I cannot say enough good things about selectblinds.com. Their sheer blinds are just as good as Hunter Douglas silhouettes, and 40% cheaper. (Please note that selectblinds.com has two levels of quality --the better ones are called Good Housekeeping.) The turnaround times are amazing fast, less than a week. And, best of all, their customer service went above and beyond. By mutual error, a cancelled order was shipped as well as the correct one. They could technically have tried to stick me with the charges, especially since this is a custom order. But they did the right thing and let me return them. This increases my confidence in ordering from them online 1000%. I will not hesitate to use them in the future. Here is a link that might be useful: sheer shades from Select Blinds

budget blinds sells knock off hunter douglas blinds which hunter douglas owns. they send a person out that measures and installs for 99 dollars. the warranty includes 5 years, maybe 7 but offers a lifetime free replacement no questions asked for EACH blind. my guy showed me hanging options that saved me tons of money! example, using one blind over 3 windows in an area it looked fine to do! also, a side stack is "upgrade" for many patio doors. with his version of HD, it is less to side stack. i compared to On line, 3 day, costco of graber...this warranty is good and better than others. the product reflects and allows patented styles of HD. like luminette. i have a limits on colors it seems. so this line is enlightened style. Yelp reviews are awesome for budget blinds. basically, I am getting luminette and silhouette knock off blinds that tax installed 5200.00. This at the drapery store that sells hunter douglas is about 9800 with tax. my decorator told me that this drapery store was 30 less than j penny for her clients. My bottom line truth is that budget blinds offers a value that includes a person, a warranty and look for half the cost and is slightly less or more than doing the online measure yourself. hope this helps. lord knows i did the work to figure this out. fyi, 3 day has a bit pushy style but they seem to have a rollershade option that prices out well if you like their valance which to many looks better than cassette valance.

Madeyna, did you use it only on a hard surface, or was there fabric involved? Strangely enough, I have absolutely no mildew anywhere on the wood frame windows. The only place it occurs in the room is 1) on the Hunter Douglas blinds 2) on the floor below the shady side window (took me a looong time to figure out why the white oak floor always felt kind of sticky on the "shady side" of the room -- a hot vinegar wash did that fine) and 3) on the underside of the bookshelves that line the two exterior walls (the two interior wall bookshelves have no issues).

Oh no! All that typing for naught! :( Ok, so the micropleat shades we have are the room darkening version (guest bedroom, and master bedroom). They are mounted inside the window frames, so they sit behind the Designer Screen Shades, and are raised and lowered with a pull-cord (we wrap the excess cord after raising the micropleat shades around a plastic cleat that is attached to the window molding). The fabric itself is quite opaque, no light gets through it. However, like your wood blinds, there are holes for the strings that run from top to bottom, and light can and does get through those holes. It's not a problem for us, and it's not like daylight is pouring in in the morning. On warm, window open evenings, both sets of shades are raised, so morning light comes in, along with the fresh air. hTH!!!