DO you have blinds in your home? You may want to think twice about how you draw yours at night. 

An expert has advised that there is a correct way to have them closed – and the wrong way means people can look in when it’s dark.

TikTok user @virtuallyblinded uploaded a video sharing the “privacy tip”, and their video has racked up over 200,000 likes.

They advised: “Never face your blinds down at night.

“With the lights on, people can see right in.

“Face them up instead.”

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They then demonstrated their blinds facing up, and thankfully all you could see was the slats.

But this is mainly for people who have blinds on the first floor of their home.

If you live on the second floor, you'll want to close them down so people who look at you from below can't see you.

And a second person shared their handy hack to know which direction blinds should be facing.

"Downstairs blinds go up and upstairs blinds go down … always turn blinds opposite direction of what floor they are on," they wrote.

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