...to think that vertical blinds

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...live in offices and not people's homes.

Horses for courses I guess.
I don't like curtains or vertical blinds, I don't want roller blinds or austrian blinds and beside they wool dont work on my large patio doors so vertical it is.

I also don't like ornaments at all, cushions but I have conceded a rug.

Perhaps all my living room needs is a filing cabinet and it can double up for an office!

I meant HORIZONTAL BLINDS !

...live in offices and not people's homes.

YES!

We live in a "Hillary's Blinds" area (other soft furnishing companies are available) - OMG the number of Vertical blinds - buy one get 26 free (did they over-order stock or something!)

Every bloomin' house has beige painted walls and beige vertical blinds - though now that company has started doing shutters, the place is starting to look like rows of lock up garages instead...

Really interesting that this is so regional. I live in niceish area in a not so nice town (SE) but I swear I haven't seen a vertical blind in years. Maybe very occasionally on a patio door, but whole house? Never.

We have them (left from previous owner), was going to rip them out but then realised because the room is South facing and where we spend all our time and at the front of the house, without them you have to have the curtains shut all day to be able to see anything. Our side of the road all has the blinds, the opposite side don't, so in our road at least it's all to do with sun issues rather than interior style.

They are super popular in some parts of the US.
Our old home had them (new ones) curtercy of my MIL.
some Americans like to team them with a little tier curtain at the top!
I removed ours, and replaced with cotton lace. ;)

I have vertical blinds, I like them. Funny enough I always think of horizontal blinds as being really old fashioned - my nana swears by them, sort of on a par with dado rails and china figurines.

I hate blinds full stop. They're ugly, hard looking things. Curtains are better than anything. Soft, available in a variety of colours and prints. Warm...blinds are cold, hard edged and ugly.

YNBU I also hate verticals and have ripped several out (including from a bedroom, where they seemed particularly wrong). We have sheer rollers from a well known Swedish store... Can see out but not in (in daylight). Twitchy net curtain territory here!

They are ugly, but many houses near us have them- 60s houses with 'picture ' windows, that are right on the street! If no-one had blinds the
sitting rooms would be like fishtanks IYSWIM.

YANBU. I hate them. They make everywhere look like a dental surgery.

Our dining room window is 7' square and facing front, with the window sill only 18" from the floor. The previous people had floor length curtains. They drew the eye and made the room smaller.
The verticals fit into the recess, can be opened more than any other type of blind to allow as much light in as possible, and when closed do not intrude into the room. I had the slats specially made in bright red. The room is painted ivory, with light oak furnishing and floor, a big red light fitting, the red blind, a 4' abstract oil, and a jolly oilcloth on the table for every day.

I love that room!

I rent a "young professional/student" house, so naturally all of our blinds are office vertical ones. They break constantly (the little clips on each blind attaching them to the rail) so I found a quick repair by using a paperclip twisted into a loop. The guy who inspects my house at the contract renewal is thankfully reasonable unlike the letting agency as a whole and considers my fix to be part of wear and tear because of the crappy quality of the plastic clips. At one point I bought a drill and a curtain pole and some thermal curtains for my room and the living room, but the landlord himself is never here and I would have to ask directly which I am awkward about. I'd be happy to leave the poles that I bought myself if I could just have normal curtains!

Me and DP are starting to save for our own rented place this year and I just want to find a landlord who doesn't think that because I'm in my 20s I don't care about having nice curtains, I'm sick of blinds and thinking people can see in and how often they twist round and look shabby. I've decided to save the supplies until then so I don't put so much effort in this place, but I've lived here for two years with DP and 3 of our friends and I wish it was a bit more homely but mostly I wish we could afford the rent on our own because this house is TOO full

Having to laugh at coming on here just after ordering new vertical blinds for the while house...

We have a round bay where verticals are the only option, I didn't want the big bag to have a different look to the other windows from the outside at the front, so we've ended up with the same on most of the windows. Went for a sheer fabric as they're mainly for privacy, a la nets. Plus i like that one there fully open we'll get lots of light in.Hoping the lighter fabric will look a little less functional.

Or, y'know, what I said above but with decent spelling and grammar. Sigh.

If in doubt just look through any interiors magazine at random, be it for modern, period or country homes. Apart from the adverts for the bloody things, do you ever see ANY houses featured that have them? Either in the lovely 'real life home' spreads or in the fake room sets designed to inspire you with up to the minute trends?

No. you do not.

You never see 'Get the Look …..you too can channel Max and Octavia's gorgeous beach/boho/period/retro/cutting edge modern (delete as applicable) style by copying their peach coloured, embossed vertical blinds with side pulls and tilt and turn feature..'

That tells you all you need to know about the style quotient of vertical blinds.

and if your argument is for privacy then you may as well just buy nets. Equally unattractive for a fraction of the price, and much less of a pain to keep clean.

In those magazines you see a load of soft furnishings that I hate or ornaments that are another word for unnecessary clutter or loads of pictures on the wall. The beauty of vertical blinds for me is that it is simple and uncomplicated

Clearly they are not loved on this thread but I can live with that. I can't stand curtains!

vertical blinds and laminated floors , its sitting in the dentist waiting room

I'm not keen on laminated floors and like carpet so my house isn't quite a dentist reception!

Am I a voice in support of verticals?

A house on my road has red vertical blinds on every upstairs window. They're never open.
Makes the place look like a brothel.

Eck!mage

Verticals are very important if you are Crazy Neighbour Lady on my street though, as it's easier to keep a not-so-discreet eye on everybody who walks past your house. It must KILL her that she lives 5 doors from the end of a cul de sac.

YANBU

Vertical blinds are HIDEOUS. They're even pushing their luck in an office space as far as I'm concerned.

I completely agree about lovely simple streamlined blinds can be much nicer than fussy curtains but dental surgery verticals are not the way to go! It really depends on the blind and it depends on the curtains!