Do you leave your curtains/blinds open or closed?

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LookBehindYou

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I keep mine open during the day. I cannot stand a dark living room, just looks too damn dreary. I live in a one story house at the end of a cul de sac. With the blinds open you can't really see into the house unless you get about ten feet away from the house so its not a big deal to me.
 

Ns1

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open don't give a fuck. if my neighbors want to watch me eat bull penis then more power to them.
 

thestrangebrew1

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Almost closed all the time. THe sun makes the house way too hot. However, that is soon changing because Fall is almost here :)

This for me as well. I live in a 2 story so the blinds upstairs are almost always closed 24/7, especially in the summer where it's always hotter upstairs. Down stairs I'll open them up in the morning just to get a little more light (I'm a morning person) to relax and enjoy the sun. By 11am in the summer they're closed for the rest of the day.
 

SheHateMe

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I always leave them open. Sometimes I do cartwheels, naked in front of the window.
 

DrPizza

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Summer:
daytime: windows and curtains closed
nighttime: windows and curtains open if it's comfortable outside

Winter:
daytime: curtains open, except on very cold days
night: curtains closed
 

BurnItDwn

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ehh ... front side, facing street ... has big living room windows, then the front door to the house, then the home office, and then the master bedroom ...

I sleep in the basement and use the master bedroom as a junk/storage type room, or for guests ... so it's usually closed as I don't go in there very much.

The living room I leave open sometimes, and leave closed if I'm watching TV in there, or if the AC is on.

Office I generally leave closed since the light makes glare and heat.

Back side of the house has kitchen window, patio door, bathroom has small window, and second bedroom window ....

Patio I usually leave the curtain open, kitchen window I have no curtain. Bathroom I leave blinds down, bedroom I used to rent to a friend but currently is unoccupied, usually leave it open.
 

Glitchny

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1st floor apt. The blinds in my room are always closed but the kitchen and tv area are open a lot of the time. The way the sun is it's generally hard to see in my porch door/window. There isn't a lot of foot traffic either so it's a minor worry. My neighbors also have their blinds open frequently.
 

nanette1985

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Ground floor condo - front faces the common area. back - my bedroom and computer room face the woods and stream. I enjoy watching the deer, squirrels and geese frolic.

I keep the front blinds open so that I can watch what the neighbors are doing.
 
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GasX

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We just had automated blinds put in. They go up and down on a timer. If we hadn't done this, they would stay in whatever state they started in forever be that up or down...