Perfection!
Sebastian and I installed my new blinds this evening.
So there you see my plain empty window, I forgot to take a before pic of the canvas blinds I had up.
You wouldn't have wanted to see those anyway. They were all covered with cat hair from all 3 cats constantly going in the window to lay in the sun.
The new dark cherry wood blinds were so easy to install!
We got them hung up and installed no problem.
It took us maybe 15 minutes to remove the old blinds and install the new.
So easy!
We did have a small snag.
When my blinds were packed for shipping, they were pulled up tight.
So tight, that when I pulled the cord to lower them, they wouldn't budge.
I tried everything. I pulled and pulled.
I took them back down, looked at all the pieces, pulled the cord again, and they still wouldn't budge.
So I called Blinds Chalet and spoke to an awesome guy named Jason.
He told me to take them down, and place a small screwdriver, or something flat, up against the pin, and then pull the cord to loosen the blinds that first time.
After that, pulling the cord would work as expected.
They just weren't budging due to being packed so tight.
Seeing as I already had them down, I just placed a flat head screwdriver up against the pin, and then pulled the cord.
Voila! The blinds came down.
I pulled them back up a bit so I could hang them up again, and then I released the cord.
I could not believe how gorgeous they were, or how dark they made the room.
Perfect!
They look so amazing in this room. They match my coffee and end tables perfectly, they also match my sofa and love seat, they keep the room totally dark when all the way down and the panels are closed.
And they allow just the right amount of light in when opened up.
They are so amazingly pretty!
Thank you so much Blinds Chalet, and Jason, for helping me figure out how to get them down.
They are just simply gorgeous in here, they really do tie my whole room together.
Comments
Kat.. they look gorgeous!!
Posted by: Charlotte | August 27, 2007 7:22 PM
They look awesome!
Posted by: Lisa | August 27, 2007 7:33 PM
They're gorgeous! I'm so happy they were as easy to put up as ours were :)
Posted by: Dyane | August 27, 2007 11:04 PM
They do look great. Hopefully they keep the room cooler too. ;)
(the partly opened one with the red/green hues is a pretty cool shot)
Posted by: Diane | August 28, 2007 12:44 AM
Nice blinds! Looks like they darken the room up quite well.
Posted by: Bucky | August 28, 2007 7:39 AM
They do look really nice. I have always liked the look of wood blinds. Of course haveing a cat myself I prefer them to the cloth also.
I'll have to remember that trick if I end up ordering blinds online again.
Posted by: Holly | August 28, 2007 7:57 AM
I love wood blinds and wanted them for this apartment, couldn't afford them at our local stores. Much nicer-looking and easier to clean than plastic crappy venetians.
Yours look beautiful.
Posted by: lattegirl | August 28, 2007 12:51 PM
I had to get in touch with them, too, 'cause my blinds wouldn't drop down, either!
Aren't they fabulous?
Posted by: Lisa | August 28, 2007 3:33 PM
They are! And they were so helpful when I called. Once they told me what to do, I was like d'oh! I shoulda known that! LOL
I would love to do every room with these exact blinds.
They are gorgeous, they keep the room super dark, darker than the room darkening canvas blinds I had up. It's unreal how dark this room is now.
I also noticed it's cooler. No light is getting in, so it's staying probably about 10 degrees cooler in here.
Posted by: Kat | August 28, 2007 3:45 PM
Kat, those are wonderful!
Posted by: Ann | August 29, 2007 11:56 PM