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Across the Fence:  Blinds.......turned up, or down??  |
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cheneygal
True Blue Farmgirl
503 Posts
Suzie
Cheney
Wa.
USA
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 Posted - Dec 06 2009 : 6:35:29 PM
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I'm sure everyone has their own opinion on this, and hope somebody answers.....to keep out the cold, which way do you turn your mini blinds, up, or down??? I've got a pair of really attractive sheets hung on our front windows, sort of free flowing and tacky looking!! Anything will help with a temp. of 15*, winds of about 15mph....lets see, what does that take the wind chill down to??!!!!!
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
716 Posts |
Posted - Dec 06 2009 : 6:57:09 PM
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I'm not really sure if one way is better than the other for heat retention. I like for mine to go down, so I can see out better. I have read that bubble wrap on the windows will help with insulation. Brr... 15* !!!
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
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italianchildhood
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
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Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 08:23:08 AM
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I find that any kind of window covering helps--I keep the windows covered at night and I open the blinds when sun hits the windows during the day. In the morning you can feel the difference in temperature on either side of the blinds.
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krissy
True Blue Farmgirl
278 Posts
Kristen
Snohomish
WA
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 09:40:23 AM
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Our blinds go up (in the master bedroom) because it blocks out the light better. The kids don't care which way theirs go.
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mtngirljon
True Blue Farmgirl
539 Posts
Jonnie
Webster
Texas
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 1:34:58 PM
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In my years of experience in Colorado, I learned that if I turned my blinds up, it kept the cold out better. It seems that maybe the cold air has more trouble flowing up. As I prefer no window coverings at all, I had to learn to use the blinds that my husband insisted on because I had no curtains ;-) Old quilts hung over the windows work well, too, but I had to put them up and down because, there it is again, I don't like to have the windows covered unless it's really cold and cloudy out . . .
Jonnie
Farmgirl #648
"Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows will fall behind you" - Maori Proverb
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 1:37:15 PM
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My blinds are turned up. When I was young my mother always turned them up because of the peeping-toms. I just still do it that way. LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 4:01:36 PM
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My blinds are sideways and my husband tells me I have them facing the wrong way. Problem solved I open them he closes them. We always put plastic on the windows and used a hairdryer to get the wrinkles out this year we got 7 new windows. I always thought the blinds went down up I guess up is winning.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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kmbrown
True Blue Farmgirl
459 Posts
Misty
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 4:29:50 PM
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 6:03:08 PM
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This is kind of like the toilet paper roll question. I never thought about it much till this thread was started.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
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cheneygal
True Blue Farmgirl
503 Posts
Suzie
Cheney
Wa.
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 7:57:14 PM
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I wondered if I'd start a debate of sort with this thread....I always have this dilema, winter and summer!! But one thing is for sure, Misty I'm with you, they all have to go the same direction!! Thanks for your help ladies, I think the "up position" wins, hands down!! Stay warm you gals!!
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