love those shades

When you have beach vacation and shades in the same sentence, you think of sunglasses. Unless you're a vacation homeowner, in which case you think of switching out moldy window blinds all with different hardware or untangling the damn strings that no one seems to know how to use.
    People, word: To halt a shade at a certain point, you typically jerk the strings left. To release, right. Also, with Venetian blinds, you twirl a little stick to make the slats horizontal before making the shades go up or down.
   How hard is this? Apparently it is beyond the grasp of most mortals. Hence the continual search for shades that are easier to use. (Curtains at the beach tend to get limp and yuk and pretty moldy after people leave the window open.)
   I have finally settled on vinyl blinds like these. You can wipe them with a sponge, you can switch them out quickly, the louvered light is beautiful—and they cost less than $4.
   Learn how to use them.