I hate the window shades!

Fantastic !!! Thank you for the pics. I'm Going to busy this winter. And if I remember, you said the roll up doors were 1/4 slats glued to cloth. My first one will be over the sink, then over the bunk bed. To the Appliance store for a cardboard shipping box. Thanks again!   

Nice Looking ! How did you make a template of the ceiling for cabinets? Where is your TV? Mine is a 2017 172 blue. Thanks

Your cellular shades look very nice, so do the throw pillows!

Well after more time spent in our 179, I'm leaning towards removing the blinds on the bed windows, and making curtains to replace them. You can't sit up in bed and comfortably lean against blinds the way you can with curtains, plus it's likely to damage them. If I remove the blinds think I'll keep the valances in place for the shelf rests mentioned in this thread. Anyone else replaced the blinds but kept the valances? Jen, did you ever retrieve your valances and re-install them? 

As someone who sews, I expected the blinds to be something I'd want to immediately replace with something I could make better. Or at least prettier   I'm actually surprised though, that they are as good as they are. You definitely have to pull / push them evenly. I do that by just pushing up/pulling down with one hand in the middle. I think WhoaBabe's gussied-up versions are delightful (and very helpful blog by the way Jen!). Another approach, as a quick & easy fix, is to put black-out fabric (you can get it in white/ivory) on a tension rod that fits inside the valance. A more permanent approach would be to add rods over the blinds to add curtain fabric (as WhoaBabe's people did). I would go back to the dealer about your blinds coming apart - they definitely sound defective.