Helpful Hints From joe–eeze: Let's fix those droopy window shades!

If I had a penny for every time I've walked into a room, espied a window shade hanging down and asked the responsible party why, only to be told "It's broken — it won't go back up," I'd have about six cents more than I do now.

But so what?

Maybe I'd be a dime richer, now that I think about it.

Enough — let's get to the helpful hint already, we don't have time for this nonsense.

OK, OK, my bad, sorry.

1) Remove the offending shade from its brackets (be gentle — force can wreck the shade by screwing up the spring inside: been there, done that)

2) Roll the shade closed by hand

3) Put it back

That's it: it's fixed.

Still too loose?

Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 above.

What about a shade that's too tight and snaps up as if possessed, scaring the bejesus out of you?

1) Remove it from the brackets

2) Unroll about two feet of it

3) Put it back into the brackets

Repeat until just right.

There, that wasn't so hard, was it?

Until the next installment, then....