Bathroom Blinds: Moisture, Privacy and What Not to Fit

Humidity is constant, not occasional

A bathroom does not dry out between showers in winter, so the material sits in damp air for months rather than getting wet and drying. Real timber swells and the finish lifts. Woven fabric holds moisture and eventually spots with mould along the bottom rail, which is the coldest part of the blind and where condensation collects. PVC, composite faux-wood and powder-coated aluminium are unaffected by any of it.

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Privacy without turning the room into a cupboard

Most bathroom windows are small and high and provide all of the room's natural light, so a solid blockout blind makes the room permanently dependent on the ceiling light. A tilted Venetian slat gives complete privacy while still throwing light up at the ceiling, and a light-filtering roller keeps the room bright while making shapes unreadable from outside.

Fit it clear of the splash zone

A blind over a bath or beside a shower screen gets direct water, not just steam, and no blind is improved by that. Where the window sits inside the wet area, mount it outside the recess and high enough to clear the screen, or specify PVC vanes and accept that it will need wiping down more often than a blind elsewhere in the house.