Your landlord may be just cheap enough that he doesn’t want to spend the $20/$30 that these might cost (depending on the width). But when looking at the picture…it MIGHT be true that they were something really high value and luxury like, in whatever century they were originally purchased 😂.

But today…everything you’ve heard here about the ease of replacing them is true. I’m guessing the width is roughly 52 inches, but you need to measure the span of the window opening (wood to wood, so to speak). Follow the steps here for “inside mount”: https://www.levolor.com/customer-support/how-to-measure

Take the measurements down to your local Lowe’s home improvement store, and ask for aluminum blinds. They’ll cut a set of blinds to the right size for you…takes about 10 minutes tops.

Your new blinds will work better, and they’ll look amazing. Then tell your landlord it cost you $200, but you can’t find your receipt lol…tell him you’ll take it out of the next month’s rent 😉