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“I walk through the house room by room. The bedroom gets one thing, the bathroom gets another, the living room gets a third. Trying to use the same blind everywhere is how people end up unhappy.”Duncan Kane Founder, Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings
One card per room. The tag is the blind.
Summer sunrise before 5:30 and light past 7. The blind has one job: block it. Blockout roller, or a double roller for daytime light too.
Blockout or double rollerSteam and condensation eliminate timber, bamboo and standard fabric. Aluminium venetians tilt for privacy with ventilation; sheer in mould-resistant fabric where there is a view.
Aluminium venetianGrease and steam. Aluminium venetians wipe clean; rollers in wipeable fabric work near the stove. Honeycomb traps grease in its cells.
Venetian or wipeable rollerLight and the view by day, privacy from the street by night. Sheer rollers, or zebra for adjustable privacy.
Sheer or zebraGlare on the monitor. A 5% screen roller keeps the room bright; venetians adjust as the sun moves. Even light reads better on video calls.
Screen roller or venetianCordless or motorised, so there is no chain. Blockout for daytime naps. For older children, a double roller for homework and sleep.
Cordless blockoutDarkness is non-negotiable. Daytime light is the option.
Blockout
One fabric, one job
Double
Sheer plus blockout
Anything that absorbs moisture will warp, mould or degrade. Choose the materials that cannot.
Aluminium venetians: water does no harm, the slats tilt for privacy with air, and they wipe clean. Garden Route homes can choose PVC shutters for a more permanent finish.
Aluminium venetians wipe clean of grease with a damp cloth. Rollers in wipeable, stain-resistant fabric suit windows near the stove.
Timber venetians, bamboo or standard roller fabric in a wet room, and honeycomb in a kitchen, where grease settles inside the cells and cannot be reached.
Where light, view and design meet.
05 Sliding doors and wide openings
Stacking doors, sliders and window walls need a treatment that stacks compactly for full access and closes fully for privacy. Vertical blinds, panel glides and Vertishades handle spans a roller cannot. On the Garden Route, bi-fold or bypass shutters fold or slide clear for a premium architectural answer.
New home?If you are fitting every room at once, the new-home guide covers the whole house, including what ships nationally and what needs a site visit.
Room by room, width and drop in millimetres. How to measure
Blockout, sheer, zebra, venetian, honeycomb, no-drill. Instant price per window, one cart.
Free delivery anywhere in South Africa, made to measure in about 5 to 7 working days plus courier transit. Garden Route homes can add installation.
Blockout or double rollers in bedrooms, aluminium venetians in bathrooms and kitchens, sheer rollers or zebra blinds in living rooms, screen rollers in the office and cordless blockout in the nursery. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings makes all of them to measure with free nationwide delivery.
Not recommended. Each room asks something different of light, moisture, privacy and safety, and the wrong blind in the wrong room fails, functions poorly or is unsafe.
A cordless blockout roller. No dangling chain, complete darkness for daytime naps, and easy for parents to operate.
No. Timber swells and warps in humidity. Use aluminium venetians, or PVC shutters on the Garden Route.
A screen roller with 5% openness keeps the room bright while cutting direct glare. Venetians give finer adjustment through the day.
A sheer roller: it keeps the view, filters UV and gives daytime privacy. A zebra blind adds adjustable privacy with its alternating stripes.
Content reviewed by the Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings team. Visit the online shop for current pricing.
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