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Installing Blinds and Window Shades

The new windows have been trimmed with blinds from Bali Blinds. In the kitchen, where a new patio door has been installed, the windows have a unique treatment. Dave Wahtera of Bali Blinds runs through the installation process. First the brackets are drilled into place followed by the head rail. The head rail allows the blind to traverse the rail smoothly. It is helpful to have an extra set of hands during the installation of the head rail. The veins snap into the vinyl stems. The plastic stems, if broken, can be easily replaced. Bali Sheer Enchantment fabric is then placed over the plastic stems making the closed blinds look like draperies. The sheer fabric is snapped into place over the plastic stems. The fabric can be washed if needed. A wood cornice is placed over the top of the blind to hide the head rail. The cord is screwed into place so children cannot get at it. The blind allows three options: One where everything is closed, another where the plastic stems are open and the fabric is in place to let in light but give some privacy, and the last where the blind is completely open giving a view of the backyard. Upstairs in the bedroom and dressing room, Bali Diamond Cell cordless shades were installed. They have a top-down, bottom-up feature that gives privacy and options for letting in light. In the children's room, Bali roller shades were installed featuring racing stripe colors. The basement features Bali Natural Shades made of natural products like reed and bamboo, which nicely fit the room's d�cor.
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Installing Blinds and Window Shades

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" And of course we added new windows and we've just trimmed them out -- these new Bali blinds up in the kitchen we've installed. Where we have a nine foot patio door we've installed a very unique new treatment watch -- we're putting up here today is the sheer enchantment blind from. Valley. And first moments are with these heavy duty brackets. Already. Matches. It is the end and then we'll put the head rail up."

" We've got the heavy duty head rail here in if you look inside it's going to steal and a ground for a scissors option. Which gives you smooth traversing. When you put the blind up. And it's always good to have a second pair of hands because we've got to nine foot slider and that's kind of hard to do by yourself but it just snaps right in. OK now gonna snap the veins and the veins snap right into the vinyl stems and now just remember to put the notch towards the back wall. And if the plastic stems down the road does happen to break they're very easily replaced."

" OK now that we got these -- here and now. We. The controls which will give you total privacy. If you close them or you can up animosities. Outside. But now gonna go one step further with the Aaron we're gonna add on top of this. The Bali sheer enchantment will give you the look of strippers and how often do that we're gonna snap it right on to reach Louver. Start at one corner doesn't make any difference what you want to do. Slide this right on the -- little. Snaps. And just go all the way down the line. The beauty of this says. What happens to get dirty. You can just gonna snap it from the wash that the little polite. Do not included in the Iraq and just hang it right back up. And it basically."

" At the bottom we hold the sheer in place by a thread which just slips right into the bank. To cap it off we add the beautiful wood cornice option. So -- they had real. Make -- just down the cord so children can't get safety feature make sure you do it. With everything in place -- initiative that's three light control options first of all. With the veins closed we have total room darkening and you open the mop and we look through the sheer fabric. Gives you beautiful drapery look and third of all if you traverse the blind out of the way we -- clear view of your back here."

" Upstairs in the bedroom and in the dressing room. We feature Bali diamond cell cordless shades. And they also have a top down bottom up feature which gives you privacy. And also lets you have light come in through the top. Their cordless which are great for kids is no strings. In the boys' bedroom Alley -- roller shades they come in really cool racing stripe colors blues and yellows. And now the kids love them. They're room darkening and the kids really sleep late in the morning and Sarah loves that. OK down in the basement we feature -- natural shades those are made of natural products like reed and bamboo. And they also feature you beautiful wooden balance and some. Edge banning to go around it really fits in the decor really nice."

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