I want some wooden blinds - need custom fit

themaccas

Hi can anyone recommend a company that sells/makes custom sized wooden blinds. I would love to go and buy from Ikea or such but their ones don't fit our windows. I have heard pretty negative things about Hillarys Blinds. Any experience of ordering or buying from any online company would be gratefully received!

tracy1_2

the littlewoods catalogue do made to measure ones - take a look.
we bought ours from ikea and cut them with a circular saw to fit - we sav=ed hundreds of pounds!!

themaccas

That's something I thought we might do too (alter the ones from IKEA) we bought a 100cm width blind from there to try but it was way too small, all our window widths are 114cm so I thought we might get the 120cm and trim a bit off. Did they look alright after you did that? I'm worried they'll split if we take a saw to them!

moneypooh

http://www.wooden-blinds-direct.co.uk/venetian.html?vcn=Google&vcad=Wooden_Venetian_Blinds&gclid=CPyTxaW2o5MCFRSN1QodHFEjoQ

Try these, they were brilliant and next day delivery.
you can also get cashback though cashbackkings, (tracked fine and paid on time!) take a look.
I needed a really small blind and was surprised that it was a standard size on their site.
:T

themaccas

Thanks MP, they have come out cheapest so far, need custom made though, however £42.33 is better than all the others I have tried. Will keep looking...

Factor25

Ive recently used www.interiordecordirect.co.uk after reading about them on this forum. We ordered made to measure wooden blinds for the whole house and I would recommend them for quality, value and service. They have 50% off custom made at the moment so may be worth a look.

BabyKat

moneypooh wrote: »

http://www.wooden-blinds-direct.co.uk/venetian.html?vcn=Google&vcad=Wooden_Venetian_Blinds&gclid=CPyTxaW2o5MCFRSN1QodHFEjoQ

Try these, they were brilliant and next day delivery.
you can also get cashback though cashbackkings, (tracked fine and paid on time!) take a look.
I needed a really small blind and was surprised that it was a standard size on their site.
:T

i went and had a look at this site it also has a 50% off sale on some blinds .
I might think about getting some from here for when i get my new windows done and just cut them to length.
Anyone else used them before?
How good and reliable are they?

BabyKat

Factor25 wrote: »

Ive recently used www.interiordecordirect.co.uk after reading about them on this forum. We ordered made to measure wooden blinds for the whole house and I would recommend them for quality, value and service. They have 50% off custom made at the moment so may be worth a look.

Thanks for that i had a look at their site and they are quite reasonable in price plus i found my 7 foot wooden pole i needed for only £20.....though cant find their p& p charge.

unrich

Ikea:
Just make sure the slats are neatly lined up.
Wrap lots of masking tape round them to make sure they stay in position.
Use a saw with small teeth and cut slowly.
Rub over with sandpaper after.

You can take any excess slats off the bottom if they are too long.

Works fine.

Factor25

BabyKat wrote: »

Thanks for that i had a look at their site and they are quite reasonable in price plus i found my 7 foot wooden pole i needed for only £20.....though cant find their p& p charge.

Delivery was free on my blinds.

dianasnan

My Son used Wilsons Blinds for a very large window which had to be custom made, they were excellent. Saw today that they do wooden blinds [FONT=&quot]www.wilsonsblinds.co.uk
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