Office Blinds.... how to avoid upsetting your boss!

A lot of the time when we are asked to quote for office blinds we don't get to meet the boss, we are met by the person given the job of sourcing the new blinds.

This happened a few weeks ago when we were asked to visit a newly refurbished office building in Leicester.

I was met by a very nervous young lady who had been given the task by her boss of finding a company to supply and install the blinds.

The problem was she had been given no idea of what her boss actually had in mind and she was really worried about spending the company's money and getting it wrong.

"Let's put the kettle on and see if we can sort out the blinds for your office that your boss will be happy with"

Office Blinds: Which style of blind would be best?

"What do you actually need the blinds for?"

In this case the main reason was privacy. The offices were on the ground floor on a fairly busy road.

Perfect! That rules out Roller Blinds as these would have to be fully lowered all day to get the level of privacy they would need.

My recommendation was for Vertical Blinds. The advantage vertical blinds have over roller blinds is the option to control the level of privacy by simply rotating the louvres.

Fully closed for total privacy and tilted