I've always hated the blue/green day/night shades in my rig. Besides being ugly and heavy, the cords kept breaking or the hold-down screw would pull out of the wall. So, went on the internet and and ordered some cellular CORDLESS shades for the living room/ dinette area in an eggshell color. Threw out the heavy valances along with the old shades. The new ones are so sleek and clean looking. They close completely up to about three inches and if you leave them down about 6 inches they make their own valances so haven't decided as yet whether I'll add decorative fabric valences to match the sofa/dinette.
Then went on to the window over the bed. Kept the cloth valences cause I think they're more cosy in the bedroom area. This shade is really cool. It is corded but you can either raise it from the bottom OR lower it from the top. There have been times when I wanted just a little light at the top of the window but wanted my privacy at the bottom. Since I have put curtains on both of the side windows I haven't decided if I want (or need) shades for them, too.
These shades are Bali and I priced them at Lowes then went on line to Blindsaver.com. They had free shipping and no tax AND they were on sale so the cost for all three shades was $370 which was quite a bit less than Lowes. I LOVE THE INTERNET!
I'm running out of projects and then what will I do?
