The most popular top down bottom up shade style is the honeycomb cellular which offers the best light control and privacy.
Closing blinds up or down for privacy.
For the best light coverage add hanging pleats at the top of your window.
Pull the cord toward the left to unlock the blinds.
For the utmost privacy i recommend opaque honeycomb sha.
How to close blinds method 1 of 4.
For heat control for summer.
It gives you better privacy.
When the blinds are tilted down they could look pretty aesthetically but they provide less privacy as it creates larger gaps between the slats.
The direction up or down to close blind slats is a matter of personal preference but if you want more privacy tilt them up with the rounded side facing out.
When the blinds are lowered from the top small cords can be seen holding it in place which can slightly obstruct your view.
Privacy should be of highest importance.
The convex side faces the window creating less space through which to view.
If the window is lower than the street level then tilting the blinds down will give you more privacy.
However having the rounded side facing out may not be as aesthetically pleasing as when the rounded side of the slats faces in.
It really is consumer preference although we know that turning the slats upward front edge of the blind upward usually provides more privacy less light into the room and minimizes heat transfer into the room.
Sometimes bottom up rather than top down blinds are a solution which pull up to cover enough of the window to provide privacy while you can still see out of the top but you would have to test this out i m not convinced you would be able to still see the ocean if the blinds were far enough up to obscure the road.
Grasp the cord firmly and then.
After years of living in apartments i have learned the direction of a blind s slats should change depending on the location of the window.
Otherwise people can see in from the floors above.
If the window is on the ground floor the blind should be closed slats up.
Dual rollers blinds have a sheer roller blind underneath allowing daylight still but enough to give you day time privacy.
With the blinds tilted up passers by can t see in.
Regarding privacy venetians shutters or dual roller blinds.
When the blinds are turned up the rounded side faces outward.
There always seems to be a bit of a looser gap when blinds are closed with the vanes tilting up.
When the blinds are tilted up they allow better light control in the room.
Most blinds will close completely when tilting down as the slats overlap pretty tightly on each other.
The view and the light will be toward the direction of the ceiling.
Closed in the inside up direction blinds may not have as soft an appearance but there is greater control of daylight entering the room.
Check to see if the blinds are operated with a continuous cord loop.