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Decor Galor Make money with: wallpaper, frozen fruit bars, clean air.

By Laura Tiffany

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Have you ever found yourself fingering the carpet samples at thelocal department store or spent an hour in the wallpaper aisle?Take your flair for decorating and turn it into a homebasedbusiness with a Window & Wall Creations franchise.

Window & Wall Creations provides franchisees with discountsfrom major suppliers of wallpaper, area rugs, bedroom accessoriesand window coverings. As a franchisee, you consult with customersin their own homes; the decorating consultation is alwayscomplimentary, and customers pay only for what they purchase.

Requiring a $2,000 down payment, Windows & Wall Creationsoffers financing for the remainder of the $7,900 franchise fee. Thefranchise payment, if you choose to finance, is 5 percent of yourweekly gross sales until it's paid in full. The additionalstart-up cost of $5,900 includes travel and living expenses for theprovided training, start-up inventory and advertising costs. Anongoing royalty fee of 6 percent to 9 percent is remitted weekly(as you pass a benchmark of $200,000 in gross sales, your royaltyfee drops), and there is also a 4-percent advertising fee. For moreinformation, call (800) 461-5180.