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Keeping children safe around window blinds is really important to us here at English blinds, for the obvious reasons (such as that we’re not monsters) and the possibly less-obvious reasons...
If you’re trying to find out how to buy blinds online and what’s involved in this, you’re probably a bit daunted by the variety of different blinds available and the...
Are white wooden blinds easy to clean? The technical answer to this is that they’re exactly as easy to clean as any other colour of wooden blinds. The more useful...
Which blinds are best for blackout? Those that are made of a material that is totally impermeable to the sun, as opposed to “dimout” blinds, which will darken a room...
If you got here because you need to know what blinds do not break at the first sign of trouble, there’s a good chance that you have rowdy or not-always-super-trustworthy-when-your-back-is-turned...
Usually if you keep on top of things and dust them (or wipe them off for waterproof Venetians) every couple of weeks or so, then yes, this will be the...
Which blinds are easiest to maintain? Overall, probably PVC or vinyl roller blinds. When I talk about maintaining blinds, I’m taking into account a few things; how easy they are...
Even if you’re very limited by budgetary constraints, one thing you more or less cannot go without in terms of homewares is window coverings.