Custom Blinds in Assagao: Expert Installation & Solutions

Old windows in Assagao are seldom square. A frame that has stood for generations leans, and its shutters fold inward, so a blind cannot simply be dropped into the recess. Width is checked high, halfway and low, and the blind then goes on the front of the frame or the masonry over it, leaving the shutters their swing. Roman blinds and wooden venetians sit comfortably with old woodwork, and because the village is back from the sea, real wood slats are fair in the drier, sunnier rooms. Under heavy tree cover some rooms stay damp through the monsoon, and there a faux-wood or coated roller is safer. The glass walls of the new villas need blinds in runs, motorised together.

• Restored mansions: roman blinds in linen fixed above the window, or wooden venetians in rooms that stay dry all year.
• Glass-walled villa living rooms: sunscreen rollers in a row, joints lined up with the mullions, all on one remote.
• Pool-side sitting areas of new villas: bamboo blinds for filtered shade, or clear PVC monsoon blinds where rain blows across the seating.