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Anyone order wooden shutters & wooden blinds on line??

16 years ago

We are building a new cedar shake cape cottage style home.

I have seen several houses like this with half shutters in their windows and wooden mini blinds.

Has anyone ordered on line and had good luck and good priceing? I think I want wooden white 1" slats, on the blinds, and in my kitchen I want white wooden shutters half way up from the bottom with a valance across the top. In the master bath I have a large oversized window over the whirlpool and thought wooden shutters again half way up would look good there. Any pictures or advice? And where did you get yours. Thanks,

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yadax3
16 years ago
I've ordered from Smith & Noble on many occasions and have always been pleased with their service and products to include shutters and wood blinds.

Just today I ordered from Blindsgalore.com for the first time because I want shutters for my guest bedroom NOW and they have the best deal going --- through tomorrow, sale 5% off + 20% discount. Time will tell if I can recommend them though. I don't think their site is as user friendly as S&N but it was easy to use nonetheless.

My advise:

1. Read everything about how to measure and options. Then measure at least three (3) times before ordering because there are no refunds.

2. Never pay full price/shipping. There are always discounts to be had!

Best of luck, Laura
msrose
16 years ago
I just ordered some wooden blinds from American Blinds (decoratetoday.com). I've been ordering from them for years. I compared prices in the beginning, but it's been awhile since I've done so.

Laurie
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sanborn5
Original Author
16 years ago
thanks, I will check them all out.!!!
yadax3
16 years ago
Blindsgalore follow up: My $700+ shutters are the wrong size, configuration, and hinge color. I'm always transferred to someone's voice mail and my messages go unanswered when I call blindsgalore, even when I ask to speak with someone in authority. They've ignored my requests for a return authorization, so I've filed an inquiry with AMEX. What a nightmare!

P.S. I need my guest room shutters before Thanksgiving, so I've reordered through Smith & Noble. Yes, it costs more but I've learned it's well worth it.
betsy_anne
16 years ago
I've used Star Decorating for Hunter Doublas Country Woods blinds - good prices and very nice people to deal with. I've also purchased their own brand white wood blinds for a laundry room and garage apartment and am very impressed with the quality (as good as the Levelor or Hunter Douglas standard wood blinds).

Here is a link that might be useful: Star Decorating.
sovia
16 years ago
We've used Smith & Noble many times and have been very pleased. As was mentioned previously, just make sure you read ALL the directions!
callaloo
16 years ago
I just had my first experience with Smith & Noble and was very happy with the results. Not necessarily the cheapest (though I didn't shop around too much, since their price was well within my estimate), but very high quality and a perfect fit. I have 2" wood blinds, painted Navajo white.
sanborn5
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16 years ago
Thanks, I had blindsgalore send me some samples. I do order a lot of things on line, but things like this is what I fear!!! I will check out the others.
johnmari
16 years ago
FWIW, I have wooden blinds for the living room on order with islandblinds.com - someone on this forum recommended them, can't remember who though - and they had the best price by over a hundred bucks (which is pretty significant on a At the previous house I used Penneys for blinds - they had some very good sales going on and so had the best price at that time. We were quite happy with the quality of their 1" house brand blinds.

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