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

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.

A Breath Of Fresh Air

When someone says work is making them sick, they may not bejoking. The Environmental Protection Agency says indoor levels ofmany pollutants may be two to five times higher than those outside.These pollutants can cause what is known as "sick buildingsyndrome," resulting in headaches and allergies.

Airsopure Inc. helps curb such ailments with an indoorair-purification system that eliminates up to 99 percent ofairborne particles and harmful gas contaminants. As a franchisee,you sell the Airsopure system to schools and businesses. You hireindependent electrical contractors to install the system; clientsmay purchase a monthly maintenance contract so you'll check thesystems and replace the filters once a month.

The initial investment is $10,000, and the franchise feeincludes phone support and transportation and accommodations for aone-week training program in Dallas.

For more information, call (800) 752-3322 or visit http://www.airsopure.com

Frozen Assets

By Jessica Hale

Searching for a juicy franchise opportunity? Selling 100-percentnatural frozen fruit bars as a Fruitfull franchisee may be perfectfor you. Happy & Healthy Products Inc., the franchisor ofFruitfull, helps you set up Fruitfull freezers in sites you select;you're responsible for maintaining the sites.

As a franchisee, you'll establish wholesale accounts inhealth-food stores, gourmet grocery stores or anywhere else frozenfruit bars can tempt customers. Retailers may stock the products intheir own freezers. You can also sell Fruitfull bars directly tothe public at festivals and sporting events.

Fruitfull fruit bars come in 16 flavors, including juice-,cream- and yogurt-based varieties. There are real chunks of fruitin each bar, and no added artificial colors, flavors orpreservatives. Appealing to health-conscious consumers, manyvarieties are fat-free, and all contain five or fewer grams offat.

Fruitfull franchises can be operated full or part time; start-upcosts range from $18,000 to $40,000, including initial inventory,freezers, a retail cart and training and marketing materials. Formore information, call (800) 764-6114