I've always had a variety of curtains in the bedroom with a blind behind. Have now gone for dark mahogany wooden blinds and they are superb! Our bedroom stretches the whole length of the house with large windows back and front. It now looks very tropical and the light through the blinds is wonderful. Plus I can see out and no one can see in!!!!!

So I have now added white venetian blinds (again wooden) to the bathroom so can look out without scaring the feeding birds.

Always had a pull down blind in the kitchen with a frilly valence at the top so am not changing this.

I have an old Victorian house with sash windows and get no drafts at all, winter or summer.

I love these wooden blinds, especially as the OH cleans the dust from them every weekimageimageimage

Jan
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