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Diapers have come a long way. From the days of cloth diapers (that had to be washed and reused) to what I now have in my hands, Huggies Slip-Ons, clearly advances in diapers have been made to save the sanity of parents everywhere who don’t need another thing to do in their already busy lives. […]
If you have multiple kids, you need multiple beds, but what if you don’t have the room for them? Bunk beds are the fun answer for many families (kids love bunk beds) and my friend Kim recently reviewed a Stork Craft Long Horn Bunk Bed, and is offering a giveaway…just use the widget below to […]
This is my favorite time of year. It’s spring, the beginning of the warm weather and longer hours of sunshine, blossoming flowers, and fabulous days at the park. It’s also the start of months of holidays and birthdays, fun celebrations, family reunions, and much more. I love this time of year. Our family really enjoys […]
Did you know that 10% of skin cancers occur on the eyelid? Me either. I also didn’t that 80% of the damage to eyes from UVA and UVB light occurs by the time children turn 18. I participated in a recent call on The Vision Council recently, in which Dr. Dora Adamopoulos discussed the importance […]
Update at bottom (March 2014) After all the work we did renovating our home, I wanted beautiful window treatments to complete it all. My main criteria for whatever graced our windows was that it be 1. attractive and 2. safe. I favored anything easy to clean and that would do a good job of screening […]
WOW! Those shades do an amazing job at blocking out the light, and they are attractive.
I have thick, white blinds, but I really like the look of platinum wood blinds, which I hope to get someday for my next home. 🙂
That blocked out a LOT of light.
Wow they do a great job!
Those are fantastic! The sun comes in the window in our bedroom so early in the morning this time of year, these would be great to have, especially on the weekends. Plus, I doubt my kids could destroy them nearly as quickly as they do regular blinds.
Love your choice!
I’ve never seen blinds that have the inner pocket area, that’s neat and wow they block out a lot of light.
Those shades look amazing and I just love how they prevent the light from coming in.
Love how much light they block out! I am hoping to invest in new blinds or some kind of treatment for our home this summer.
These look amazing.
Those shades look pretty awesome. I’d love to get cordless shades for our sunroom. Unfortunately, we’re only renting and I know my husband wouldn’t want to invest our own money into a home we don’t own.
We have wood blinds – I am making curtains now!
Those seem great! We have curtains instead of shades but those seem so no-fuss. Love it.
We usually get black out curtains, but I really like the idea of getting shades that do that!
Those look beautiful! We have added a sun room onto our house (it’s about 75% done) that has 8 windows and a french door… I hope to put plantation shutters on them. Then eventually have plantation shutters throughout the rest of my house.
I’ve seen those, and am considering plantation shutters for my kitchen…they are lovely!
They are. The only trouble is that they are a bit pricey. Sigh.
Looks like an amazing window treatment.
I purchased something like these 2 yrs ago and loved them. But it had clips to close and those got lost quickly Love that theres a draw string
I love the look of these shades and I wouldn’t think that it would block the light so well, but they really do! All of our blinds are the white wooden ones and I like them well enough, but we still have to buy blackout curtains to go over them.
I have a mix of all different kinds of window treatments in the house. I hope to get rid of the mini blinds I have in a few rooms… not a fan.
I could use some blackout shades… I like yours!
There isn’t string (we specifically didn’t want anything that would pose a strangulation risk)…the mechanism is inside and can’t be seen. You push up and pull down on a tab at the bottom and it moves up and down that way.
We need new blinds in our master bedroom. The ones that came with the house don’t do a good job blocking light at all. Those look amazing and I love how they are mounted inside your windows.
Those really seem to block out the light well. I would love to get new blinds for upstairs.
I really like those shades. We need something new for our bedroom.
I would love to have these in my home. The ones I have with the slats always get turned every which way.
Those look beautiful.
All our blinds in our new home are custom but not black out. I like the idea of having black out shades- right now we use black out curtains.
I like these. We had a different one in my son’s room and they kept breaking.
I absolutely love how much light your new blinds block out. That will do wonders for your energy bill as well. Our blinds are wider slats which are made of white wood and not plastic. They are durable but let in a fair amount of sunshine as well.
What a great way to ensure your kids sleep as much as they need and not just wake up because of the excess light.
I am in love with your blinds. Our new home (purchased in 2004) came with standard blinds. Some of them broke so we replaced with sheers. We really need good blinds in the kid’s rooms, though.
I love how this keeps the light out! Ours totally fails at that!
we need to replace a lot of our blinds. These look great!
I need to work on this, actually. My son doesn’t like to wear them, so it’s a fight. I’m just going to have to be more adamant about it. 🙂
Cancer on the eyelids? I seriously had no clue.
It’s interesting about you not wearing sunglasses. I’m not light sensitive, but I kinda like the squinting because I feel like it’s my body’s natural protection against light entering the eye, but if it’s the eyelids I need to be worrying about too, I guess I need to change a thing or two and wear the sunglasses more!
Wow, that is a really scary thought.
That’s a very interesting infographic. All three of us need corrective lenses and I take eye health very seriously, yet I don’t always where sunglasses either! Shame on me!
I wish my daughter would keep her sunglasses on.
I had no idea that children’s eyes were so at risk due to the sun! Thankfully, my kids enjoy rocking their sunglasses.
People just don’t realize the damaging effects the sun can have. Thanks for sharing the info!
I always think of this! I try to keep their eyes protected when they are at the park
I was on vacation when I heard about cancer of the eyelids. I didn’t want tan lines on my face from my huge sunglasses so took them off while at the beach but after hearing about this and realizing I didn’t apply sunscreen to my eyelids, I quickly put them back on. I’ll just deal with the uneven tan using makeup, definitely beats cancer.
Sunglasses were one of the first things I made sure the boys had before we left for our trip this summer!
I had no idea sunglasses are this important.