Where to buy those temporary paper blinds?

[jandumm]

Subject says it all...where can i find those temporary paper blinds to cover up a few windows. Preferably in the West-GTA.

[WDmagic]

Try Home Depot.

[JetLi]

I got mine at Zellers or Walmart, I can't remember, but I know it was one of those 2. Sizes are limited, but I know my gf bought longer ones before and just cut it with a hacksaw before and it looked fine.

[sunnybono]

Subject says it all...where can i find those temporary paper blinds to cover up a few windows. Preferably in the West-GTA.

HD has the 3 footers and 4 footers. I measured all my windows b4 I took possession of my new house and bought all of the blinds from HD!!!!

sk

[patrob]

I personally find it's a waste of money to pay for those & then throw them out. Why spend the money twice:confused: We just covered windows with whatever we had, bed sheets, old curtains & even towels:lol: & then next month we ordered shutters. Everyone knows that it's a new house & everyone goes through the same stuff, so I don't find it unusual to have bed sheets in the windows until you decide on what you want to order:D

Sometimes I see those 'temporary' paper blinds stay on the windows for much longer than they were supposed to :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[sunnybono]

I personally find it's a waste of money to pay for those & then throw them out. Why spend the money twice:confused: We just covered windows with whatever we had, bed sheets, old curtains & even towels:lol: & then next month we ordered shutters. Everyone knows that it's a new house & everyone goes through the same stuff, so I don't find it unusual to have bed sheets in the windows until you decide on what you want to order:D

Sometimes I see those 'temporary' paper blinds stay on the windows for much longer than they were supposed to :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

If someone is on a budget, then if you do what you did, then you have no choice to put the window covering up immediately. In my case I needed to buy 4 brand new bedroom suites first, and still after 2 years, I still have the paper blinds up. Slowly, room by room, the wife and I will work on blinds, after we paint!!!!!

sk

[patrob]

If someone is on a budget, then if you do what you did, then you have no choice to put the window covering up immediately. In my case I needed to buy 4 brand new bedroom suites first, and still after 2 years, I still have the paper blinds up. Slowly, room by room, the wife and I will work on blinds, after we paint!!!!!

sk

I guess everyone has different priorities & needs...for us we had to get shutters since the sun was blaring into our front windows...luckily in the back we have a ravine so we could take our time in deciding what to get:)

One thing with new houses, people should always budget for window coverings since there will be none when they move in & I know it adds up fast...:rolleyes:

[jandumm]

If someone is on a budget, then if you do what you did, then you have no choice to put the window covering up immediately. In my case I needed to buy 4 brand new bedroom suites first, and still after 2 years, I still have the paper blinds up. Slowly, room by room, the wife and I will work on blinds, after we paint!!!!!

sk


yah totally agree. it all depends on priorities i guess, we're saving up for california shutters and need to cover up 3 bedroom windows for now :). I wasn't going to spend a couple hundred bucks, so instead spent $30 at Rona and now have window coverings for all the bedrooms. An extra bonus was 2 of the windows are a standard size (48").

[north5995]

We just used that brown packing paper from Staples. You can get 100 for really cheap. You see them all over the place in new neighbourhoods.

[Absolute]

+1 for Walmart; they have the paper blinds you can cut to size, and have an adhesive to stick to the top of the window. They even have a draw string, and work quite well.

[jandumm]

+1 for Walmart; they have the paper blinds you can cut to size, and have an adhesive to stick to the top of the window. They even have a draw string, and work quite well.

yep those are the ones we got from RONA....i LOVE them, they were up in 3 minutes. i'm sure the neighbours are happy ;)

[patrob]

We just used that brown packing paper from Staples. You can get 100 for really cheap. You see them all over the place in new neighbourhoods.

Interesting...never thought about using packing paper :| I guess whatever works will be fine temporarily...

[Neb]

We had ours up for about 1 yr, couldn't really afford the 1500 for blinds for our living/dining room.. But they are gone now. it's better than brown paper, esp when looking from the outside. they actually looks like pleated shades.