You Need to Avoid These Interior Design Mistakes at All Costs

The Failure of Vertical Blinds

As a short term investment, vertical blinds will be functional for roughly one year. Not only are they ugly, but they're also one of the most break-prone household fo-pas on the market. The gears within the vertical blind structure are simply not engineered well (at its core), and the PVC that has to be used on the vertical blinds becomes brittle and breaks over time. Save yourself the trouble, just go with curtains.

The More You Know

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.