conservatory blinds - what type do you have in yours and how do you rate them?

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need to buy some ourselves and could do with some advice.

tia

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oh please...

is this too boring a question or does no one have a conservatory / or blinds in them?

grovel grovel

lol.

i am dullerama tonight. i can talk blinds

they are jolly very expensive - had you noticed??

we have some on the roof which are the concertina type (look like an accordian iykwim), dunno proper term... they are nice enough. but dont half trap the flies. looks a bit gross, that.

have recently had a quote in from Grants conservatory blinds. very lovely n all, but ouch, pricey for blinds i thought.
also used Hillarys for some other (normal) blinds about a year ago and they were v pricey i thought for much less choice/options than i had assumed one got for that sorta money.

have ordered shutter blinds now for the vertical windows int he conservatory from Chic Shutters. more expensive than blinds but i figure they last longer and at least they look like they ought to cost a bit IYSWIM, a bit more... substantial.

i think thats it. about all i can muster up to say about them .
was it enough?

can you link to the shutter blinds?

i thought about getting ordinary vertical blinds but didn't know if this was a no no or not... i want the blinds for a wee bit of privacy as our back is quite open. so for this reason i didn't think the pull down ones (roller or concertina) would be any good as they are either down or up iyswim...

www.chicshutters.co.uk/

i personally dislike vertical blinds.

do you mean, that youd like the light to come in, but not be visible? in which case you can get quite sheer blinds, i should imagine. or even buy yourself a vast roll of muslin and drape it over some curtain poles (or just stick it up with drawing pins)

as for the vewrticals being a no no... sod it, its your house! if you like em, get em.

thanks for that... you've given me some food for thought.

shutters look very swish!

what about that privacy film stuff ?

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really, i think the whole 'conservatory blinds' industry is a right ole rip-off. fine if you have plenty of money, but just seems crazily overpriced to me.

and i really think you can use your imagination and come up with nicer, more personal alternatives. if you go a few big fabric shops and have a look at stuff and see what it costs on the roll... are you any good at hemming? if not, a seamstress or mender could maybe run the hems up for you... you could use some gorgeous sari fabric for example... hang in panels... skys the limit.

good point ndp. am about to give that stuff a go in the glazed panels of the bathroom doors...

i think that privacy film stuff got really bad reviews on previous mn threads iirc...

www.brume.co.uk

www.purlfrost.co.uk

both good sites for window film.

I have heard bad things about the 'frosting' spray. It's a faking nightmare. But the better quality films are pretty good.

farking, not faking

have you used, ndp? i am about to order from Brume...

no personally, but I know people who have and were very pleased. It is a bit of a fiddle to get on (apparently washing up liquid is the key to avoiding bubbles), but once it is on it looks pretty effective..

oh good. feel cheered by that.
yes, have heard that about the washing up liquid.
have to get off arse and choose designs/order the bloody stuff now [issues with motivation]