Custom Blinds in Aquem: Roller, Wooden & Vertical Solutions

A blind earns its place in Aquem wherever a curtain would be in the way. The compact flats in the newer blocks have little wall to spare, and a roller or zebra blind sits inside the window recess and leaves the space below for a bed or a desk. The old houses are another job: their wooden frames are seldom square and the shutters swing inward, so a roman or wooden venetian blind is fixed to the face of the frame or to the wall above it. Close to the railway line, pick roller fabric over slats, because dust from the trains wipes off one smooth surface far faster.

• Flats in the newer blocks: a zebra blind in the living room for privacy from the building opposite, and a blackout roller in each bedroom.
• Old houses with a front balcão: roman blinds in a cotton print on the wooden windows, mounted over the frame so the shutters keep working.
• Houses near Madgaon station: sunscreen rollers that wipe clean, in a mid grey or beige that hides the film of dust between cleans.