Vertical Blind Alternatives Sizes and Chart

Yes, Lowes can but blinds to size. Are there disadvantages to them cutting your blinds? There are a couple. For starters, Lowes is a busy place to shop, it might be hard to find someone to do it for you and this task alone can be frustrating for most. When you find someone to cut them down, it does take some time for them to cut the blinds down. The cut might not be smooth and professional looking. lastly, when you cut down blinds from Lowes you have to manually remove the left over slats from the blinds and that takes a long time to complete. With Blinds Chalet, you can shop online in the comfort of your own home. We offer custom made blinds. The blinds that we offer as just as good, if not better, quality than the ones offered at Lowes.

At Blinds Chalet, we sell custom blinds, therefore all of the blinds that we sell are made to your order down to the 1/8”. For an inside mount, you want to provide us with your exact window size opening. We take a slight deduction from the ordered width to give you room to mount and be able to raise and lower the blind. Big box retailers sell standard sizes. We sell the size for your window.

Yes, Home Depot can but blinds to size. Are there disadvantages to them cutting your blinds? There are a couple. For starters, Home Depot is a busy place to shop, it might be hard to find someone to do it for you and this task alone can be frustrating for most. The only measurement cut is the width. You will still need to remove the bottom rail and left over slats unless you want the blinds to bunch up at the bottom. With Blinds Chalet, you can shop online in the comfort of your own home. We offer custom made blinds. The blinds that we offer as just as good, if not better, quality than the ones offered at Home Depot.

You can find out what size your blinds are by measuring them. For an inside mount, you want to measure inside the window frame from frame to frame or drywall to drywall in three different places. You measure the width at the top, middle, and bottom. You measure the height at the left, center, and right. Provide the smallest width and the largest height. Do not take any deductions, we will take those deductions for you. Remember to also take note of your window depth. You need to make sure you have enough to install your type of blind. There are different instructions for outside mount and some measure instructions for products such as roller shades and shutters will vary.

Measuring for arch windows is tricky. Most manufacturers require a template to be able to accurately measure for them. Blinds Chalet does not offer specialty shaped window covering options.

The amount of depth will vary based on the blind or shade you are ordering. Each manufacturer has different specifications for their brackets and hardware. With that, the hole placement on those varies. Each product on Blinds Chalet's site will list a "minimum" and "flush" mount depth under the specs tab. The minimum depth is the depth needed to securely mount the blinds. The flush mount will be the depth needed for the entire blind or shade (including valance) to sit inside the opening.

The size of the blind slats you choose really depends on your desired look and application. We offer 1 inch, 2 inch and 2 1/2 inch slats in most blinds.

The depth of a window is basically the measurement of the inside of the "box" from the front of the trim or wall the back, closest to the window. It is necessary to establish that you have enough depth to mount brackets securely when you are considering ordering an inside mount blind. Otherwise your best option would be a outside mounted blind.

Our blinds are custom made so they are sized based off your window measurements. You can view our blinds measuring instructions. We also are happy to walk you through measuring over the phone if you give us a call.

The size of blinds or shades you would need will depend on the type of product and application. We offer measuring instructions on our site and are always happy to answer any questions you might have.

Blinds Chalet makes all custom sized blinds, we don't have standard sized blinds. Standard sized blinds are anywhere from 24 x 72 - 72 x 72 off the shelf at your local hardware stores.

Standard window sizes go from 24"- 72" in widths

Standard windows go from 24" x 72" - 72" x 72"

Blinds should fit inside a window within an 1/8" tolerance. Or you can do surface mount (outside mount) and go beyond your opening about 3" total on the width and height.

Measure your width at the top, middle and bottom to the nearest 1/8" of an inch and take the narrowest measurement when ordering custom blinds. Measure the height on the left and right and take the longest measurement to the nearest 1/8" of an inch when ordering custom blinds.