Blinds Planet: The Window Covering Guys Who Actually Show Up

Blinds Planet: The Window Covering Guys Who Actually Show Up

You know that feeling when you’re staring at your bare windows at 2am because your upstairs neighbor just got home? Yeah, that was me last month. Living near Yonge and Eglinton means privacy is… optional. Unless you get proper roller blinds.

So I did what everyone does – Googled “blinds Toronto” and got about 500 companies all claiming they’re the best. Exhausting, right? But here’s where it gets interesting. My buddy Mike from Scarborough mentioned Blinds Planet. Said they hooked him up with these zebra blinds that basically saved his marriage (his wife’s a light sleeper, he works nights – you do the math).

The funny thing? They don’t even have a fancy showroom. Just show up at your place with a van full of samples. The guy who came to my condo – think his name was Ben? – literally measured all 8 windows while I was on a Zoom call. Didn’t interrupt once.

Price-wise, I was expecting to cry. Toronto pricing usually means adding 30% to whatever you budgeted, right? But no – they hit me with 40% off and free install. I’m still not sure how they make money. Maybe it’s volume? They did mention something about making everything locally in the GTA, which probably helps.

The custom window blinds thing sounds fancy but it’s really not. They just cut stuff to fit your exact windows. Revolutionary? Nah. But when you’ve lived with those garbage blinds from Canadian Tire that never quite fit… you appreciate it.

 

Installation day was comedy gold. Two guys show up, and one’s teaching the other (apparently his nephew?) the ropes. Kid drops a drill, uncle chirps him in what I think was Portuguese, they both laugh, job gets done perfectly. Took maybe 2 hours for the whole place. They even took my old blinds to the dump.

What sold me wasn’t the lifetime warranty (though that’s legit). It wasn’t even the price. It was that they answered their phone at 7pm when I had a question about cleaning them. Try getting that from the big box stores.

The motorized ones are stupid expensive but… if you’ve got the cash? Game changer. My neighbor got them and now acts like he’s Tony Stark every time someone visits. “Watch this,” he says, pulling out his phone. We get it, Dave. Your blinds move.

Look – I’m not saying Blinds Planet will change your life. They’re blinds, not therapy. But if you need window coverings in the GTA and you’re sick of getting quotes that make you question your life choices? These guys work.

5,200+ people can’t all be wrong. Or maybe they can. But my windows look good and I didn’t have to sell a kidney, so… win?

Quick tip: Book appointments for weekday mornings if you can. They sometimes throw in extra discounts when it’s slow. Don’t tell them I told you that.