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Wide doors, wonderful light, and by two in the afternoon the lounge is an oven and the television a mirror. Curtains bunch in the doorway and collect dust; a roller only goes up or down.
Verticals solve it quietly: pull them across for shade, stack them to one side for the view, angle the vanes to let light in from above while the glare is blocked.
The vertical blind you remember was a rigid PVC vane on a clunky plastic headrail. It yellowed and it clattered.
Textured linens, blockout weaves, sheers and neutral tones; Vertishades add a sheer voile face over a blockout back
Slimline aluminium tracks that sit flush and run quietly
127mm, rotating for light and privacy, unclipping individually for washing
Somfy or MotionBlinds by Coulisse by remote or app, for wide doors and child-safe rooms
We fit vertical blinds in homes from Mossel Bay to Plett every week. People are always surprised by how different the new fabrics look. Once you see a textured blockout vertical in a modern lounge, you forget every beige office blind you have ever walked past.
Full access to the door, the view when you want it, shade when you do not.
The classic caseBlockout vanes close for darkness across a wall of glass.
Full blockoutRotate the vanes against the screen glare without darkening the room.
GlareDurable under guest use, washable vane by vane.
Low maintenance04 Choosing
Sheer or light-filtering fabric for living areas, blockout for bedrooms, PVC vanes where moisture is constant. Decide which side the vanes stack to, usually away from the door’s opening side, and where the control goes. Measure width and drop in millimetres; the Custom Fit Guarantee covers every online order.
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Yes. Textured fabrics, blockout weaves and slimline aluminium headrails have made them a contemporary choice for wide windows and sliding doors; the beige office blind is the old version.
127mm. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings makes them to measure in sheer, light-filtering, blockout and PVC vanes, and as Vertishades with a sheer face over a blockout back.
Yes, with Somfy or MotionBlinds by Coulisse motors, by remote, app or schedule; fitted and programmed on the Garden Route.
Yes. Fabric and PVC vanes on an aluminium track resist the humidity that warps timber, and a single vane is replaced if the salt or the sun gets to it.
Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings. Vertical blinds and Vertishades made to measure from R512, priced instantly online and delivered free nationwide with the Custom Fit Guarantee.
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