topic Re: Mini Blinds in Home

Mini Blinds

SunshineCats — Mon, 05 May 2025 16:46:46 GMT

I get conflicting answers when I search anything and everything!

But this time I would like to know which way the slats go on mini blinds for privacy from

people walking past or driving past.

Right now I have the slats pointing up and is that right?

Re: Mini Blinds

Mz iMac — Mon, 05 May 2025 16:57:26 GMT

There is no right or wrong way. It's your preference. If concerned, go outside when dark & check each way. If you can see inside either position, the blinds were not made correctly. Get a refund.

Re: Mini Blinds

Desertdi — Mon, 05 May 2025 17:09:15 GMT

Top edge of slats facing UP inside your room.

Re: Mini Blinds

SilleeMee — Mon, 05 May 2025 17:35:17 GMT

If the window is eye-level then it doesn't matter if the slats point up or down. If the window is low to the ground, garden-level or basement, then the slats should be pointed upward. Windows on second floors or higher should have the slats pointed downward.

What it comes down to is if you can see them then they can see you.

Re: Mini Blinds

We rescue cats — Mon, 05 May 2025 18:50:50 GMT

Doesn't matter to me, we have wooden 1inch slat blinds in most of the windows and they are all equally a pain in the butt to clean no matter how they point.

Re: Mini Blinds

Ainhisg — Mon, 05 May 2025 19:37:42 GMT

@We rescue cats we are buying a home with those types of blinds. What is the best way to clean them?

Re: Mini Blinds

Nightowlz — Mon, 05 May 2025 20:48:29 GMT

I have cellular up down shades. I got tired of cleaning the blinds one slat at a time.

I don't have to worry about up or down or someone seeing in.

Check your blinds from outside when it gets dark to see if you can see in.

Re: Mini Blinds

Carmie — Mon, 05 May 2025 21:51:58 GMT

I have mini blinds in two bedrooms. If you can look up to see in, face the blinds down.

If you can look in by looking down, face them up. Since my rooms are on the second floor, I face mine down.

Re: Mini Blinds

We rescue cats — Tue, 06 May 2025 02:33:19 GMT

@Ainhisg I don't know that there is an easy way to clean them but I wipe them down with Dawn and hot water, then wipe them with white vinegar water-they are wood. I was once told to clean them with Pledge DON'T ever do that.And don't be tempted to use Murphy's Oil Soap on them either. Yes they were pretty but it created a magnet for every piece of dust and dirt in the world to come and live on those blinds. This one of the worst investments I ever made in this house. They look nice but are a pain in the butt to maintain.

Re: Mini Blinds

Ainhisg — Tue, 06 May 2025 09:32:29 GMT

@We rescue cats wrote:
@Ainhisg I don't know that there is an easy way to clean them but I wipe them down with Dawn and hot water, then wipe them with white vinegar water-they are wood. I was once told to clean them with Pledge DON'T ever do that.And don't be tempted to use Murphy's Oil Soap on them either. Yes they were pretty but it created a magnet for every piece of dust and dirt in the world to come and live on those blinds. This one of the worst investments I ever made in this house. They look nice but are a pain in the butt to maintain.

@We rescue cats thank you so much! They are in the bedrooms (3) and one bath. I don't know if they are real wood or fake, but they are white, and I'm sure...dirty. An elderly woman lived there, and she recently moved in with her daughter, so they are selling the house. My mom had these type blinds, and I swore I would never have them (dust catchers), yet here I am. lol It's too costly to replace them, since I have to replace the window treatments in the rest of the house...besides update both bathrooms and the utility room...and paint... Well, you get the drift. lol Thanks, again!

Re: Mini Blinds

CJC — Tue, 06 May 2025 12:15:45 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
I have cellular up down shades. I got tired of cleaning the blinds one slat at a time.
I don't have to worry about up or down or someone seeing in.
Check your blinds from outside when it gets dark to see if you can see in.

I am ordering cellular shades, top down/bottom up, today for 7 windows. Boy are they expensive. My first car cost a thousand less than these silly blinds. I live in a condo, not the Biltmore! Getting room darkening in bedroom and semi sheer on other windows. Of course a big part of cost is service since we're older and can no longer do many household chores. The designer came to house with her samples, did all measuring, and her installer will remove old blinds and hang new ones. I love the look of faux wood blinds, what my grandma called Venetian blinds, but I can no longer do the cleaning.

Re: Mini Blinds

Still Raining — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:52:40 GMT

Could you go outside see what others can spy? For upstairs I agree with slanting down. But for downstairs?

Re: Mini Blinds

Nonametoday — Tue, 06 May 2025 16:07:52 GMT

@Still Raining

That is the right way to decide. However, the best way is to get another type window dressing, i.e., like shutters which are not a pain in the rear to clean.

Re: Mini Blinds

Imaoldhippie — Wed, 07 May 2025 12:41:47 GMT

@SunshineCats ..............Yes there is a difference. With slats down its privacy with slats up its to help keep direct sunlight out.

Test this. At night try each way going outside to check the difference.

Re: Mini Blinds

FiddleDeeDee — Thu, 08 May 2025 15:57:06 GMT

@SunshineCats wrote:

I get conflicting answers when I search anything and everything!

But this time I would like to know which way the slats go on mini blinds for privacy from
people walking past or driving past.

Right now I have the slats pointing up and is that right?

Yes but if they very wide mini-blinds, they may need to point down. Do both, go outside in the evening and look at the room in question. You'll have your answer immediately.