Blinds in Anjuna: Custom Solutions & Expert Installation

Anjuna owners tend to dislike anything that looks like office furniture, which rules out a good many blinds on taste alone. Bamboo is the usual answer for a veranda, and it works here as shade, though it should be hung under cover and allowed to dry, since wind brings salt a long way in from the cliffs. Indoors, real wood slats warp in that salt damp. A roman blind in a coarse linen-look polyester keeps the informal feel and can be taken down for washing when the laterite dust of the dry season has dulled it. In the new villas, wide glass calls for sunscreen rollers in sand or stone shades with aluminium rails.

• Verandas of old village houses: bamboo blinds under the roof overhang, on stainless hooks, rolled up when the wind gets up.
• Cafes with rooms above: blackout rollers upstairs, and a clear PVC monsoon blind on the open side of the cafe below.
• New villas with wide sliding doors: sunscreen rollers side by side, joined at the frame lines, in an earthy colour that hides dust.