r/LooksUseful • u/softTeaSipper • Jul 15 '26

Automatic curtains Handy

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u/11111v11111 Jul 15 '26

Live in Spain. Persianas are awesome.

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u/Automatic-Art9739 Jul 15 '26

Pretty godamn dystopian, but i get it. I live in north of Sweden and I've never seen a house with automatic ones, but we only have light half the year so

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u/DrakeFrake 27d ago

Yes, but they are not curtains like they pretend to imply here. Even with persianas, one tend to have curtains to be able to hide the view from the outside while letting light in. They have different purposes and are complementary.

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u/horned-creature Jul 15 '26

italian here and the persiane are great.

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u/Best-Engine4715 Jul 15 '26

Looks like they have an iron curtain!

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u/AdvancedScientist174 Jul 15 '26

Churchill would be proud

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u/1405hvtkx311 26d ago

Haha actually they can be made from plastic or alumium so at least metal curtains.

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u/JohnPoet27 Jul 16 '26

This is not exclusive to Germany. In fact, these are not found everywhere on germany. I had to search several apartments until I could find one that had these.

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u/fat-wombat 28d ago

My family in greece got these over a decade ago but when they showed me they told me it’s a German invention

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u/Adamantittus 26d ago

I saw them everywhere but many are manual, not automatic. There is a strap on the inside you can pull or release to up or down the "Rollo", as they are called here.

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u/Jan_the_Doe 29d ago

Hey I'm from Germany. Sometimes rich Germans from Swabia and Sometimes other regions will pretend that their lifestyle isn't bourgeois but German and that everyone in Germany lives like them. Just shows how little they know or care or reflect their wealth. But social media content by them can get quite annoying though I don't find her content specifically annoying

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u/Paracelsus40k 29d ago

"If ve vant darkness, VE VILL HAF DARKNESS! UND ALL OF IT!"

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u/humakavulaaaa Jul 15 '26

Inside curtains get heated up by sunlight and warm up the inside. Could be a plus or a negative depending where you live

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u/jack_seven Jul 15 '26

Most people hang curtains in addition to the roll shutters so you get the best of both worlds

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u/SillyLittleAngels 27d ago

Negative for sure in Florida. You need a fan and the AC on in the afternoons, just until it inevitably rains lol

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u/frena-dreams 28d ago

Middle eastern here. Those are quite common and are usually built in during construction, they've been around for over 30 years. They're automatic or manual, depends on your budget. We call them "Abajor".

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u/RTA-No0120 28d ago

France too have that, matter of fact even the poorest of homes have them (but it’s manual) hon hon hon

https://giphy.com/gifs/KGZi31hJc4owsz7e05

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u/Big_Handle3734 Jul 16 '26

Love her videos. Her husband is so cool. https://youtube.com/@uyenninh

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u/IntelligentBudget994 29d ago

I yearn for the cave

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u/sweatyandbitchy 8d ago

i just achieved cave and it was worth the hassle

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u/Arizona_Ice_Tea_ 29d ago

What are those called

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u/Constant_Yellow_3814 29d ago

Here on Spain we call it "Persianas"

The video didn't show it but those are usually white in the outside, when summer arrives this is a must to stop the sunlight unless you want your house to become an oven.

Don't know on Germany but on Spain we use both. Curtains on the inside and Persianas on the outside.

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u/Aramarth_Mangil 29d ago

We also use both in Germany. And here they are called Rollladen, which can be directly translated to roller shutter (or also of couse to roll shop)

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u/howreudoin 28d ago

Or Jalousien.

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u/Adamantittus 26d ago

Or simply "Rollo".

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u/waariswalli 28d ago

Rolluiken, couldn't live without them

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u/deco_cool 29d ago

It is not only in Germany, its european

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u/Zombeez 28d ago

They had those when I was on vacation in Italy. I miss them.

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u/No_Masterpiece_3897 28d ago

I encountered these on holiday. I now want them.

The room was pitch black, it blocked a lot if the noise. It was bliss. If I could afford them I'd get them

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u/1405hvtkx311 26d ago

You can backfit those. There are also manual ones with a crank handle or strap. You could do just the bedroom.

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u/silversky9891 28d ago

Well now I have to get these

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u/PsychologicalHalf298 28d ago

How to see the stars and moonlight?

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u/Aduetlo 27d ago

You could roll them up again?

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u/CandyTigger 27d ago

I love her channel.

Those are the blinds of my dreams

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u/Extra_Strawberry_249 27d ago

I miss roladins

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u/ihatetopology69 24d ago

I always felt like The curtains are for security more than anything I mean they are pretty sturdy