Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Sep 27, 2009 11:33 pm Hi. Been looking for some cheaper ready-made venetian style blinds. Can anyone rate the Freedom blinds and/or Bunnings blinds based on experience. The idea is that these will be used in areas where the blinds are rarely (if ever) pulled up and down or tilted. If the quality is just really not there, I'm happy to go for custom made venetians of higher quality. Re: blinds - input please 2Oct 02, 2009 10:39 am Hi - don't know about those ones - but we bought the ones from Super A Mart for our bathrooms (the White eco ones) and they were really reasonably priced (i think cheaper than Freedom) with a good range of colours. Putting them up was pretty easy (we are not particularly handy) but shortening them took a little time. They have been perfectly fine so far.... one thing to remember is that it is not great to have the wooden ones in bathrooms or near a sink. Re: blinds - input please 3Oct 02, 2009 2:49 pm I can let you know in about a week what the Freedom ones are like, we have our whole house done with custom made Basswood Venetian blinds except for the kids rooms and are getting installed next week. They had a sale on in WA not long ago where they were 50% off so we saved over $4000 on them which i'm certainly happy about. New Generation Home- 'The Pegasus' Siteworks: 25 April Slab down: 7 May Lock up: 23 July Estimated finish date: 30 September Follow our house journey: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22140&p=291621#p291621 Re: blinds - input please 4Oct 02, 2009 4:14 pm Teek I can let you know in about a week what the Freedom ones are like, we have our whole house done with custom made Basswood Venetian blinds except for the kids rooms and are getting installed next week. They had a sale on in WA not long ago where they were 50% off so we saved over $4000 on them which i'm certainly happy about. Thanks. I'll be interested to hear your initial impressions. You can put a roller blind behind the shutters. It will be much less noticeable when not in use. 3 18017 About a year ago, I embarked on a DIY project to construct an outdoor Pergola, which measures approximately 5.2 meters by 4.0… 0 24832 waste of time for us having both, living only need one or the other. Bedroom only needs blockouts in our experience. Somfy RTS seems to be the way to go, speak to… 1 3604 |