Curtains / Blinds
Nov 6th 2017, 7:03 am
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Re: Curtains / Blinds
Dragonmart really is your best option. You take a picture and measure, go there and they will sort everything and fit.
Nov 6th 2017, 7:06 am
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Re: Curtains / Blinds
I got some curtains from Dragonmart... got them home, hung them up... One side was 'made' upside down'. So, check before walking out the shop 
Nov 6th 2017, 7:36 am
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Re: Curtains / Blinds
Man : "Hey do you sell condoms?"
Shopkeeper : "Why don't you try having a baby and you will see how wonderful it is?"
The concept of sleep depends on the absence of light. That is why all good hotel rooms have extremely well made double curtains which will completely block out any light so that a jet-lagged weary traveler can have a proper deep sleep even if it is 2 in the afternoon outside.
My window faces east and I cant stand the morning sun, so I got those Mirror Tint Stickers that yobs put on their cars and did them twice on the glass, and then I got a decent curtain guy and got the double type curtains. Sleep....good! No Sleep....not good!
Have sent you his number.
Shopkeeper : "Why don't you try having a baby and you will see how wonderful it is?"
The concept of sleep depends on the absence of light. That is why all good hotel rooms have extremely well made double curtains which will completely block out any light so that a jet-lagged weary traveler can have a proper deep sleep even if it is 2 in the afternoon outside.
My window faces east and I cant stand the morning sun, so I got those Mirror Tint Stickers that yobs put on their cars and did them twice on the glass, and then I got a decent curtain guy and got the double type curtains. Sleep....good! No Sleep....not good!
Have sent you his number.
Nov 6th 2017, 7:43 am
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Re: Curtains / Blinds
Man up and give your mum the proper bedroom while you sleep in the sitting room.
Anyway, Ikea does curtains on the cheap. Even Carrefour sells them. Just be sure you have the right rods and all that. My sister recently bought one of these old Victorian houses with 12'ft ceilings and she went out and got basic Ikea curtains and it actually looks half decent.
Anyway, Ikea does curtains on the cheap. Even Carrefour sells them. Just be sure you have the right rods and all that. My sister recently bought one of these old Victorian houses with 12'ft ceilings and she went out and got basic Ikea curtains and it actually looks half decent.
Looked in IKEA at the weekend and the Mrs poo-pooed all the options. Got them in the bedroom and they're alright though.
Nov 6th 2017, 8:45 am
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No, you can suggest what you want.
Don't cry if you get told to mind your own ****ing business though.
Nov 6th 2017, 8:55 am
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Good luck with your curtains.
Nov 6th 2017, 9:01 am
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No wonder the member count on this forum is tumbling.
Nov 6th 2017, 9:14 am
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It wasn't meant to be patronising it was meant to be taken just as it was, I'd rather you took the piss than suggested stupid things.
The curtains are for the living room where my Mum might spend a few nights over Xmas, so it doesn't matter if my body will adjust or not I'm afraid.
I think I'll just stick to google.
The curtains are for the living room where my Mum might spend a few nights over Xmas, so it doesn't matter if my body will adjust or not I'm afraid.
I think I'll just stick to google.
Nov 6th 2017, 9:18 am
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Nov 6th 2017, 9:32 am
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Nov 6th 2017, 9:32 am
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There's an old saying about the pot calling the kettle black but if I used it I'd have admit to some culpability on my end. Not quite sure if I want to go that far.
Good luck with your curtains.
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Nov 6th 2017, 9:39 am
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50% less of the 80% would be nice though wouldn't it.
Millhouse is fundamentally, at the base of it, a decent person though.
I'm not that polite, can be very rude and I'm happy to call you out for being a **** and I'm self aware enough to know it, see it and understand that's what it is without being blinded by arrogance and self-adoration. Culpability acknowledged.
Thanks. I'm now thinking Roman Blinds which might require an actual professional rather than dragonmart but there's only one way to find out I guess.
No, that's Millhouse. He's the one who's rude to all the newcomers and scares them off. I'm only rude to the long-timers.
There's an old saying about the pot calling the kettle black but if I used it I'd have admit to some culpability on my end. Not quite sure if I want to go that far.
Good luck with your curtains.
There's an old saying about the pot calling the kettle black but if I used it I'd have admit to some culpability on my end. Not quite sure if I want to go that far.
Good luck with your curtains.
I'm not that polite, can be very rude and I'm happy to call you out for being a **** and I'm self aware enough to know it, see it and understand that's what it is without being blinded by arrogance and self-adoration. Culpability acknowledged.
Thanks. I'm now thinking Roman Blinds which might require an actual professional rather than dragonmart but there's only one way to find out I guess.
