Tale of two blinds
Junior's room faces slightly North-West, getting full sun at this time of year from mid afternoon into early evening before the sun drops behind the trees of the local wood. Needless to say it gets a bit warm in there, and very light, which isn't too great for a 9 month old trying to sleep.
So blackouts are the answer?
Measure twice,
cut once.We have blackout curtains that sit behind your normal curtains on the same hangings, but these are on a wooden pole sitting some short distance from the wall, so gets light bleeding in around the edges, ALL edges. With the hight of summer approaching, apparently, then this won't be ideal. So what about blackout blinds?
IKEA's blinds, £18.99 for our window size, cut down, installed like a breeze. Why? Because we measured twice and cut once. That was for both the measuring of the gap the aluminium pole had to fit between, and the pole itself before cutting. First attempt at fitting, spot on.
Now, who do I know that had the opposite experience? Hmm...... Measure once, cut too short? Ring any bells? Sorry, Chris, had to be done....
Comments
Is it my fault if IKEAs definition of 6 inches is very different to mine?! ;)
Posted by: Chris | June 17, 2007 9:31 PM
And I think I found the problem. IKEA, being European, is 100% metric. So when you had to cut 6 centimetres off, and actually cut 6 inches off, then you cut 2.54 times what you should have.
There's always an easy answer to everything...
Posted by: Lee | June 18, 2007 12:58 PM