I once developed an infallible method of getting it right. Scenario: old cottage, fit venetian blinds. Ceiling not flat/level/horizontal, ditto top of alcove, ditto sill, ditto floor. Radiator hadn't joined the party - straight, horizontal top. However I 'aligned' the blind it looked wrong, with a gap somewhere that tapered, then I realised that the bottom of the blind would rarely be horizontal as such blinds usually drop crookedly.
Now for the touch of genius: asked my mate's wife to tell me when the blind looked 'right', put it up and she was happy. My mate came in and said that it was wrong - I gently explained that I had approval (she wasn't there by then) and all was well.
So now you know - SWMBO can replace all the squares, levels and edges in the world and is better even than a laser level.