Blind Windows  

I just moved into a new house and it came with nothing on the windows so we bought those paper shades from the home improvement store and they look pretty good for now. I have over 20 windows so I will need time to buy them all.

I have blinds also in my house. I didnt want to mess with curtains even if you could get them they just are NOT IN STYLE. I like my blinds but hate cleaning them.

My mother grew up with vertical blinds, so she always hated them. When I grew up, we always had pullup/pulldown shades, which I in turn hated. Our house came with vertical blinds, and so far I like them. Our cats like to pick at the edged until they crack...but they're so easy to replace. The added bonus is that they seem to need replacing right around the time that they'd need cleaning...so I can live with that.

I have vertical blinds as well, and I can't STAND them! My cat likes to run through them and smack them with his paws to get our attention. Unfortunately, there are FIVE sets of these blinds throughout our apartment--there are even a set in our bathroom! I would love to take a set or two down and install some nice curtains, but there is no storage here, so I wouldn't have anywhere to put the blinds once I removed them.

And I have other battles to fight for, like convincing my landlady that I should remove the tacky wallpaper that is peeling in the bathroom.

I do not have any curtains in the kitche - I have hanfgning baskets insteas. In my sitting area I have heavy cream linen drapes that are only closed at nights. In my bedroom I chose sage green fabric for silky drapes but they do nopt draw across the windows. Just for decoration att he top and down the sides. That's it! I like to have the sun coming in and vrightening the house.

We have horizontal blinds on all the window and the door leading to the balcony patio. They are standard for the apartment. Many will put up curtains on the inside of the apartment but I tend to like the simplicity of the blinds. I like being able to let the sunshine in by opening the slats, or raising them all the way up so I can sit on the couch and look out over the lake behind our house.

I have blinds on all my windows except for in the living room and dining room and I have curtains on them...kind of sheer curtains but not just the plain white ones...I have found some very pretty ones and I like them because they are light weight and don't seem to ground the room so bad.

Hi AmbiePam, In my lounge I have vertical blinds and curtains as in the summer I can close if sun too bright but it still be light and in the winter I close curtains over too for extra warmth in the other rooms I just have curtains. I got the blinds as last summer some kids climbed up onto the wall and even though I am elevated up from ground lebel they could also see straight in so it acts as a privacy thing too. Huggles. Ellie :D

I answered an discussion prior to this to you but for some reason it just disappeared into cyberspace so sorry as can't seem to find discussion again at moment. x

There were blinds on the windows when
we moved in. They were in practically
perfect shape, but really dusty.

So, I washed them and they're
fine now. No problems.

I still hang curtains up over them.

Not sure that's needed.

Just a habit, I guess.

We have blinds here, and also curtains or the top curtain things. We live out in the country in a doublewide, so it was choice. I much rather have both, with maybe a longer blind on the rooms that get the most light and have televisions in it.