I love wood woven blinds because they are the same as bamboo blinds. These are blinds that I experienced when I was growing up. Grandmother and Grandfather had woven wood blinds installed on their large front porch. They were necessary in order to shade us from the bright western sun, which would shine in our eyes without it. The porch was a welcome retreat in the days before air conditioning or evaporative cooling so we always lowered it late in the afternoon. I grew up with the outdoor woven wood blinds.

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