Blinded by the light .......

Ok, who's now got that song running through their head ? :P

So much went on today, I had intended laying the flooring out to make sure I had enough, but sadly didn't get enough time.

Anyway, had an hour free tonight, so decided to put three of the blinds up to see how they looked. If you remember from an earlier post, I managed to source some cordless blinds from various B&Q's around the country (ok Gloucester and Birmingham) that were being sold of as end of line. Proper motorhome push pull pleated blinds can cost as much as £100 PER WINDOW ! Yes, they look nice, but when you have 5 windows to dress, £500 is a bit excessive, I'd rather put that money into comfortable seating/bed foam etc. So I searched the interweb and found these. Their reduced prices were £8 each for the larger ones and £5 each for the smaller middle window ones. Buying an extra 2 of the larger ones 'just in case', as they are end of line, ALL SEVEN cost me exactly £50 :). Bargain or what. The pleats are slightly wider than a proper motorhome blind, but Nina is a big van with big windows, so that didn't concern me at all. Other than that, once they are fitted and dressed at the end of the conversion, no-one would know they weren't made especially for Nina :).

This is what they look like in the 'up' position ....



...and this is what they look like in the 'down' position....



Very easy to fit, each blind has two plastic and metal clips that screw in to the roof of the window frame, one either side of the blind, you then literally just push the blind in until you hear it click into place and thats it !

It was dark when I did them, Nina's internal lights are very bright as you can see above, so I had a quick look outside, pressed my nose up against the window trying to see if I could make out anything in the brightly lit interior, and thankfully, couldnt see a thing apart from a glow of light across the whole blind as pictured below :).....



Couple more pics including the blind on the opposite side next to the sliding side door....









You can see in these that the blinds hang away from the windows as the side walls curve. This will be addressed at the same time as the gaps are dealt with using the same method ! If you were reading the prebious posts, you will know how I am going to do that, if not the video below kind of explains it in boring monotone voice and actions lol. (yep I'm no public speaker !).










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