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Toronto & the GTA · made to measure
We make the blinds under our own name, measure them in your rooms, and fit what we made. One crew from the tape measure to the level — which is why the numbers come out right.
Free in-home measure · open 8am–9pm, 7 days
Free
In-home measure, samples and a written quote
Made to size
Cut to your opening, not trimmed to fit
One crew
The person who measured is the person who fits
Cordless
Standard in any room a child uses
The range
Each of these is the wrong choice somewhere, and its page says where. Not sure which one yet? Start with what "custom" actually means.
Straight comparison
Six mechanisms, and the useful question is never which is best. It is which is wrong for the room you are standing in.
| Product | Right when | Wrong when | Can it make a room dark? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roller | You want the least visible thing across the glass, or the most view kept per centimetre of stack. | The room needs the light aimed rather than reduced, or the opening is badly out of square. | Yes, with a blackout cloth and a mount that deals with the perimeter. |
| Zebra | The requirement changes during the day — view at eleven, covered by seven. | The room has to be dark, or the window is a door you walk through. | No. Closed bands are private, not dark. |
| Blackout | Somebody sleeps there, or a screen has to be readable at noon. | You want to keep any view, or the window is in a room you sit in all day. | Yes — that is the whole point, and the mount decides how well. |
| Venetian | You want to redirect light rather than block it, or privacy without darkness. | The room must be dark, or it is full of steam and the slats are timber. | No. Closed slats overlap; they do not seal. |
| Vertical | It is a sliding door, or a window wider than about two and a half metres. | It is an ordinary square window you look through constantly. | No. The overlaps pass light down every join. |
| Roman | The room needs softening, and the window is seen from a chair. | It is a kitchen or a bathroom, or you need every centimetre of the view. | Close, with a blackout lining — but not at the edges. |
Two of these can be layered in one opening — a screen for the day and something opaque behind it — which is usually a better answer than asking one blind to do both jobs badly.
Start with the room
Pick one and you get the honest answer, including the part that usually goes wrong. Same conversation we have at the measure, minus the tape.
Usually the answer
Or: Lined roman, if you want fabric rather than a flat panel
What goes wrong
Fabric is about sixty per cent of it. Without channels you get a bright outline round the blind at sunrise, and that is the light that wakes you.
Usually the answer
Or: Drapery layered over the shade for evening privacy
What goes wrong
Daytime and night-time privacy are different problems. With the lights on, a sheer band reverses and you are the one on display.
What goes wrong
Real timber and steam are a slow-motion argument. Mount clear of anything you reach across, and expect to take it down to clean it properly once a year.
What goes wrong
The complaint is almost always one hour of glare on a monitor, not general brightness. A darker fabric reads better here than a lighter one, because your eye adapts to the frame around the glass.
Usually the answer
Or: Blackout cellular, which also slows the draught off the glass
What goes wrong
Cordless is our default in any room a child sleeps in and there is no upcharge for it. A June sunrise ends the nap at five unless the edges are sealed.
Usually the answer
Or: Two blinds on one bracket line where the span is very wide
What goes wrong
Reveal depth decides everything, and it is usually shallow. It is the first thing we measure, because it settles whether channels or an inside mount are possible at all.
Why people call us back
Every roller blind has to be slightly narrower than its opening or it would bind on the way up. That clearance is a slot of daylight down each side, and at sunrise it is bright enough to read by. A darker fabric does not fix it — the perimeter does.
The other lever is openness factor, and it sets three things at once: how much you see out, how much glare comes in, and whether anyone can see you by day. A tighter weave wins on privacy, an opener one on view. Nothing wins on both.
You never took a measurement, so you cannot have got one wrong.
No deposit, no card. The written quote is yours to keep.
If a stock size does the job, you hear it at the door.
The default, at no extra charge.
Rooms and what they need
Reference photography. We are building a portfolio of our own installs and these are replaced as it fills — we would rather say that than pass somebody else's room off as ours.
Reviews on Google
I was blown away by the exceptional customer service from Blinds Company! Their staff was knowledgeable, friendly, and helped me find the perfect blinds for my living room. The installation was quick and flawless. I highly recommend them!
I'm thoroughly impressed with Blinds Company. From the initial consultation to the final installation, their team delivered exceptional service, expertise, and quality.
Highly recommend Nick and his team. They installed blinds in my house. Looks wonderful, cheers
Real names, real dates, and a link to all of them — including the ones we would not have picked.
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How it works
Free, with samples, so you judge the fabric in your own light. Every opening measured three times across and three times down.
Written and itemised per opening. Nothing goes into production until you say yes, and no deposit is taken before that.
The same crew, drop sheets down, packaging leaves with us. You get a room back, not a project.
Questions
Yes, and free means free: nothing is owed whether you order or not, no deposit is taken, and no card is asked for at any point in the visit. The quote you keep is yours to compare against anyone else's.
Yes. They are manufactured under our own name to the measurements taken in your home, which is why there is no third-party badge on the headrail and no brand markup in what you pay.
The same crew that measured. Almost every problem with a finished blind traces back to a number written down wrong, so the person who took the numbers is the person standing there with the drill.
The remake is at our cost, because the numbers were ours. There is nothing to prove and nothing to negotiate — you did not hold the tape, so you cannot have got a measurement wrong.
Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Etobicoke and the rest of the GTA. If you are just outside the list, ask — routes change week to week.
Yes, both, and it is worth asking anyone you let into your house. The measure itself takes forty minutes to an hour for a whole home, because every opening gets its own numbers instead of one window being measured and the rest assumed.
Your installation date is confirmed in writing at the quote. You get a date on the written quote rather than a vague range, and it does not move afterwards. If something at our end ever threatens it, you hear about it from us before you notice it yourself.
No, and most people do not. The quote is priced with a line for every opening precisely so you can take the bedrooms now and the living room later at the same price per window. If you are doing it in stages, do a whole room at a time — matching within a room is what the eye actually checks.
Cordless is our default in any room a child uses, at no extra charge. Where an existing blind still has a cord, a tensioner fixed to the wall is the minimum.
Book
We come to you, measure at your own windows, and go through fabrics and fits together. The visit costs nothing.
$99 off when you order three or more blindsApplied to your written quote at the measure.
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