with Christie and Heather on her spa's new website.

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Garage Door Installation In Virginia Beach

Ask any Virginia Beach homeowner what they take for granted until it breaks, and the garage door is near the top of the list.

From Princess Anne, Pungo, Nimmo to the surrounding Virginia Beach County, the same handful of problems come up again and again. This guide covers what causes them and when garage door installation in Virginia Beach is worth a professional call.

Why Virginia's humid subtropical region is hard on garage doors

Virginia Beach sits in a humid subtropical climate — long, hot, muggy summers, mild winters, heavy thunderstorms, and high year-round humidity. That matters for garage doors because it means frequent thunderstorms that drive rain into tracks and seals.

In practice, the failures techs see most around here are pitted galvanized hardware on older doors, rusted bottom brackets on damp slabs, and degraded weatherstripping from UV and moisture. None of these are signs of a bad door — they're the predictable result of years of local weather working on steel, springs, and seals.

Common Virginia Beach garage door repairs

The majority of calls fall into four buckets: broken torsion or extension springs, failing openers, frayed lift cables, and doors that have jumped their tracks. A balanced door lifts with one hand — if yours fights you, the spring is usually the culprit.

Most of these are same-day fixes for a stocked local crew. You can see the full garage door company in Virginia Beach and typical pricing before anyone comes out.

Getting it fixed

The Ferry Plantation House in Virginia Beach still listens to the river. Locals say its halls echo with footsteps and laughter from those who never made it across.