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Vertical Blinds or Drapes? Lou 07-25-2005
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Posted by on July 25, 2005, 3:03 am


Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
Standard size (8 foot wide).
Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
Hopefully from your experiences:-))

TIA

Lou



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Posted by Suzie-Q on July 25, 2005, 9:23 am



-> Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
-> Standard size (8 foot wide).
-> Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
-> Hopefully from your experiences:-))

Anything made of fabric will collect dust and dirt, and
will need washing or drycleaning. If anyone in the house
has allergies, the fabric is a bad idea.

I'd go with high-quality, attractive vertical blinds. They
will also stand up better to the wear and tear of going in and
out the door.
--
8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/


Posted by on July 25, 2005, 8:28 am


Suzie-Q wrote:

>
> -> Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
> -> Standard size (8 foot wide).
> -> Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
> -> Hopefully from your experiences:-))
>
> Anything made of fabric will collect dust and dirt, and
> will need washing or drycleaning. If anyone in the house
> has allergies, the fabric is a bad idea.
>
> I'd go with high-quality, attractive vertical blinds. They
> will also stand up better to the wear and tear of going in and
> out the door.
> --
> 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
> ~~~~~~
> "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
> today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
>
> http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
> http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
> http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/

Thank You!

Good places to shop?

Lou




Posted by Art on July 25, 2005, 1:34 pm


Try Home Depot or Lowes


> Suzie-Q wrote:
>
>>
>> -> Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
>> -> Standard size (8 foot wide).
>> -> Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
>> -> Hopefully from your experiences:-))
>>
>> Anything made of fabric will collect dust and dirt, and
>> will need washing or drycleaning. If anyone in the house
>> has allergies, the fabric is a bad idea.
>>
>> I'd go with high-quality, attractive vertical blinds. They
>> will also stand up better to the wear and tear of going in and
>> out the door.
>> --
>> 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
>> ~~~~~~
>> "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
>> today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
>>
>> http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
>> http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
>> http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/
>
> Thank You!
>
> Good places to shop?
>
> Lou
>
>




Posted by Jennifer on July 25, 2005, 11:57 am




Lou@GoForIt.net wrote:
> Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
> Standard size (8 foot wide).
> Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
> Hopefully from your experiences:-))
>


There's a third option, depending on your budget - sliding panels.

My husband and I really wanted a wood look in our sunroom, but the fake
wood vertical blinds look REALLY fake and cheap, and the few real wood
blinds we foud were custom made and incredibly expensive.

Our compromise was panel track blinds from Smith + Noble. They were
still more money than we'd really wanted to spend, and to be honest, we
had a lot of problems with them at first. Because our windows are so
tall, the panels they made were heavier than normal and at least four
of our panels fell apart. Smith + Noble was great about replacing them
when it happened, but they eventually had to re-engineer the product
because it kept happening to us and other customers as well. They
developed and issued metal reinforcement clips that are invisible and
solved the problem.

Sorry, that was a really long story, but I don't want to recommend them
without full disclosure :)

http://tinyurl.com/bnugz

In the end, they are a beautiful, practical option for sliding glass
doors, now that they've fixed the structural problems, and the bonus is
that they can match other normal window blinds in the room for a
cohesive look.

--
Jennifer



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