OK so not actually a hack, more a repair 1. I have taken the blackout blind off one of the IKEA electric blinds, partly to change the colour, but partly to fix it. We have two of these, and one has been fine, but one keeps getting snagged up in the mechanism. The edge has got frayed and the frayed bits get tangled up and it gets stuck. They're on a timer so at bed time the blinds in the kids rooms close, but we keep finding one of them half up, half down, wonky, a right mess. I have taken off the blind and kept the mechanism, and bought a blue blackout roller blind that is slightly smaller from Homebase. I thought I was buying the same size, and I was going to have to it down, but but it's a couple of centimetres smaller. It has joined nicely to the old mechanism, so now we have a blue home automation electric blind.
Now the next problem is the blue is not quite the blue he wanted for the bedroom, it doesn't match the paint sampler he picked out so there might be some compromise. I did say there is a very limited range of colours for the blinds but almost limitless ranger for paint, so we will maybe choose a different colour. The blue is only going on one wall, opposite the window, so it might be OK anyway.
I'm at the halfway stage of painting all the things white, that bit where it all looks awful as the paint dries. It'll be fine when it's had another coat.
So blind done, dinner for tonight done, some painting partly done. Time for lunch, a couple more hours DIY, and then pick thing two up and go to the park.
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