Forest Town is one of Johannesburg's earliest suburbs — a few quiet, deeply-treed streets tucked between Saxonwold and the Parktown ridge. Houses here tend to keep their original character: timber sashes, casements and leaded panes that a homeowner has usually gone to some trouble to preserve. The right window treatment respects that work instead of undoing it.
Practically, that means blinds fitted to the frame with minimal, reversible fixings, colours that defer to old timber and brick, and fabrics chosen for how the light actually behaves under a heavy canopy — soft and green most of the day, then briefly fierce where the sun finds a gap.
The house survived a century of owners. The blinds should flatter it, not renovate it.
Most requested here
- Timber & aluminium venetians — a natural fit against original sashes, with slat-level control for shifting canopy light.
- Blockout rollers — in bedrooms that catch full morning sun through gaps in the canopy.
- Roller shutters — exterior shading for an exposed afternoon elevation, stopping heat and glare before the glass.
- Motorised blinds & automation — quiet motors where a stair window or a high casement is beyond comfortable reach.