Window Blinds

I will be putting in new blinds in the house that i'm currently renovating and I have no idea as to what blinds to actually put in.

The largest window is around 3000mm wide and I am worried about the weight of the blinds itself - currently there are some older 3000mm wide aluminum venetians, but I have found this to be rather difficult to pull up.

These are street facing windows and I have found the aluminum venetians look nice from the outside. I considered plantation shutters, but the width of the window means I would have to get bi-fold ones and I'm not sure how that will work (the idea of them hanging out doesn't really appeal to me).

Any suggestions would be welcomed!

 

Not a fan of curtains to be honest (Unless they are the entire wall like a hotel)

 

Yes it is.
If it was an IP it would have been roller blinds

 

With the largest window you could do it as 2 wooden slat blinds to reduce the weight, I'm assuming there is some sort of vertical bar at 1500mm on the window to assist with this.

That would give you the plantation look but still be slim.

Imagine this but in white

 

I just installed double roller blinds. One sheer and one blockout across four windows . Sheer has reflective thermal on the outside and gives full privacy but looking out the view isnt blocked. All motorised and connected to somfy so can control them all from my phone. Great for a hot day so u can program them to close at 11am and reopen at 5pm before u come home and the place isnt then an oven. Not cheap though.

 

Our windows all have timber slat Venetians. The large window at the front was custom made as two smaller ones would look wrong. They are twenty years old at least and the strings are finally getting brittle.

These blinds have been very functional and achieve everything I wanted them to do. The window is 2800 if I recall, possibly 3000mm. I'm going to replace them with white ones next time.

 

HI @neK, what did you end up doing?

I'm exploring new window coverings now - my hubby wants roller blinds but I still want white
timber-look venetians.

The blinds in our bedrooms are faux timber - plastic really, and are much lighter than the real timber. They are much easier to clean and maintain too. We take them outside, drape across a gate and hose/broom off.

 

@Angel I ended up going double roller blinds.
One that provided privacy that allowed me to see out in the day while letting light in, and then a blockout on for darkness.

Recessed does look nicer in my opinion, but then you've got the issue of light coming through the sides. I think I'm going to have to invest in a tall coat hook to block out the light that keeps shining in my face when im trying to sleep

The annoying part of the roller blinds is that they are really hard to roll up - and its not due to weight as i have springs installed, its reaching behind the blinds to access the chain that's a pain in the backside (as both roller blinds are front rolled - if back rolled it would have been fine, but they weren't back rolled because the sunscreen blind was going to hit the sliding door handle, then the blockout blind if back rolled would rub against the sun screen blind).

I'll grab a pic when im home tonight to show you what it looks like.

 

Thanks.

 

@Angel

 

A thin pelmet header would stop that light gap at the top. The OCD in me says it will never be even around

 

Its the light on the sides
Hits my side of the bed on my face.
Wife is unaffected

 

I don’t understand the curtain hate.

Done properly, they would be my choice almost every time, hands down. Especially on a PPOR.

Sheers, blockouts, double tracks, whatever. No blinds banging in the breeze, dusty slats, or broken chains. Plus you can extend the curtain rail past the edge of the window (wall space permitting) and avoid the annoying light gaps.

What do people dislike about curtains? Apart from the cheap eyelet/rings ones from Spotlight that are noisy to open/close etc.?