Blinds cost

[Sunnyday]

Hi, I'm looking to get roller shades for the whole house. Can anyone give me a ball park figure?

Lots of windows 3 sides of the house. 1200 square feet with little windows in the basement.

3k?

[justme]

Not sure about roller shades, but I asked HD about the cost of plantation shutter blinds and they said it was $23 a sf of window including install. Not sure of they're more expensive or average?

Also went to a website or two and a 51*71 window was around 500 for the plantation shutter.

[Lizard Queen]

I think roller shades are about the cheapest type of blinds, while plantation shutters are the most expensive.  I would guestimate # of windows and go to JCP.com to price them.  It's hard to price them without the exact dimensions, though.

[Bonny]

Costco.com sells shades through Graber.

[bean29]

I would buy cheap (ready made) shades or blinds for the bedrooms and basement and more expensive ones for the more visible rooms. When I buy blinds, I avoid the cheapest vinyl ones, they are too flimsy.  We buy better Vinyl or Aluminum.   Try your big box stores like Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, Walmart and of course JCP and Costco online.  

I have stuff from all of the above except Costco - I don't have one close by but I would love to be able to shop there.

[emma1420]

I've just bought cheapo plastic mini-blinds and it's running $5 a window for my standard windows and about $60 a mini-blind for my large (non-standard) windows).  Roller shades at Home Depot for my standard windows ran between $45-$100 a window.  Which is why I went cheap.

I think it's one of those things that can get very expensive, or can be very cheap.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

I replaced the plastic blinds in my apartment several times.  The cats liked sitting in the window sill and if I forgot to leave the blinds up, they nudged their way there anyway.  An 'average' window for cheap blinds from Home Depot or Lowes ran about $7.  I think it had a 42" width.  

[Deleted]

3dayblinds.com has roller shades and, although I haven't used them myself, I've heard good things from friends.  I had two large and two small roller shades made for my 1300 sf, 1950's home (today's stock size window coverings don't work) and they came to $1500

[tcu2003]

Are you you looking to measure and install yourself, or do you want someone to come to your house, measure, order, and then install when they arrive? We did the latter last fall after moving to our new house, and I would definitely recommend it if it fits in your budget. We had two different people come out and received quotes from each, and then made the decision after that. We had a couple of odd window issues, and they were great at helping us work through different options to figure out what we wanted.

[muttleynfelix]

JC Penney roller shades for anywhere from $12 to $25. If you want them to be true black out, do an outside mount to the width of the trim of the window.