Custom Blinds in Parra, Goa

Bright is the word for rooms in Parra. With open fields on most sides, east and south windows take glare from mid-morning, and a sunscreen roller cuts it while keeping the view of palms and crops. West windows need more: a blackout roller or a zebra blind, which stops the heat as well as the light. New villas have sliding doors too wide for one blind, so plan two or three in a row with the joins on the frame members, and think about a motor where there are many. Away from the sea, real wood is safe, and wooden venetians or roman blinds suit the old houses by the church.

• East-facing villa bedrooms: a sunscreen roller for the morning and a blackout roller behind it for sleeping late.
• Sliding doors to the garden: two or three rollers in a row, all motorised and worked from a single handset.
• Shuttered windows near the church: roman blinds or wooden venetians, fixed where the inward-opening shutters can still move.