Comments on: ENJE roller shades. http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-38001 Anna at D16 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:15:05 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-38001 I don't have them handy, but I'm pretty sure they're Fiskars. Any fabric shears should be fine -- just make sure you NEVER use them for cutting anything other than fabric. (And make sure everyone else in your house respects that rule!) I don’t have them handy, but I’m pretty sure they’re Fiskars. Any fabric shears should be fine — just make sure you NEVER use them for cutting anything other than fabric. (And make sure everyone else in your house respects that rule!)

]]> By: Tracy http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-37993 Tracy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:44:44 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-37993 Hi Anna, I hope this is not a silly question: what is the brand/model of your fabric shears? I am moving to my new place soon & need 8-10 Enje blinds for the whole house. I am a person out of DIY technique and hope a gd pair of scissors could save me from hell. I know you heard it many times before, but I still want to say: I LOVE LOVE LOVE your house (esp the white painted wood floors). TIA. Hi Anna,

I hope this is not a silly question: what is the brand/model of your fabric shears? I am moving to my new place soon & need 8-10 Enje blinds for the whole house. I am a person out of DIY technique and hope a gd pair of scissors could save me from hell.

I know you heard it many times before, but I still want to say: I LOVE LOVE LOVE your house (esp the white painted wood floors).

TIA.

]]> By: Megan http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-33637 Megan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:29:15 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-33637 I love the look of these blinds too-- but I also have a window that is too wide. That got me thinking though-- do you think that you could put multiple blinds on one rod? IKEA's online pictures aren't great so I can't really see the cord mechanisms... but could it be tweaked? And could it be done so that each could still operate independently? And most importantly, how weird would it look? :) I love the look of these blinds too– but I also have a window that is too wide.

That got me thinking though– do you think that you could put multiple blinds on one rod? IKEA’s online pictures aren’t great so I can’t really see the cord mechanisms… but could it be tweaked? And could it be done so that each could still operate independently?

And most importantly, how weird would it look? :)

]]> By: kristin http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-32543 kristin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:25:02 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-32543 Thanks, Anna! Still haven't gotten it together to custom size these (I commented way back in April -- LA-ZY!), but I'm planning to try it this week: new neighbors just moved into the apartment 10 feet away, and I need to be a bit more neighborly. Thank you for all your awesomeness! (I intend on making that chili you just reposted, too. Mmmm! It sounds great. It is definitely chili weather here in Chicago...) Thanks, Anna!

Still haven’t gotten it together to custom size these (I commented way back in April — LA-ZY!), but I’m planning to try it this week: new neighbors just moved into the apartment 10 feet away, and I need to be a bit more neighborly. Thank you for all your awesomeness!

(I intend on making that chili you just reposted, too. Mmmm! It sounds great. It is definitely chili weather here in Chicago…)

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-32282 Anna at D16 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:00:30 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-32282 I used a metal-cutting blade on a circular saw, but a hacksaw would work just fine. Furs = awesome as always! I used a metal-cutting blade on a circular saw, but a hacksaw would work just fine.

Furs = awesome as always!

]]> By: jessica http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-32267 jessica Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:00:10 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-32267 very informative blog post! I have been looking for economical roller shades.....did you use a hacksaw? btw-how was the Furs show? -jessica very informative blog post! I have been looking for economical roller shades…..did you use a hacksaw?

btw-how was the Furs show?

-jessica

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-29113 Jennifer Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:41:04 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-29113 Anna - thank you! I think was so afraid of breaking that I just wasn't pulling hard enough/at the right angle. Success - pieces apart, will cut tomorrow. On a side note - also love your blog for the Morrissey entries! Anna – thank you! I think was so afraid of breaking that I just wasn’t pulling hard enough/at the right angle. Success – pieces apart, will cut tomorrow. On a side note – also love your blog for the Morrissey entries!

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-29100 Anna at D16 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:07:18 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-29100 Jennifer, just pull the end cap off and the the shade will slide right out of the rod. Jennifer, just pull the end cap off and the the shade will slide right out of the rod.

]]> By: jennifer http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-29099 jennifer Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:56:11 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-29099 Hi - have kept this post as "new" in my RSS feed for forever as I knew I would get to it at some point. Am having the same issue as Kristin, above - any tips on how to remove and re-attach the bottom rod? have fiddled a bit and can't find a an easy solution. any tips would be great. thanks!! Hi – have kept this post as “new” in my RSS feed for forever as I knew I would get to it at some point. Am having the same issue as Kristin, above – any tips on how to remove and re-attach the bottom rod? have fiddled a bit and can’t find a an easy solution. any tips would be great. thanks!!

]]> By: kristin http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23240 kristin Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:29:48 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23240 { Oops - "that I got' - I meant. Brain and hands don't always work in concord.} { Oops – “that I got’ – I meant. Brain and hands don’t always work in concord.}

]]> By: kristin http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23239 kristin Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:27:03 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23239 First off - your site is amazing. You are a total home-design inspiration. I love these blinds! I have them in 2 windows (where they almost fit): I love how they disappear when they're not in use, and provide a soft filter when down. I've wanted them on a few of my other 100-year old windows, but haven't felt the gumption to try altering them. One question - how did you remove & reattach the bottom rod? The rod from the shades I that got about 5 years ago do not seem to come off. Thanks again for all these awesome posts! First off – your site is amazing. You are a total home-design inspiration.

I love these blinds! I have them in 2 windows (where they almost fit): I love how they disappear when they’re not in use, and provide a soft filter when down. I’ve wanted them on a few of my other 100-year old windows, but haven’t felt the gumption to try altering them.

One question – how did you remove & reattach the bottom rod? The rod from the shades I that got about 5 years ago do not seem to come off.

Thanks again for all these awesome posts!

]]> By: Kristina http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23201 Kristina Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:42 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23201 Those blinds are sheer, I guess. I used to have them in my Brooklyn kitchen and still walked around in my underwear. I was neither pelted, nor was there a crowd gathering, so it couldn't have been that bad? I loved those blinds! Wish they were super wide for my super large windows in the 'burbs. Those blinds are sheer, I guess. I used to have them in my Brooklyn kitchen and still walked around in my underwear. I was neither pelted, nor was there a crowd gathering, so it couldn’t have been that bad? I loved those blinds! Wish they were super wide for my super large windows in the ‘burbs.

]]> By: jones http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23133 jones Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:25:31 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23133 you're welcome! you’re welcome!

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23119 Anna at D16 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:38:12 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23119 *GASP* THAT PILLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you... *GASP* THAT PILLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you thank you thank you…

]]> By: jones http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23117 jones Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:02:46 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23117 Thanks for the reply. good to know. window coverings are so tricky. I came across this pillow and immediately thought of you: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=23307123 Thanks for the reply. good to know. window coverings are so tricky.

I came across this pillow and immediately thought of you:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=23307123

]]> By: Tatyana http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23116 Tatyana Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:43:51 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23116 Thanks Anna. I would love to frost the bottom half of windows - so I could have a view but also privacy - and no "window treatment" at all. But, we live in an association and they don't allow it. :( I can't wait to own a house where I can do whatever I want to. I think I'm going to get the same blind you did only for the bathroom for now. I can always have another excuse to go to IKEA to get the rest. Thanks Anna. I would love to frost the bottom half of windows – so I could have a view but also privacy – and no “window treatment” at all. But, we live in an association and they don’t allow it. :(
I can’t wait to own a house where I can do whatever I want to.
I think I’m going to get the same blind you did only for the bathroom for now. I can always have another excuse to go to IKEA to get the rest.

]]> By: Ricky http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23115 Ricky Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:45:30 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23115 Yes, you do need a stable surface, but it could be a table, a countertop, or even the floor. You also need a cutting board, preferably a self healing board. Just mark as you did for using a scissor, then line the straight edge up and cut. Keep moving the straight edge along the line, folding and unfolding the length of fabric as you go. Once you get use to the the rotary cutter, it's really easy to get great results. Yes, you do need a stable surface, but it could be a table, a countertop, or even the floor. You also need a cutting board, preferably a self healing board. Just mark as you did for using a scissor, then line the straight edge up and cut. Keep moving the straight edge along the line, folding and unfolding the length of fabric as you go. Once you get use to the the rotary cutter, it’s really easy to get great results.

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23113 Anna at D16 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:31:16 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23113 <b>Tatyana:</b> Yes, they would give you privacy during the day (unless you were right next to the window), absolutely. At night you can see through if the lights are on. Have you considered using <a href="http://www.gilafilms.com/Residential/window-film-frosted.htm" rel="nofollow">frosting film</a> on your windows? We used it in both of our bathrooms, and it provides very good privacy while still letting in full, diffused light. Tatyana: Yes, they would give you privacy during the day (unless you were right next to the window), absolutely. At night you can see through if the lights are on.

Have you considered using frosting film on your windows? We used it in both of our bathrooms, and it provides very good privacy while still letting in full, diffused light.

]]> By: Tatyana http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23112 Tatyana Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:03:13 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23112 Last time I was at IKEA, I saw these shades and thought I should get them for our place. I really liked the metal "rod" at the bottom and the chain. I could just buy them and try them but our closes IKEA is 2.5 hours away and I’m not up for multiple trips. Our neighbors are really close to us and I feel we have no privacy at all but I love the light that we get when the blinds we have up now are open. Do these block a lot of light? You said they are sheer - would we at least get privacy during the day? I was thinking about adding darker curtains for privacy at night. Ah... questions, questions, questions... Last time I was at IKEA, I saw these shades and thought I should get them for our place. I really liked the metal “rod” at the bottom and the chain. I could just buy them and try them but our closes IKEA is 2.5 hours away and I’m not up for multiple trips.
Our neighbors are really close to us and I feel we have no privacy at all but I love the light that we get when the blinds we have up now are open. Do these block a lot of light? You said they are sheer – would we at least get privacy during the day? I was thinking about adding darker curtains for privacy at night. Ah… questions, questions, questions…

]]> By: Franziska http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23080 Franziska Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:22:59 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/04/09/enje-roller-shades/#comment-23080 very cool idea. We also don't have custom windows. Thanks for the great tip! very cool idea. We also don’t have custom windows. Thanks for the great tip!

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