Small Georgian cottage: roller blinds? curtains? venetians? etc...

[muttleydosomething]

I am really not au fait with recent trends in home decoration, really don't have much time or cash and need to do a mini-refurb fast before I rent out my very well-located slightly smart and small house, which has three sashes across the first floor frontage. These are very visible from the street and cover the bedroom, landing and bathroom respectively. I want them all to have the same window covering. At the moment my blinds are ripped temporary paper blinds from a refurb nearly 4 years ago (shame).

I really like the idea of something pale that will go with my white walls and also block out light. My partner and I looked at some tiny samples from Tuiss, but my partner hated the plasticky texture and I admit I'm not that in love with it either - but there may be no alternative. A friend suggested blackout curtains, but these would have to be right for three different types of room and possibly different decor, and I imagine they'd put my bank account in the red. Also, my back window in the bedroom is too small to take curtains rather than blinds, so I've sort-of narrowed it down to roller blinds, venetians or true muslin drapes (are they called voiles these days?). Venetians are a bugger to clean and muslin drapes might just be messy-looking for a rental, so does that leave me with a roller blind? And are these ones from Ikea (£14, and can be cut to fit) any good? //www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/living_room/10701/ And would you go for an off-white in my place, people?

And, no, I haven't made up my mind - it's just that I know so little about this area that I'm sure once I get it done I'll discover there was a solution all along that I've been completely unaware of...

[MrsLettuce]

Ikea black out blinds in black would work well. Off white blinds always look cheap and depressing to me.

[WetAugust]

Shutters?

[burnishedsilver]

Roman blinds?

[muttleydosomething]

Thankyou everybody. The high number of past threads on this topic that are to do with blinds and so on convinces me that mine is a well-trodden minefield. I don't think the budget can currently stretch to shutters or Roman blinds. I saw some lovely wooden Venetians in John Lewis today - expensive! I think I will probably be going for the roller blind option...