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Gateway to Southern Ireland

On our recent holiday in South West Wales, we were based near Fishguard. A small village on the coast which is also the main port for ferry departures to Southern Ireland. In the second picture you can make out the ferry in the distance just about to depart. Meanwhile if…

Privacy with no loss of view

When looking to make windows private, but wanting to retain the view to outside, 25mm venetian blinds offer a perfect solution. Very private from outside, they still enable a full view of the outside world from inside. If you would like a quote for venetian blinds, or just some advice,…

House conversion

As part of a project to turn a house into 2 flats, a customer, in Paignton, asked me to supply all the Blinds for the project. This included Roller Blinds, 2 Curved Vertical Blinds and a conservatory with the Verticals you see in the picture here. If you would like…

Modern Look To New Apartment

I recently fitted vertical blinds to a new build of apartments in Teignmouth. They gave a modern look to the windows of what are very modern looking rooms, an all round win. If you would like a quote for Vertical Blinds, or just some advice, give me a ring or…

Regular Time Updates in Brixham

I recently fitted a number of different Blinds for a customer in Brixham… It was in one of the many tiny side roads, requiring parking in a car park and making several trios with Blinds & tools before starting the job. Here is a view from one of the windows,…

Early finish to help at golf club

I recently finished work early to help out at Dawlish Warren Golf Club on there divot evening. The idea is to get as many members as possible to volunteer and go round filling in all the unfilled divots, to help the course recover from the winter. Being The Warren a…

New Builds on The Dart at Totnes

I’ve recently supplied and fitted Blinds for a number of the new properties at Baltic Wharf in Totnes. The one pictured was a whole house with Verticals and Faux Wood Venetians, with the picture showing the Verticals in the lounge bay window with river peeps between the properties opposite. If…

Weekend off in London

I recently took my partner to London for the weekend, where we took in a show and the Aviva Premiership Final. Unfortunately, our team, Exeter Chiefs didn’t win, but we had a great day at Twickenham, followed by a nice meal in town with some old friends. The show we…

English Riviera Visitors

A common site in recent years in Torbay has been the visiting cruise ships. It’s good for business in the bay as the cruisers are ferried ashore to visit around the bay and hopefully spend some money. There have already been 2 this year, both pictured in this blog. Unfortunately…

Patio area too hot?

Recently a customer contacted me because they had built a glass canopy over their patio area, out in the country side near Dartmouth. They had to fill in one side and put up some fencing, due to the prevailing winds. However, this did such a good job that they then…