If you ’ve ever saunter into Home Depot or Walmart and purchase a set of Venetian or mini window blinds — which consist of a series of horizontal wood , aluminum , or plastic slats — you may have wondered whether the blinds should be adjusted so they ’re pointing up or pointing down . If they ’re convex ( curved ) blinds , they take care more consistent point down . But since blinds can be correct , there must be some reason to need them orientate up , right-hand ? So which way should window blind face up ?

It ’s usually a matter of privateness . When youadjustblinds to face up up with the curved part facing the interior of the space and theconvexpart facing the window , it ’s hard for hoi polloi to see indoors because there ’s less infinite between slat . If you pose the blinds facing down , it may be easier for people to view the interior of the room through the spaces between the slats . ( observe that if you have citizenry peering inside your home with their nose pressed against the glass , your problem is plausibly not your blinds . )

Other mass care less about privacy than esthetic , and blinds face down are neater in appearing than blinds confront up . They also let a little sunlight leak in , giving the room more natural light than if the blinds were turned up . This position can allow in UV lighting , however , which might eventually pass off certain surface near the window .

Window blinds are usually seen facing down–just how your neighborhood Peeping Tom likes it.

The time of year may also act upon how you adjust the blinds . Blindsfacingup allow less sunlight enter the room , so you’re able to keep it cooler in the summer byreducingheat from verbatim sun . In the winter , opening the blinds may help warm up a room .

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This doctor prefers his blinds pointing up.