By popular request, here are some photographs of the blinds/movable canvas screens I have arranged on my bedroom windows.
Above is the view at night. In winter I hang curtains on a pole across the top of the window.
I decided that I could not afford rice paper shoji for the windows, and looked around for an alternative which was cheap but which offered privacy while allowing light through. I chose artists' canvasses because they met these criteria and were lightweight for fixing on curtain wire at each side of the window frame. They are attached by the wire through metal 'eyes' on the rear of the canvasses to enable me to slide the canvasses up and down to allow access to the sash windows for opening, and to be versatile to allow differing amounts of light into the room.
I was hoping for a sunny morning to demonstrate fully how well they work, but in the absence of the sunlight, I hope you can still get a good idea of them. I will eventually, I hope, have a good day for the photos and will upload some more.
Feel free to comment!
Hello.
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in your country.
It is very Japanese or Asian.
Using artists' canvas for the blind is very interesting.
I think it is good to create anything which you want or you need by arrenging available stuff.
Thank you very much for sharung those neat photos.
oxwinter from Japan.
You're truly genius to make such a simple-elegant blind!!! I was really impressed...! It perfectly suited to everything there, and also useful. You know, Japanese put importance on crafts to be beautiful as well as convenient. (I mean, in general in the West, 'art' is something to appreciate but not for using. But in Japan, we use it at the same time we appreciate it. For example, artistic potteries at the tea ceremony.) Your blind totally meet the requirement. 'Necessity is mother of invention.' is absolutely right!
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