To follow up on my stinky wood blinds, this company prides themseves on the fact that the blinds are made in the USA which was a strong sales point for me. I received a call from an executive of the company concerning my complaint and on further inquiry it turns out the wood is imported and the blinds are assembled in the USA. When asked if the wood was imported from China he answered that he "could not deny that that may be." Without further ado, and without my asking, he offered to replace them with their version of Hunter Douglas' Silhouette blinds at no extra cost to me.

Plantergirl, I bought them from Next Day Blinds and never anticipated the off gassing. My living room is small so the toxic odor was obvious. When I complained NDB claimed the odor would dissipate after a short period of time and offered to hang them in their factory to air but it was a too late as far as I was concerned and was doubtful when or if the off gassing would stop. So when I was offered the replacement blinds, "The Savannah" which is made of material and not wood, I was grateful and took them.

Good luck with yours. It seems wrong and it amazes me that people accept them as is and there are no regulations on off gassing.

Just received my shipment of Bali, 2" Northern Heights painted wood blinds. The paint fumes are quite strong and I've had to hang the blinds outside to finish off gassing.

Bali states that all VOC's (volatile organic compounds) have been removed during the oven/heat process.

If you are contemplating placing an order for these painted blinds have some place where you can hang them up for a week.

I am having the same problem with white wooden 2 in blinds and I have become severely ill from this. It has been 3 weeks and the other has only slightly diminished. I tried to get the manufacturers safety data sheets from the salesperson but she is highly irresponsible and not providing it, no problem I intend to call the corporate office.

Did you get the MSDS? I have a similar issue

I never did receive the MSDS as the franchise owner claimed that this information is solely for employees. I don't agree with him. It has been 2 months and the odor has dissipated to a more tolerable level however the question still remains how damaging are these chemicals? I had a recent hospitalization for problems with my heart and lungs, I don't know if these chemical were contributing factor or not. The franchise owner is of dubious character and quite honestly I wanted nothing to do with him or "his family" so I suffered the consequences of tolerating these chemicals even with running two large air purifiers in addition to the whole house air purifier on my air conditioner and I have a fresh air intake valve on my air conditioner which I had to leave open 24/7 for the past 2 months and air out my house completely everyday. Such disgusting despicable business owners in Florida it's a different ball game down here. I may still decide to file a complaint with the Department of Business and Professional Regulations which is the agency that provides business licenses.

Why are you suffering with them. I would remove them all, and at least put them outside and let them off gas out there, and while they are out there (2 weeks at least), I would get that house aired out. Blinds are most certainly not worth damaging your health.

I don't believe airing them outside would have corrected the problem. I frequently wiped them with Lysol spray on a rag and opened the windows every day to allow the air to pass through them.