New Kitchen Window Blinds - Page 2

jeanlake · ‎03-10-2010

Two years ago I spent too much money on wooden, Hunter Douglas blinds. The basement window (walk out) and two floor to ceiling windows didn't survive a toddler. I was amazed how little tug and pull the blinds could take. Replacing door and two other window blinds with shades - until I decide what I really want to do with this area. I should have gone with blinds.com or Lowes / Home Depot.

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." Henry David Thoreau

kaydee50 · ‎02-07-2011

I do not like any sort of blinds. Dust collectors and difficult to keep clean. In our last home we had cordless shades and here in our condo we also installed shades, Hunter Douglas, but with a chain. Love both versions. And no maintenance required.

teachergal · ‎08-07-2010

I got cord less solar shades for bedrooms. I love that I can see through them when pulled down, but from the outside you can't see inside. I got mine from Amazon on Prime day. I have big windows and each shade was just under $100.00.

shoptilyadropagain · ‎03-19-2014

I bout some blinds for one of my kitchen windows (over the sink) about 3 or 4 years ago. I never got around to installing them but just got them out again a week or so ago. I'm off for almost two weeks at Christmas and the plan is to get them up then. They aren't Levelor but operate the same way. I either got them at Lowe's or Menards.

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, but Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
- Author Unknown

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

Most of our windows have cordless shades. I prefer them to the old corded ones we had.

LilLadyNJ · ‎06-27-2017

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
I just purchased a new blind for my bathroom...bottom up/top down and cordless. I can have the bottom of the window covered with the top open. I have them in several rooms in the house and really like them. I purchased mine from blinds.com.

I got the top down/bottom up cellular shades for my master bath from Blinds. com as well. It look longer for me to open the box than it did for me to install them. I am happy with my purchase and I'm looking to purchase solar shades for my master bedroom from them as well.

VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

I was in a hotel this year with the blinds between the glass panes. I think tat was an option when I bought my windows last year, but I had already settled on interior plantation shutters.

I liked the idea of the shade between the panes because you could raise it all the way up for a full view and lower it and it was a blackout shade.

And no cleaning ;o)

===================================
QVC Shopper - 1993

# IAMTEAMWEN

panda1234 · ‎04-27-2015

@teachergal wrote:
I got cord less solar shades for bedrooms. I love that I can see through them when pulled down, but from the outside you can't see inside. I got mine from Amazon on Prime day. I have big windows and each shade was just under $100.00.

@teachergal I never heard of a shade that you can look out of but people can't see in. What is the name of the manufacturer?

panda1234 · ‎04-27-2015

@VaBelle35 wrote:
I was in a hotel this year with the blinds between the glass panes. I think tat was an option when I bought my windows last year, but I had already settled on interior plantation shutters.

I liked the idea of the shade between the panes because you could raise it all the way up for a full view and lower it and it was a blackout shade.

And no cleaning ;o)

@VaBelle35 it is a good idea until the shade gets stuck. Since it's between the panes there is nothing you can do...trust me.

LilLadyNJ · ‎06-27-2017

@panda1234 check out blinds dot com. They have solar shades with different levels of opacity. They have videos that show what you can see from the inside out and outside in.

I was looking at these for one of my bedrooms where privacy isn't an issue. BD is at the back of the house on a very wooded lot.