Recommendation for maker/installer of blinds?

Want to learn about the options of wooden blinds available, and someone to make/install them.  Dont think we’ll necessarily need custom made, but not sure. 

(sorry, tried the search function here but its useless, none of the results actually had the word “blinds” in them!)

FranklinMrShanklin

in Doors & Windows 14 years and 2 months ago

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thomasjacob | 12 years and 6 months ago

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I use TBS gallery for blinds shopping, they are good provider of wood blinds. Have a look at the wood blinds collection: http://tbsgallery.com/product/Gallerycollection/Gallerywood.aspx

Broo2000 | 14 years ago

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elfantgirl | 14 years and 2 months ago

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What kind of blinds you get – custom-ordered, online/mail order, or Home Depot – might depend a lot on difficulty of installation.  Any of the online or mail-order blinds should be fine if you are careful with measuring and handy with power tools *and* have an older place with masonry walls.  You’ll save a bundle if you do it yourself.  However, many – make that most – of the condos today are built with concrete in the outer walls.  Even if you’re doing an inside mount for the blinds, you may be drilling into solid concrete and have a rough time of it getting level, properly mounted blinds.  If you feel like you are in over your head at that point you will find it hard to get an experienced installer to do installation alone for you separate from product sale, at least at a price that doesn’t make you very unhappy.

So if you for any reason think you could have difficult installation, and want to keep a lower price point, your next best bet is Home Depot which provides installation services with purchases.  Selection and finish choices there are limited compared to a custom shop, as you’d expect, and the blinds are quite serviceable though likely not envy-inducing once they’re up.  They offer both real and faux-wood blinds, and each has different merits, so try to do some research for which will suit you best.

You may need custom if it’s not an option to saw down reasonably-close-to-fitting standard size blinds on each end to fit (not too hard, if sawed reasonably neatly, since the ends of the blind slats aren’t visible at all for an inside mount, and even for an outside mount most slight saw variations would only be noticeable when the blinds are raised and stacked.)

For lower end wood or aluminum/vinyl blinds, use Home Depot – a custom blinds place won’t match their price for product plus installation. (I believe Lowes doesn’t offer installation services in Brooklyn.) If you want anything higher end, or color matching to a woodstain, or anticipate any trickiness in the measuring or install, you’ll be best off paying the price upfront for custom.

FranklinMrShanklin | 14 years and 2 months ago

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thanks both, i’ll check them out

CRussen | 14 years and 2 months ago

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I used Blinds.com. They made 11 cellular shades for me for super cheap and they look fantastic–all cordless top-down/bottom up. Lots of good advice there as well.