Still hoping someone w/ experience might chime in....

figured I would bring this post back to life since I am now in need of cleaning my faux wooden blinds lol! in response to the last persons post re: using Windex, do not use Windex wipes. not sure about the spray but i happen to have a pack of windex wipes next to me and it says not for use on any wood type surfaces. pledge makes good wipes for that but you would prob need a few packages if your blinds were reallyyy dirty. anyway i am going to try dawn soap with warm water since mine are filthy! i had a small fire me in my room last summer and the insurance company had someone come in to clean the walls, blinds Etc and only bc i had to take my bounds down to fix a broken tilt cord, i just now noticed how horribly they "cleaned" them. (see picture reference) so ill post the before pictures now and after pictures once im done. in the pics im attaching now show how bad the back side of the blinds were that dont face towards me vs the 3rdnpic which is what i usually have them set to..ugh! at least 8 only have 1 side to really scrub at vs dusting the other cleaner side lol!

I'm putting these up throughout the house. I like the contemporary look of the 2.5" blinds but I'm not sure about using them in the bedrooms. I don't know why I think there might be less privacy with 2.5" than 2" blinds, when tilted open? Do you think the wider gap in the 2.5" blinds make it easier to see in from outside? Do you think 2" blinds would feel cozier in the bedrooms for this reason?

And what brands are decent. I have one room where I need to add blinds. Most of the blinds in my houses now are Hunter Douglas and they seem to have held up well. They came with the house - I didn't buy them. In my online shopping so far I haven't found HD - just offered if you work with someone in person which I don't need/want to do.