Welcome back to the Crazy Joe's Drapery and Blinds podcast - your go-to source for expert window treatment advice in Toronto, Mississauga, and across Ontario.

In this episode we walk you through exactly how to measure your windows for blinds, step by step. Accurate measurements make everything faster, less expensive, and less likely to go wrong.

We cover:

- Why you need a steel measuring tape (and why apps and fabric tapes don't work)

- The critical difference between inside mount and outside mount - and how each is measured differently

- How to measure width and height at three points (and why Toronto windows are almost never perfectly square)

- How far to extend an outside mount beyond the window frame for light blockage and visual impact

- The most common measuring mistakes: measuring glass instead of  ...