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I have wood blinds in my son's room and they have very long cords that I am constantly have to wind around the curtain rods at the top. It is a pain!

we have 14 foot ceilings, and windows that go all the way up (nothing to complain about i know!), but the cords are quite long. i installed two very small clear wall hooks from Home Depot on the side of each window, one facing up and one facing down, and we just wind the cord around that when the blind is raised. entirely unobtrusive, safe, and cost all of $1.39.

White wooden blinds are in my children's room with newly added green cotton panels to hopefully keep the room dark enough so the kids will sleep later than 6:30 am. I've shortened the cords as much as I can and leave the rest of the cords laying on the top of the bottom sash, away from my children's fingers.

This is a VERY good post! We can use all the safety we can with little one's crawling/running around the house.

Where did you get your cotton panels pelicolina? I have tinfoil up in my daughter's windows.

I have a post with some alternative (and cheaper!) methods of getting those cords out of reach here.

For the blinds in my son's bedroom, I used "cable turtles" to put the cords out of his reach. These are designed for excess computer cables, but have worked great on the blinds for the past two years. The cord is wound up and stored inside a flexible, round disc. I didn't have to cut the cords, and don't need to unwind them from a cleat to raise and lower the blinds. They come in pairs and are available in many colors - I have bright orange to match my son's room. A google search will provide sources.

They are simple, unlined tabtop panels for about $10 each at Target. Not exactly what I wanted, but they are up and doing the job, and that's enough for me sometimes.

The $7, black-out, roller shades we put in our kid's room have been great! She sleeps 'til 8:30am, sometimes later! They're ugly as all get out, but when she's not sleeping, they're rolled up behind a valance, so we can't see them. and, there's no cord for her to hang herself on.

We always recommend getting spring loader roller blinds in any room where kids tend to be. The spring loaders remove the need for any cords, and are controlled by pulling down and letting the spring return the blinds to the top. This is the best solution when kids are involved, as the only worry is them swinging on the blind material

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