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Step 17Enjoy your new top-down shades!
Don't Forget!
You may want to keep the existing blinds if (like me) you live in an apartment. Otherwise your landlord may ask you to buy new ones when you move out.
Also, keep all of the pieces that you removed or cut away from your bargain blinds (slats, strings, etc.). You never know if your next apartment will have the same size windows. Because nothing was broken during this assembly, you would be able to reassemble the bargain blinds and use them again in the future.
Have Fun!
You may want to keep the existing blinds if (like me) you live in an apartment. Otherwise your landlord may ask you to buy new ones when you move out.
Also, keep all of the pieces that you removed or cut away from your bargain blinds (slats, strings, etc.). You never know if your next apartment will have the same size windows. Because nothing was broken during this assembly, you would be able to reassemble the bargain blinds and use them again in the future.
Have Fun!
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Mar 31, 2011. 6:50 AMruthgct
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You only left about 5" of string. I'm confused by that. Does that mean you can only lower the blinds from the top 5"? I'd like to lower mine about 2 FEET from the top. Do I need to leave 2 feet of string?
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Mar 31, 2011. 3:44 PMjen_higginbotham (author)
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Actually I didn't remove any of the string at all. You just disconnect the bottom bar from the mini blinds, take out all of the slats, and then tie the bottom bar back on the way it was. If I wanted to, I could have lowered the top down blinds all the way down to the window sill. Hope that helps explain it!
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Apr 1, 2011. 5:21 AMruthgct
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OH! So then in Step 4 where it says "unknot the strings and allow for about 5 inches of string"...that's what I thought you meant. Sorry to be slow!! Can you explain that step to me another way? Thanks so much! I have all the blinds and plan to put them up this weekend in my 3 living room windows.
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Apr 1, 2011. 9:13 AMjen_higginbotham (author)
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I think the best way I can explain it is that the rest of the string (main cord) is all drawn up in the top and you only need a small amount to work with when you're attaching the ready shade. In the step where I talk about cutting the string I am only talking about the little strings that control if the blinds are open or closed. I have to be honest, I did this project a few years ago and no longer have any miniblinds to look at to help you. But it was a super easy project and I think once you get into it and have the blinds in front of you it will make more sense. Good luck!
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Apr 1, 2011. 10:30 AMruthgct
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OK, I get it now! Thanks so much for guiding me through it, especially from an older project. I'll let ya know how they turn out! =)
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Dec 15, 2007. 12:19 PMKaytiCat
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These are awesome! Great job!
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