So, the wood blinds from IslandBlinds have arrived. They look good, although their supplier, Premier (which also supplies a bunch of other Internet blinds dealers), has some issues about forgetting parts, sending the wrong ones, etc. Still, Island is stepping up to the plate to get things squared away, and the price was right.

Anyhoo. We have a small issue: PO installed the new windows in the LR bay off level. Ummm... WAY off level (checked it with a level just to make sure I wasn't going insane LOL). DH installed the inside-mount blinds level to the inside window trim. Looks great when the blinds are closed or partially open, looks rather dumb when the blinds' vanes are fully open when you can see the top of the window sash behind. (I do not much care for the look of pulled-up blinds so they'll rarely be in that position.) Partially-open vanes don't let that much light in. :-( We've had them up for a couple of days to see if this was something that really bothered me, and the answer does turn out to be yes.

The way I see it, we have three options: 1) adjust the bracket placement so that they are "level" to the top of the lower window sash even though that would put them way off level with the interior window trim (which is also not quite level to the floor or the ceiling, such is life in an old house); 2) sort of "split the difference" between the angle of the window itself and its trim, 3) do nothing, suck it up and hope I don't notice it once the curtains are up? :-)

I tried to take a picture but I get too much glare from the windows even though it's a cloudy day (my camera is pretty old).

Taking the actual windows out and reinstalling them level is not an option at this time, and probably will not make it onto the (very long) honey-do list for quite a few years.