Cellular blinds - 2 or 4?
HI,
I am looking to hang light filtering cellular blinds in the LR of my 60's ranch. I was originally treating this as 4 windows, with an outside mount but I'm having trouble with the measurements because the wooden strip down the middle of each set is only about 2.5 inches wide. The windows are double paned, double hung, with vinyl casing.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
thanks,
Ruth
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PROBeth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago4 inside mounts would look much better, and let the beautiful trim work show through
don't do an outside mount. If you want to hang some drapes, do it like they've done here (putting the rod well over the trim. in your case, it would hit just below the ceiling)
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Beth H. :
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Beth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI'm confused as to what those are. why is casing on the inside? can those be removed and a thinner, flat piece put in it's place?
should look like these on the inside
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5 years ago
klyons11
5 years agoI have the similar double hung windows. You cannot have an inside mount because those windows are meant to pivot into the room for cleaning. Meaning you clean the inside AND the outside of the window from inside the room. The only place you can put a window treatment is in the very shallow depth of the frame. Or outside mount.
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Beth H. :
5 years agoso you're stuck w/these? call and take w/one of the reps over at blinds.com. give them your measurements and see if they can come up w/something. They have some of the best customer service over there and a lot of diff products.
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PROFenstermann LLC
5 years agoHey There: I have to tune in on this topic one more time. Bottom up top down pleated blinds can install in any depth of at least 1/2 inch - and they do not interfere with the cleaning option of the windows - at least our blinds don't do that.
We installed hundreds of blinds in 1920th houses in California with the traditional double hung windows - not a problem at all and very clean look.
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