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To buy some nets

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WakeUpFromYourDreamAndScream · 07/06/2018 17:00

So, my vertical blinds in my living room have seen better days and need replacing. AIBU to be considering getting some nets?!

I think they are quite pretty and money being tight they are the cheaper option to cover my two large windows.

What do you think? Will I be made a laughing stock of in our street Grin

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WakeUpFromYourDreamAndScream · 07/06/2018 19:08

Can you not get some off Amazon @SluttyButty ? You can buy the wire with hooks and eyes too on there

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SluttyButty · 07/06/2018 19:20

I've got non regular sized windows so I'd need made to measure and due to crappy hands I'd need those rods BUT these have caught my eye instead!

www.blinds-2go.co.uk/roller-blinds/19436/oculus-bright-white.html

Mouseville65 · 07/06/2018 19:24

I have plain nets, I'm the only one on my street - ALL the neighbors just have tied back curtains so you can see straight in, I find it so strange 🤨

Uvegot2bkidding · 07/06/2018 19:27

Dunelm do a nice selection of voiles

Jamiefraserskilt · 07/06/2018 19:31

We have plain boiled with a slight bobble effect here and there. Not too busy but one step up from plain. Dunelm has some good options

Jamiefraserskilt · 07/06/2018 19:32

Boiled? Fecking predictive text. Voiles darling, voiles!

SluttyButty · 07/06/2018 19:34

😂 Jamie I was wondering if boiled was a type I'd never heard of.

Mouseville65 · 07/06/2018 19:50

I thought you meant 'boiled washed' haha

user1483390742 · 07/06/2018 19:54

How do you pronounce voile? Rhymes with oil or french sounding vwull?! Hmm

BewareOfDragons · 07/06/2018 19:55

I love our vertical blinds downstairs. Smile

Cumberlover76 · 07/06/2018 19:59

i don't like nets but needed something for our lounge as there is footpath by our front garden. i got these voiles from Wilko and they look ok and do a pretty good job plus are cheap.

MikeUniformMike · 07/06/2018 19:59

I say it to rhyme with oil.
I am overlooked and have plain voiles from Wilko. They do tension rods too.

RealityHasALiberalBias · 07/06/2018 20:02

I love nets / lace / voiles / whatever you want to call them. They’re pretty and traditional and I can’t wait to dress my windows with them when my renovation is finished.

So there.

SluttyButty · 07/06/2018 20:14

user yes ver-oil

MikeUniformMike · 07/06/2018 20:14

Me too. Much better than glaring sunlight and nosy pedestrians.
Not keen on blinds or shutters.

SluttyButty · 07/06/2018 20:16

Reality I still really shamefully love my lacy jardinières I had in the 80's 🤔

Motoko · 07/06/2018 20:25

I pronounce it like "foil" but with a v.

Teenagemaw · 07/06/2018 21:35

I got some lovely silvery white voiles from ponden mills. They are bang on trend and not at all old fashioned looking.

LifeBeginsAtGin · 07/06/2018 21:44

I have at admit to having thought about getting them.

I absolutely hate plantation shutters - especially the ones where the hinges don't match up with the frames of windows.

virginwhocantdrive · 07/06/2018 21:49

I've had voiles since forever, i don't like people looking in, we live near a school so get a lot of people passing by.
They aren't like nets they're very pretty in fact. much prefer them over blinds. hate blinds!

BackToTheFuschia7 · 07/06/2018 21:51

I have privacy blinds. They look more modern than nets from the inside.

SluttyButty · 07/06/2018 21:55

@BackToTheFuschia7 can you check my link above, is this what you have? If so do they really work?

TamzinGrey · 07/06/2018 22:01

I have lovely John Lewis voiles - 2 per window on a curtain pole so that I can open and close them as I want. Love them.

BackToTheFuschia7 · 08/06/2018 09:59

@SluttyButty Yes mine are like that and they do work really well. You can’t see through them from outside but they let loads of light through on the inside. I got mine from dunelm and trimmed them to size with a junior hacksaw. Really easy I promise and could save you some money! Ikea also do them.

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