Many people like the look of wood blinds, whether wood venetian blinds, wood plantation shutters, or wood vertical blinds even, but find them quite expensive to buy. It is unfortunate that it is difficult to find cheap wood blinds and that most are expensive, because I feel that they really do add a nice touch to a room, particularly if you are looking for the rustic look in a home.
There are some options however for buying cheap wood blinds, with pros and cons to each one. When making your decision it will really be all about what is available for you, what you can afford and most importantly what you feel the most comfortable with.
Buying Online: Without any doubt, you can definitely find the best prices for wood blinds by searching online for them. There are often sales online also, and if you look around enough you should be able to find a supplier that also offers free shipping.
When you buy your blinds online, however, you don’t really have any way of returning them if you measure wrongly, for example. You also have to either put the cheap wood blinds up yourself, or hire someone to do it for you, which adds to your costs.
If you measure for cheap wood blinds that you are going to purchase online, make sure to carefully follow the instructions given on the web site you are ordering from. Use a very good measure (don’t try and do it with your kids school ruler!) and take the measurements a few times. It’s even a good idea to have someone else measure as well, to see if they come up with the same measurements. That’s really the main consideration when ordering online, as you don’t want to make a mistake with the measurement.
It is also sometimes difficult to get the exact match of color or wood stain when ordering online, but there are different ways around that. I’d suggest you buy all your blinds at once, or if you can’t afford that at least note down the style and item number and go back to the same on line merchant when it is time to order more cheap wood blinds.
Buying from a Store: Home Depot has cheaper blinds, in general it seems, than Lowes for example. Other places where you can sometimes find cheap wood blinds include “Next Day Blinds” and “Budget Blinds”. I’m sure there are a lot of other shops that also sell blinds, where you can sometimes find good deals.
Recently I heard that Home Depot was only selling custom sized blinds, which has pushed the price for ordering blinds from them up a bit as you need to pay for them to come and measure and install. One thing you can do with Home Depot, and most likely other shops, is to pay for their workers to come and measure for the blinds, but then arrange to put the blinds up yourself, this can really cut costs considerably.
There are also sometimes coupons for Lowes or Home Depot offered, where you can get discounts on your blinds.
The pro of ordering from a shop, and having them come and at least measure for your wood blinds, is that they will take responsibility for any mistakes with measuring, which is great. Some shops also do actually offer free installation, so be sure to shop around. Another pro is that you can actually go down and physically see the blinds and make a sure choice based on what is in front of you. The main con is the expense involved .
If you are really looking for bathroom blinds ideas such as cheap wood blinds, I think you will find it best to order online, from a supplier that offers free shipping. Just be sure to measure correctly for them. Make sure too that your bathroom blinds and shower curtains match, in order to provide continuity to your bathroom decor.