- The basic rule of thumb is this; if others can look in and see you, they will, so hang a window blind! In situations where you have windows that face nothingness, no problem, leave the windows bare. Maybe you’re of the opinion that the view into your house is so interesting and exciting, so you want to give others the opportunity to feast their eyes. Well good for you, but still, hang some window shades. You at least have the option, and can always leave them open.
- Window blinds tilt and lift. Vertical blinds tilt and open, but that’s another conversation. The slats in a horizontal blind can be tilted by either a tilt wand or a cord tilt, depending on how they are ordered. The advantage of a blind over a shade is that they can be tilted at any angle, so if the sun comes in, causing glare, and you want to redirect the rays, simply tilt the slats up. The window blind can also also be lifted in a tilted state.
- Window shades have to be lifted in order to open the view. So using the glare example from above, you would eliminate the view, in both directions, to keep the sun out. The shade doesn’t have to be all the way closed; it just depends on the degree of privacy, and the angle of the sun. There is even this cool feature on some window shades called, Top Down / Bottom Up, which allows the shade to be lowered from the top as well as lifted from the bottom.