Does anyone still use shades in their home?

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

Does anyone use shades anymore? (I notice some of my neighbors still use them).

We have had colored mini blinds for years to match our rooms. I always loved them but I'm sick of cleaning them. I was soaking them in the tub and scrubbing them and hanging them to dry. (especially the downstairs ones which seem to get extra dirty from cooking).

So I am slowly switching one by one to shades (which are much cheaper) here at the Ace store where they cut them to size. So far we have room darkening shades in the bedroom and now we got shades for the living room yesterday. (We still have curtains and or drapes up of course too, along with the shades). Next I want to get shades for the kitchen too.

PS) At our back French doors we just have drapes. I would love Levolor blinds for that area, but our cats may damage them (not sure but they did wreck 2 pair of drapes..lol), so I never got them.

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Cakers1 · ‎03-09-2010

Shorty: Haven't used shades in years. We had half-shutters in my old home but in my condo we used white blinds (had to by HOA standards).

Now we use blinds again. I find shades not as pretty but there are some nice decorative ones today. Roman shades are very nice.

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

We have cellular shades, the kind that can be closed/opened from top or bottom. They look nice and we got them in a color that really sets off the windows. But I prefer shutters. However, with all the windows we have and the size of them, shutters would have cost a small.fortune in this house. The shades were pretty expensive as it was. But I love the look of shutters. Before this, I've always had white wood blinds.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.--Marcus Tullius Cicero

Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

I have an interior unit townhouse. I have plantation shutters in the front of the house and shades in the back, except for my sliders.

Say Nay · ‎03-12-2010

On 11/2/2014 Cakers1 said:
Shorty: Haven't used shades in years. We had half-shutters in my old home but in my condo we used white blinds (had to by HOA standards).

Now we use blinds again. I find shades not as pretty but there are some nice decorative ones today. Roman shades are very nice.

I just went to a Victorian home decorated with Roman shades. They opened from the top and bottom and were so pretty.

Looked like this:

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brewhaha · ‎07-25-2010

I always remove my shades before I go in the house.

foundinlv · ‎04-20-2012

Beautiful Gato!!

Say Nay · ‎03-12-2010

On 11/2/2014 ILikeShade said:
Beautiful Gato!!

They were! I love that they opened from the top.

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Cakers1 · ‎03-09-2010

On 11/2/2014 MomTo2Dogs said:
On 11/2/2014 Cakers1 said:
Shorty: Haven't used shades in years. We had half-shutters in my old home but in my condo we used white blinds (had to by HOA standards).

Now we use blinds again. I find shades not as pretty but there are some nice decorative ones today. Roman shades are very nice.

I just went to a Victorian home decorated with Roman shades. They opened from the top and bottom and were so pretty.

Looked like this:

Gato: Those are lovely. I think they are worth the cost, too. I wouldn't get tired of looking at them. In fact, I wouldn't get tired of living in that house! lol