I Bit the Bullet and Invested in Electric Blinds — Here’s the Good, the Bad, and the Mildly Annoying of Living With Them, and Whether I'd Ever Choose Them Again

Blue and white kitchen with patterned blinds and rugs, a green pendant light, and flowers in a vase on a large central island.

When I first started planning our kitchen extension, blinds didn’t even register. I was eyeballs-deep in the minutiae of damp courses, roof gradients, and plumbing routes – all the boring mind-bending stuff.

By comparison, window treatments felt like something you eventually get to when your brain has recovered slightly, and your bank balance has stopped sobbing into its beer. Predictably, this was naive.