Q: I really love the look of those thick-slatted wood blinds. My house is an early 1950s ranch and amazingly has original unpainted wood trim around each window, which is also wood. I think the ...

All of the extra blinds sitting at the bottom of your window sill can be cut away, but be careful because one wrong snip could ruin the whole thing. We'll walk you through it.

On mini blinds, the width of each blind is about half of the standard width—typically around one inch wide as opposed to two inches. This allows for more individual blinds that slot in tighter ...