I blogged a looooong time ago, way back in March 2005, right after I started this blog, about a new Levolor rattan blind we had bought for our bathroom. We did a major construction project in our bathroom before I started blogging – we took down the hideous wallpaper, painted and put up a border. I say major, because we discovered the builder/contractor had not prepped the walls when they slapped on the wallpaper, so when we started peeling it off, huge chunks of drywall came down along with the wallpaper. Tim had to work a week or more on mudding the wall and getting it to a point where we could apply paint. I ended up having to do a faux finish on the walls, because they are so “bumpy”.
Anyway, I digress (as per usual). I found this rattan blind I really liked, and so we bought it and hung it up. It’s fine during the daytime, it let in light and I could sort of see out into my backyard and flower beds. However, we quickly discovered that at night, if you were in the bathroom and had a light on (duh, it’s nighttime) and someone was out back, they could see right in. Which might be fine if you weren’t say, naked, in the bathroom about to get a shower. Tim didn’t like it, and I didn’t like it. I originally blogged about it here, although back then, I didn’t do a lot of pictures. Here’s a picture of the blind, in the morning (that window faces east):
Tim has disliked this blind since the second day, and we’ve been procrastinating on getting it replaced. I found a 2″ wood blind, in a soft brown, at Home Depot a while back, and we finally went over there and picked it up last Sunday afternoon. Tim hung the new blind, which he likes a LOT better! In fact, I really do too, and part of me (not the frugal part), would love to replace our old custom-made Levolor blinds that are 1″ vinyl with some nice new 2″ wood blinds. The part of me that pays the bills would not like to succumb to this, however. 😆
Here’s the new blind, for those of you who are in any way interested!
Oooh, I like!
I probably would’t have made it as long as you with that other “see through” one!
We have (white) wood blinds in our room and I hate them. They are old and warped and far too heavy to easily raise/lower/open. We are going to replace them with custom-fit alum. blinds soon, like we did downstairs. NONE of our windows are standard size – you are lucky to have those off-the-shelf blinds even come close to fitting. PLUS we have the half-circle window above the bedroom window, so I have to consider both of those with whatever I do. They will both be expensive to cover.
I have those blinds all over the house but in white and I love them. They clean so easily.
I just realized someone else has them and hates them. LOL In all honesty, I think they are the bomb diggity.
I love it! I’m really into blinds (perhaps I need a life?) and I think it’s a great improvement.
We’re slowly replacing all our 1″ mini-blinds around the house with 2″ faux wood blinds, as budget allows. Not as nice as real wood, but IMO much prettier than any 1″ blind.
Stacy,
I like both blinds. I understand wanting to replace the see through one for the bathroom though. We have one of those hazy windows in our bath so you can’t see through it. Maybe you could recycle the old blind to me. hehehe Kidding! The new blind looks great. We have the 2″ blinds all over the house, in faux white wood. I love them. We had an old brand that yellowed in the sun and got really brittle. But they improved them, and I love the new ones. Of course, I am trying to get all of the windows in our house covered with some sort of curtain or window decoration besides blinds at this time….during our remodel. UGH!
P.S. I love the faux finish you did on the wall!
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