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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.
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