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Top-Down, Bottom-Up Shades Price Survey

BLINDFinder — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:44:10 +0000

As we’ve discussed in our guide to ordering blinds online, price is just one component to focus on when selecting a window treatments vendor. However, price is often a critical factor… after all, you’re most likely purchasing online in order to save money. To this end, we have scoured the web for the best prices available. Below is a chart depicting the results of this survey. We plan to do these surveys on a regular basis varying the focus each time. Today the focus is on the highly versatile window treatment, the top-down, bottom-up shade.

*House brand taken as least expensive vendor brand option
Shade Prices Quoted for 36″ x 60″
Vendor	Graber Crystal Pleat 3/8″	Bali 3/8″ Blackout	Levelor Accordia 9/16″	House Brand*
Blinds.com	$128	$160	$146	$93
BlindsGalore.com	$126.40	$151.20	$123.20	$102.40
JustBlinds.com	N/A	N/A	N/A	$87
SelectBlinds.com	N/A	N/A	N/A	$80.96

As a sidebar, all prices listed exclude current promotions requiring coupon codes, as we felt this skewed the results. Also, the survey doesn’t factor in price matching programs, which can get you a lower price, but can be difficult to get the vendor to act on. For more information on individual vendors and their price matching programs check out our review of online window treatment vendors.

Best Ways to Clean your Windows

BLINDFinder — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:36:42 +0000

Here at BlindFinder we tend to focus on the actual window treatments in an attempt to beautify your home, but this effort will only go so far without clean windows. Hop over to our neighbors at Apartment Therapy and take a look at their tips on how to keep your windows looking spic-n-span. Among our favorite pointers is the cheap method for making your own window cleaning solution. Take a look….

Routeless Blinds Price Survey – January 2010

BLINDFinder — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:14 +0000

As we’ve discussed in our guide to ordering blinds online, price is just one component to focus on when selecting a window treatments vendor. However, price is often a critical factor… after all, you’re most likely purchasing online in order to save money. To this end, we have scoured the web for the best prices available. Below is a chart depicting the results of this survey. In this edition of the price survey, we focus on routeless blinds (also known as no-holes and deLight blinds, click the previous link for more information on this type of window treatment). Survey date was 1/21/10.

*House brand prices taken as least expensive cellular blackout option.
Window Treatment Prices Quoted for 36″ x 60″
Vendor	Graber Lake Forest No-Holes	Hunter Douglas Country Wood deLight	House Brand* Real Wood Routeless	House Brand* Faux Wood Routeless
Blinds.com	$92	$161	$94	$68
BlindsGalore.com	$85.14	$189	$94.05	$61.38
JustBlinds.com	N/A	N/A	$88.80	$58.80
SelectBlinds.com	N/A	N/A	$70.22	$44.52

As a sidebar, all prices listed include current promotions (except those requiring a coupon code at checkout). For more information on individual vendors and their price matching programs check out our review of online window treatment vendors.

Inexpensive DIY Shades

BLINDFinder — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:09:57 +0000

Courtney over at Two Straight Lines has created an easy to follow tutorial for inexpensive, DIY window shades. The simple shade idea requires no moving parts just a few loops and hooks at the top of the window. Enjoy!

IKEA Roller Shade Ingenuity

BLINDFinder — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:56:46 +0000

Sometimes people are able to turn basic products into something they weren’t inteded to be, but it turns out looking great. Michael, determined to replace his temporary shades with something he already had in his home, turned a side-scrolling curtain from IKEA into a beautiful, patterned roller shade for cheap, take a look at how he did it.

Extreme DIY Wireless Blinds Control

BLINDFinder — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:39:43 +0000

Ever noticed how expensive remote control window treatments are? Well this industrious individual used some extreme DIY know-how to rig up his on automated blinds that are controlled by a simple tv remote. The video above shows the blinds in action. If you give this a try, let us know in the comments how it went.

DIY Remote Control Blinds

Discount Faux Wood Blind Price Survey

BLINDFinder — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:17:14 +0000

As we’ve discussed in our guide to ordering blinds online, price is just one component to focus on when selecting a window treatments vendor. However, price is often a critical factor… after all, you’re most likely purchasing online in order to save money. To this end, we have scoured the web for the best prices available. Below is a chart depicting the results of this survey. We plan to do these surveys on a regular basis varying the focus each time. Today the focus is on inexpensive faux wood blinds. For those of you unsure on the real vs. faux wood decision, please check out our article on the topic.

*House product selected as least expensive faux wood house brand blind
Window Treatment Prices Quoted for 36″ x 60″ As of 8/29/2009
Vendor	Hunter Douglas 2″ Woodmates – Whites	Graber 2″ Lake Forest	Bali 2″ WoodPlus	House Brand*
Blinds.com	$98	$75	$80	$42
BlindsGalore.com	$97	$64	$69	$50
JustBlinds.com	N/A	N/A	N/A	$39
SelectBlinds.com	N/A	N/A	N/A	$38

As a sidebar, all prices listed exclude current coupon code promotions, as we felt this skewed the results. Also, the survey doesn’t factor in price matching programs, which can get you a lower price, but can be difficult to get the vendor to act on. For more information on individual vendors and their price matching programs check out our review of online window treatment vendors.

Convert Old Mini Blinds into Roman Shades

BLINDFinder — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:09:00 +0000

For all the do-it-yourselfers out there, here is a great tutorial on how to turn old, nasty mini blinds into something beautiful.

Enhance Your View with Roller Shades

BLINDFinder — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:23:52 +0000

Get a view with your roller shades

This is a very interesting idea that may appeal to those with a horrible view, think brick wall. These roller shades feature nighttime cityscapes of Paris, Tokyo, Helsinki and Stockholm. Currently they are available at the lofty price of $475 in limited quantities, but as Gizmodo points out, perhaps a place like Ikea will pick up the design and make it available to the masses at a reasonable price. We can keep our fingers crossed anyway.

[iukbox via gizmodo]

Window on the Week – February 13th

BLINDFinder — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:17:59 +0000

Best Deal

BlindsGalore is currently offering the best discount we’ve ever seen from them, 25% off your entire order and free shipping. This offer is valid until 2/17 with no minimum purchase necessary. Make the most of this offer before it expires!

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