Woven Wood Shades Inside Mount Tips

Do you think installing Woven Wood Shades is easy … or difficult? 
You be the referee.
(But once you see this how-to info, you can do it in a snap even if you’ve never done it before.)

 

In the next few paragraphs, you’ll be able to learn how to install Woven Wood Shades with assurance … and a smile. I say this because some customers find the task to look primitive until … ehm … they spend extra hours on figuring out the details while doing it. The idea is to have a smile … and keep it as you are getting your woven wood shades up.

 

Just like other window blinds and shades, woven wood shades have their specific attachment brackets. They also have their specific depth of where the brackets go inside the window.

 

Let’s see what it takes to put up a woven wood blind.

The next example shows you an inside-mount, step-by-step course of action.

 

First, an inside mount calls for “inside mount” brackets.

 

A Couple Of Inside-Mount Brackets For Woven Wood Shades

 

They are different from outside-mount brackets. The ones for an outside mount are usually right-angled. They mount on a vertical surface.

 

The ones we have here attach to a horizontal surface like so.

 

A Woven Wood Blind Bracket - An Inside Mount

 

If you are wondering why the bracket sticks out a tad (notice the red arrows) from the window frame, it’s because of two “obstacles”.

 

First one is the window mullion (center window divider) that protrudes from the back of the window frame (not pictured).

 

Second one is the distance the two cord guides stick out beyond the headrail width. Take a look …

 

A Woven Wood Shade With Cord Guides Details

 

So, we had to allow extra room for the two “obstacles” by placing the attachment brackets where we did.

 

Now, let’s insert the shade onto the brackets (using the precut slots).

 

Woven Wood Shades – A Headrail Detail  (Notice the cord clutch and a bracket slot.)

 

Once the shade is up, the wing nuts tighten and hold the headrail in place.

 

Woven Wood Shades – Installed (Notice the left arrow pointing to the wing nut holding the headrail. The right arrow's pointing to the cord clutch.)

 

Make sure to center the headrail within the window frame before fully tightening the left & right wing nuts.

Pull on the lift cord to make sure the cord clutch works. If necessary, straighten up the valance and liners if your woven wood shades came with a few kinks and folds in them.

 

Done! 
Bet it’s going to be with a smile when you are putting up your woven wood shades because now you know how.