Custom Blinds in Mapusa: Roller, Monsoon & Wooden Solutions

Space is short in many Mapusa flats, and a blind takes none: the bed or desk can stand right under the window. In the apartment buildings along the busier roads, zebra blinds screen the room from the block opposite while still letting daylight through, and a blackout roller deals with a street light outside a bedroom. Road dust from the market side settles on everything, and a roller wipes down faster than any slatted blind. Being inland, the town has no salt to trouble metal parts or timber, so wooden venetians and roman blinds are a sound choice for the old houses on the hill, whose frames are seldom square.

• Bedrooms facing a street light: a blackout roller fitted close to the frame, with the chain on whichever side is easiest to reach.
• Altinho family houses: wooden venetian or roman blinds, measured at three heights and fixed onto the old frame or the wall above it.
• Shops and offices near the market: sunscreen rollers that take the glare off the counter and wipe clean of road dust.