The Better Homes & Gardens 2-Inch Cordless Horizontal Blinds are made of faux wood, provide privacy, and are a safer option for homes with children. The wood grain texture gives the blinds a rich, real-wood look. The two-inch blinds offer an upscale look and suitable for any room in the house. Cordless features offer you a cord-free environment that is safe and provides a clean look. To raise or lower, simply push up or pull down on the bottom rail. Tilt wand feature offers you to control the amount of light that comes into the house or complete or partial view through the window pane only. The material resists moisture, fading, heat, and warping and it is also anti-microbial.
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Not bad prices, but nothing amazing.
Good luck!
Jon
Don't use a hacksaw or anything it will be uneven on the sides.
For a place we were helping with this saved over $500 from "custom" or the "trimable" ones at other big box across 7 windows.
I used blue tape and a wood clamp to hold the edges parallel and was not an issue. From the top you can see how far you can cut in on each side before you get near the mechanics.
if you're going to do the height some of them out there that show you that on YouTube actually are the old kind with the pull cord to raise the height keep in mind that everything went to cordless so no kids get strangled so if you're watching a video it tells you to do it one way to cordless will not work that way that may not make sense but just make sure if you're following how to change the height of these you follow one that shows you how to do it with the cordless blinds otherwise as soon as you pop the Caps off the bottom the cordless mechanisms going to roll up into the retractor and you're going to ruin the blind. disregard this whole bottom section of you're only doing the width.
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Not bad prices, but nothing amazing.
Good luck!
Jon
About the only real distinguishing item between these and the commodity Home Depot option is that the valance piece meant to hide the mechanicals is a simpler, less three dimensional piece vs. an element meant to mimic crown molding (included with the Home Depot equivalent). I'd also add that the blinds are easier to cut since they're clearly a little cheaper (as in, they have less material).
Good luck!
Jon
With that said, in more temperate areas I've had good luck combining blinds like these with roller blinds assuming your window installation can accommodate both at the same time. In my case I had windows which were deep enough to allow for inside installation of a roller blind and 2" faux wood blinds. You could also install this with roller blinds as an interior installation and install the faux wood blinds as an outside the window frame installation.
As roller blinds and faux wood blinds are pretty inexpensive, and assuming you don't mind the extra labor, the cost of materials will likely still be well below a set of double cell blinds. Of course, if you're dealing with a truly hot climate and an unforgiving installation the double cell blinds might be worth the investment. The aesthetic value outside your home is also pretty different, as roller blinds tend to look like a plastic sheet hung behind your windows from the outside.
Good luck!
Jon
Good luck!
Jon