I had a blinds company give me a quote to replace my ugly and on-death's-door vertical blinds and their quote was $2,500. No thank you. I found these blinds on overstock and measured to my heart's content and pressed buy. The total for the same space was less than 10% of the blinds company quote. I kid you not. The only difference is these blinds are not lined so they act more as a privacy screen. However, the quality is good and they look beautiful. The mix of wood tones are lovely and have updated my kitchen/breakfast area enormously. Oh, and they can be mounted either outside, inside on the sides and/or inside on the top of the window frame. Love the price, love the blinds!