ODL Add On Blinds for Raised Frame Doors - Home Improvement - Easy to Install Use and Maintain

Great product easy to install Read more

Finally put our blinds up and they look great....easy to install without any problems. Read more

Arrived two days early super easy to install and it works great Read more

Good quality. Just need to make it easier to remove red clip. Read more

Update Sept 5, 2025: This bad boy is still going strong. Looks and works like it did the day I installed it years ago. --------- I bookmarked this after seeing a neighbor's several years ago and I finally made the plunge to order it. It arrived faster than advertised and was well-packaged. Nothing damaged. The included instructions were solid although I also used the video on the site that quickly shows you what to do. It took me about 30 minutes to install and most of the time was spent getting the screw covers off my existing frame. Those were a pain to get out and several of them broke in the process. This has nothing to do with this product but I wanted to share. If I cared enough, I might've bought spare covers to put in place of the older ones but the good news is that the ODL covers them from being visible anyway so it's not really a factor. So far so good. The mount seems pretty solid. The slider to raise and lower the blinds seems to "catch" and require a little effort sometimes to move but gentle pressure (so far) does the trick. Hopefully it doesn't get more difficult over time. The clean look of this unit vs. the external hanging blinds is amazing. Being able to get full visibility out of that window is also great -- the old blinds were mounted open (as it was on a door) so all I could do is close/open them and not raise them up or down. So it's like a new window you can actually see out of now. Another benefit for me is that my old blinds would make an awful noise smacking against the door anytime someone opens/closes that door and that's now gone. :) I'd buy this again in a heartbeat. ----edit: fixed a typo---- Read more

SOME MINOR ISSUES We had cloth panels (white sheer under a solid 'waisted' brown) on the door which helped privacy, but reduced light. The kitchen has a northern exposure (less sun), so the main overhead light was often on during the day. Install instructions provided a clue to finding/removing the plug that covered the screws holding the window frame to the door. I simply tapped the caulk plugs with an awl and pried them out. Only two of the top & bottom corners and lower side screws need to be loosened, not completely removed. Once the included hardware is added to the frame, the screws can be re tightened, re-caulked & painted if desired. White caulk matched my white door, but the frame of the ODL Add-On-Blinds fit over the frame around the window - the screws weren't visible. There were some visible scuffs/dents/holes on my door from the mounting brackets of the previous cloth panels which I filled with caulk (required 3 applications because the caulk shrunk), then painted the entire door face. Had that not been needed, frame installation would have taken about 15 minutes. Mounting the ODL frame can be done by one person, but I'd recommend a helper - one to physically lift/place the frame on the top mounting clips and another to center the bottom of the frame sideways. At 22 lbs, the ODL frame has significant heft, and in my case, it had be to positioned under a lever-style door handle. That reduced my ability to get the frame aligned by myself. With a helper, everything went smoothly. THE GOOD - With the cloth panels gone, there is a lot more outside light coming into the kitchen, so the overhead light is rarely on during daytime. - We have two Standard Schnauzers who liked to look out into the back yard for rabbits. They would push one side of the panel out of position on the curtain rod - and we would reposition it when noticed. Now, during the day, the blinds are fully/partially up or the slats are open - no more readjusting panels, and they have a much better view of the yard - as do we. - With the blinds down and closed, there is more privacy than had with the cloth panels. Nothing can be seen from outside. - Two sliders on the sides - one to raise/lower the blinds, the other to adjust slat angle - work smoothly and require little effort to operate. MINOR ISSUES - The doorknob side of the ODL frame doesn't fit flush against my door face - gap of about .06". I was apparently a bit exuberant tightening the doorknob when mounting it on the door, which depressed the metal door face. Because of the approx. .25" wide slot for the sliders, it's not badly obvious. A thin bead of caulk would fix the problem, but necessitate recaulking if I needed to remove/replace the ODL frame. - Closing or opening the door with any amount of force results in a few/many of the blinds slipping out of the track. Occasionally that can be remedied by moving the blinds up & down to get them back in the place. Sometimes that doesn't work, requiring removing the frame from the door, putting be blinds back in place, and rehanging the frame - an annoyance that I suspect most women won't abide, since the frame requires a bit of effort to mount. - The mounting clips on the lower sides of the frame are thin pieces of unpainted aluminum which are very visible. They're small, perhaps .50" long and only seen when viewed from the side. A touch of paint would help 'disguise' them. I'll get to that when my wife prompts me - again. - There's about .50" of clearance between the ODL frame and my door-handle lever, near the open-end of the lever. Considering there's about 3" of clearance (along the handle) to grip the lever, it's not a problem. - I believe the frame is a bit pricey, with a more reasonable price being around 25% less. But, I've grown accustomed to the convenience of sitting in front of a PC to look for or buy items instead of visiting local brick/mortars. So since I chose to pay the price.... To summarize, we like the ODL frame which adds a touch of modernity to our kitchen, admits a lot more light to the room, and eliminates the problem of dogs pushing the previous panels aside, although there's now a lot of wet-nose prints on the glass. Toyman Read more

Love this! I wanted to give it a month or so to see how the quality was, very impressed. I was a little worried about the fit around the door handle, fit like a glove though. Only loosen the corner and lower spacer screws. Quick install and so much easier to clean the door, the kids can’t break the blinds again, and they stay put. I have noticed that the blinds rise a bid as there is a counter balance, but figure that’s from the kids slamming the door shut. The only downside I think is using the door handle with my bigger hands. Make sure you measure your door for the correct size. Arrived in 3-4 days, was impressed with the shipping speed. Read more

It was very easy to install and looks wonderful. Exceeded my expectations! Read more