Our house backs onto the canal with trees and farmland beyond – perfect! But before you start thinking we’re getting a bit smug, it’s a different story at the front. We face out onto a fairly busy road, there’s a bus shelter obliquely opposite and generally it’s not the prettiest of outlooks at street level. Look upwards however, and we’re blessed with a beautiful wooded hillside.
We currently have wooden Venetian blinds fitted at all of our windows; they look good but they don’t suit what we need… and they’re magnets for dust and a pain to keep clean! What we want is something that will give us privacy, block out the busy street, yet allows us to enjoy the countryside view. The perfect solution is bottom up blinds. We have unusual-sized windows, so off-the-shelf ones aren’t an option.
We’re really surprised that bottom up blinds aren’t more widely available. And the range that is on offer varies hugely in price. We have three large windows (one for each floor) that will need new blinds, so the difference in cost will be significant.
It’s one of those investments that should be worth the cost and effort. It’s joined the long list of potential home improvements, but is probably one of the more likely candidates to receive funding!
- Top down bottom up 25mm Duette: £206, Crosby Blinds
- Element Ginger Snap bottom up roller blind: £78.12, Tuiss
- Scotch Holland champagne bottom up blind: £401, Eclectics
- Cotton Doormouse 3381E bottom up blind: £332, Order Blinds Online
- Canvas mustard bottom up blind: £174, Bottom Up Blinds