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I am trying to get wooden venetian blinds for my recessed windows, can I trim the width as they are too wide?

khaldoun — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:42:02 +0000

My windows are all recessed and all the widths are different to the standard sizes available. I know you can get custom made blinds but these are too expensive. Can you trim the width of wooden blinds, or do I have to get a specialist?
My windows are not wide enough to take the standard sizes available in wooden blinds in the shops, so I think I would need to cut them down. Is this possible?
I live in the UK so if there are any shops that might offer the service, they would need to have branches in the UK

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white blinds in windows of an apartment complex?

khaldoun — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:58:20 +0000

I live in an apartment complex and they are requesting that we have either shades or blinds in white or cream colored .Their reasoning is that they would like everything to be uniform and neat appearing. some people had blankets and sheets of all color. we are allowed to have colored curtains on the windows as long as they are white on the backing or have a white blind or shade. opinions please

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Can someone tell me a trick for cleaning window blinds?

khaldoun — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:50:07 +0000

I live in an apartment. The windows have metal mini-blinds on them. I hate to dust (drives my allergies crazy). I once heard a trick about filing the bath tub with warm, soapy water and soaking mini-blinds as an effective way to clean them.

Does this work? What are the right steps to take on this and finally, how do you dry them???

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In search of a blinds, window covering company in Tucson? Also, need repairs done?

khaldoun — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:56:40 +0000

I am looking for window coverings for my home in the Tucson area; we are interested in wood blinds. I also have a couple cell shades that need to be re-strung. Does anyone have any recommendation on Tucson window coverings repairs and companies? Any help would be appreciated.

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Can you recommend websites (that you have dealt with personally) for oversized window blinds?

khaldoun — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:55:04 +0000

And if you had bad experiences with any company, please let me know that too.
Our windows are 68", "off the shelf" blinds come in 63" lengths. Dangit.

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What color window blinds should we buy if the trim around our windows are white and the wood encasing is oak?

khaldoun — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:27:45 +0000

I think it’s called wood encasing, but I am referring to the long piece of wood on the bottom that is about 6 ft long x 7 ft wide.
Should the window blinds color match the whitw window grilles trim or the color of the wood encasing on the bottom?
Should the window blinds color match the white window grilles trim or the color of the wood encasing on the bottom?
We have a medium brown w/ a green accent granite kitchen floor, light olive green walls and white appliances, which I want to change into stainless steel in 2-3 yrs.

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I dont have any blinds for my windows. What can I use for a substitute?

khaldoun — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:53:16 +0000

I dont get paid until June 15. Any home remedies?

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Does anyone know how to restring window blinds? My dogs thought the strings were to play with!?

khaldoun — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:45:56 +0000

I have custom blinds on all my windows and all but one is now lopsided. The dogs tore at the strings only on one side.

I would like to know if anyone knows how to repair them or restring them? I called several places and it would be cheaper for me to replace them…I don’t want to.

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What is the best place to order Window Blinds?

khaldoun — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:10:28 +0000

I just got new retro-fit windows in my house and I love them! But now my old blinds don’t fit anymore. That’s okay because I was ready for a change anyway.

I would like to order white wood or faux-wood blinds for many of the windows. Where is the best place to get them? I have looked at blinds.com and that looks good, and I am thinking about having Budget Blinds come out and give me an estimate.

Has anyone had any good or bad experience with either of these companies, or any other nationally operating companies? Thanks for any suggestions!

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We are short selling our home. Can we take the blinds we bought for all the windows?

khaldoun — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:53:49 +0000

our surrounds sound and an expensive ceiling fan .. how do we go about taking those with us?

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