» How to Install Window Blinds

Learn how to install window blinds in your home and eliminate the cost of hiring a window blinds installer.

You can now select faux wood window blinds, mini blinds with decorative tapes, or versions with built in valances.

They’re easy to maintain and incredibly cost-effective, particularly if you self-install.

Follow these simple tips to install window blinds in your home.

• Remove your current window treatment. If there are any holes that will be exposed after you hang your new blinds, you’ll need to fill them with joint compound.
• Check your walls. You may need special mounting hardware and tools if you’re working with a particularly hard surface like brick.
• For an outside mount, in which the blinds are hung above the window casing and extend beyond the edges of the window:
  • Measure approximately 3 inches past each side of the window, above the window far enough to allow enough space for the mounting bracket, and slightly below the window.
  • Screw the side brackets into the wall above the casing.
• For an inside mount, in which the blinds are hung inside the casing, leaving it exposed:
  • Measure the window height at the top, middle, and bottom and use the narrowest of the three measurements. Repeat the same process for the width.
  • Screw the side brackets into the wall on the jambs above the casing.
• For all windows:
  • Make sure that the brackets are straight with a level.
  • Untangle knots in the cords or tape.
  • Clip the headrail into the brackets and close the bracket covers.
  • If you have a valance, install the clips, and snap the valance into them.