Blinds vs. Shades vs. Shutters: Which is Right for Your Home?
Three words used interchangeably in Irish showrooms that mean three genuinely different products. Here's how to tell which one your window actually needs.
Tell us about your windows once. Vetted local fitters come back to you with prices — usually within two working days. Compare three, pick one, or walk away. It costs nothing either way.
The point of this site is to save you ringing round. One form, then the fitters come to you.
Two minutes. Your county, roughly how many windows, which rooms, and what you actually want the blinds to do — block light, cut heat, or just stop the neighbours seeing in.
Up to three independent fitters covering your county contact you directly, usually within two working days. You choose who to talk to and who to ignore.
Free home surveys, itemised written prices, fabric samples left with you. Compare like for like — the spread on identical specifications is routinely €200 to €400 on a full house.
Each county page has local fitters, real reviews from that area, the towns covered, and the sunshine figures that decide which fabric you actually need.
Hover a county for its annual sunshine hours 26 counties covered
What each one is, the rooms it suits, the rooms it doesn't, and a step-by-step fitting guide. No showroom language.
Warm, tactile slat blinds in real timber or faux wood.
€90 – €260 per window
Twin fabric layers of alternating stripes that slide to control light.
€70 – €190 per window
Rotating fabric louvres that stack to the side — built for wide windows.
€60 – €160 per window
Slim aluminium or metal slat blinds with precise light control.
€45 – €140 per window
Soft fabric blinds that fold into horizontal pleats as they rise.
€120 – €340 per window
A single sheet of fabric on a tube — the simplest and most versatile blind.
€40 – €150 per window
Poles, tracks and finials — the hardware that makes curtains hang properly.
€45 – €220 per window
Clip-in frames that fit uPVC windows with no drilling at all.
€55 – €170 per window
Tensioned blinds with side rails, made for sloped and roof glazing.
€110 – €290 per window
Concertina fabric blinds, including insulating honeycomb cells.
€75 – €210 per window
Hinged louvred panels fitted to the window — the most permanent option.
€280 – €700 per window
Motorised blinds on remote, app or timer control.
€180 – €520 per window
Reviews from homes around the country. Names shortened at the customer's request.
“Four quotes came back and the spread was nearly four hundred euro for the same specification, which tells you it is worth doing. The fitter measured every window individually instead of assuming the estate ones were all the same — two of ours were not.”
“Sun comes up over the sea straight into the bedrooms. Blackout with side channels was the only thing that worked and he knew that before I had finished describing the problem.”
“Wanted something that suited the age of the house rather than a modern blind. Shutters were the answer. Careful measuring, careful fitting, and he protected the floors while working.”
Most expensive blind mistakes are made before anyone gets quoted. These three prevent the common ones.
Three words used interchangeably in Irish showrooms that mean three genuinely different products. Here's how to tell which one your window actually needs.
Almost every blind that arrives wrong was measured wrong. Six rules that eliminate most of the errors, plus the recess-versus-face-fix decision that people get backwards.
Wooden, aluminium, fabric, PVC and pleated blinds each need a different method. Using the wrong one is how blinds get ruined.
You fill in one short form describing your windows. We pass it to vetted, independent blind fitters covering your county, and up to three of them contact you directly with a price. You choose who to deal with. There is no charge and no obligation to book.
Yes. Fitters pay to be on the panel, so the quote costs you nothing. You are never charged for using the site and you are under no obligation to accept any quote you receive.
Fitted, per window: roller blinds from about €40, aluminium venetians from about €45, day and night blinds from about €70, pleated from about €75, wooden blinds from about €90, roman blinds from about €120, motorised from about €180, and shutters from about €280. Doing a whole house at once is almost always cheaper per window than doing rooms one at a time.
Typically three to four weeks. A survey within three to five working days, two to three weeks to manufacture made-to-measure blinds, then a single fitting visit. Shutters take longer — four to eight weeks — because each set is made to the exact opening.
All 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland, from Donegal to Cork and Mayo to Wexford. Coverage is by area rather than by town, so put your address in even if your town is not listed on your county page.
Fitters on the panel are checked for insurance and trading history, and are removed if reviews consistently show problems. That said, always get the quote in writing, itemised per window, and check that cord safety devices are fitted before the fitter leaves.
Tell us about your windows once. Vetted local fitters come back to you with prices, usually within two working days. Free, and there's no obligation to book anything.
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