Remodeling a house (gut job) and I knew what kind of blinds I wanted from the beginning, more or less. Once I priced the blinds locally I was shocked at the price and disappointed that I was going to have to settle for cheap, not nearly as nice looking vinyl mini-blinds. I thought that there was just no way an average person was paying these prices for blinds so I took to the Internet. Discovered SelectBlinds and read many good reviews about the company and about the particular blinds I was ordering. Still a pretty expensive investment, but 1/3 the cost for the exact same blinds as what I saw in the stores locally. But these are going to last a long time, will be easy to clean (relatively), and be quite functional all while looking very fancy. I'm very satisfied!