Timber venetians - love or hate?

[AnyDream]

Ok ladies, I've been having a timber venetian fantasy for a very long time! But I've noticed they're not as popular as they were about 6 years ago.

Do you have them? Do you love them or hate them? Tell me everything you know!

What about insulation (do they keep the warmth in during winter)? Light? Cleaning/maintenance? And do they still look great umpteen years later?

[Aimz]

Personally I prefer Plantation Shutters!!

But I do have timber venetians (white) and they look fantastic!! Mine are only fairly new (2.5 years) but I only need to give them a dust once a week. Insulation is so-so.

[mbear]

Hi MD.....

We have timber venetians in our back family room - about 3yrs old.....

I think they're the feature of the room (3 large windows....) i love them, we always have people commenting on them. We bought ours from Curtain wonderland, so DH installed them himself.

They do get dusty, but im a slacker and rarely dust them, although recently we've extended our home yet again and the dust on these blinds were thick - so thick i did have to wipe them over......but i had to do that with everything else too.

We have timber floorboards in our home...so i feel they work well. The particular room these blinds are in gets the morning sun, and keeps it out fine.....i dunno about the cold though. Our house is cold in winter coz we have it protected so much from the sun in the summer......so cant help you there....

Good luck !

[Arimeh]

I HATE them.

You can have mine. We are getting rid of them to put other curtains up there.

Nothing wrong with them, they do get dusty though, and in this humidity - they have a tendency to get mould on them (much like everything else).

The only thing we like about them - is that we can open them for the breeze, but still not let the sun in..

Other than that - yuck. can't stand them. take them. Please!!!!!

[Jakabella]

I love mine. Got them from Spotlight and they were not to exy. They do show the dust tho - but i am slack too and never dust!!

[myson]

love the look, hate the dust. AND the tapping noise when its breezy nearly drove me insane.

maybe one of those battery operated spinning duster thingys would make it easier...???

[dusty]

They are very poor insulators in the winter if that is an issue for where you live. I think they have a thermal rating of 0.
For summer cooling the lighter the colour of your curtains/blinds on the window side the better.

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