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Plain answers to the questions we get asked most: which fabric for which room, what happens at a measure, whether shutters or motorising are worth it. No sales pitch, no prices that will be wrong by the time you read them.

Most of what people ask us is not about price. It is about which product suits a room, what the difference is between two fabrics that look identical on a sample card, and what actually happens when someone comes to measure.

So these are written the way we would answer on the phone: no brochure language, no prices that will be wrong by the time you read them, and no pretending that one product is right for every window. If your question is not here, call and ask.

Blockout vs sunscreen: which blind goes where

The difference between blockout and sunscreen fabric, which rooms suit each, and why one blind rarely does both jobs well.

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Keeping a new build cool without living behind closed curtains

Why new homes overheat, what to do at the glass, and how to keep the view while stopping the afternoon sun.

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What happens when we come to measure

What we look at, what we ask, how long it takes, and what a written quote should contain so you can compare like with like.

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Shutters or blinds: which one, honestly

Cost, light, privacy, cleaning and resale. Where shutters earn their money and where a blind is the better buy.

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Are motorised blinds worth it?

Where motorising earns its money, where it does not, and the questions to ask before you pay for it.

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Curtains or blinds? It depends on the room

Where curtains beat blinds, where blinds beat curtains, and why the answer for a bedroom is often both.

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