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Is installing blinds a DIY Project?
My wife and I have been in our home for a little less than a year, and the paper blinds are starting to get tired to look at. The prices on blinds.com look appealing, but I'm hoping there are no ...
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How can I make my own fabric replacement slats for my blinds?
I need to replace the fabric slats on the vertical blinds in my house. I do not want vinyl ones in my house. My windows look out on a golf course from most of the rooms in my house. I have lived with ...
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Can I adjust my blinds for both ventilation and privacy?
I like fresh air so I usually open the window a little and keep the blinds to the angle that I think nobody can see me from outside.
Today I feel very upset because I found out everybody can see me ...
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How do I uninstall a velux blackout blind?
(A Velux blind is a brand of skylight/roof-window in the UK that's apparently quite popular).
We have a couple of velux windows with blinds attached. We'd like to swap them for the black-out blind ...
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How to rehang vertical blinds on a damaged bay ceiling?
My vertical blind has lost two of its four brackets. It was fixed to the ceiling of my bay window and the plugs and screws have pulled away. Is it possible to fill and replug in the same place and ...
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How can I make my room darker at night?
I live in a place where we do not have completely dark nights in the summer.
This is how my room looks like (picture from the web, just example - Sliding doors with vertical blinds).
I'm looking ...
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How do you replace missing vertical blind slats?
I need some advice about vertical vinyl blinds for a screen door. Right now I'm missing 4 or 5 of the blinds. Should I buy replacements slats or a new set? When you buy them, will you they be cut to ...
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Calculating the effectiveness of sunlight reduction solutions
Our new place has a few large windows facing west - this makes for a baking-hot house in the afternoons.
Curtains have been put up, but they are hot to the touch, and the rooms do feel hot (dark ...
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Need advice, Curtains, blinds, Shades? which to use, whats in currently?
i need to purchase curtains/blinds or shades for all my windows in my apartment. I have 5 windows - 1 being a bathroom.
Its a small apartment and view outside the window isn't onto the main road but ...
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How can I make a bedroom with lots of windows darker?
I'm moving into a gorgeous new house with one wrinkle: my bedroom has two full walls of windows, plus skylights. Most of the day, this is great, but at night, I really want it dark where I sleep.
I ...
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Can I hang two inch blinds with only one inch of available window sill overhang?
I just had new windows installed in the house and they look great! It's definitely time now to put up some decent looking blinds.
I love the look of the two-inch blinds (nothing fancy - most stuff at ...
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Removing Excess Blind Material
I have blinds on my new windows and the blinds are too long for the window opening. My guess is this is done to make them universal. How do you remove the excess and reattach the bottom?
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What's a good cheap sander to sand the ends of wooden blinds?
I need to sand down some wooden blinds because they are about a millimeter too wide for the old window frames they are going into.
I'm trying to figure out a cheap and easy way to sand down about 6 ...
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Replace the Cord in Vertical Blinds
My cord in my vertical blinds is fraying and I am afraid it is going to break at any moment. Has anyone restrung their blinds? Where is the best place to get replacement cord and what do I need to ...
