How to Choose Roman Blinds for Windows
By Ana Zuravliova
For decades, Roman blinds have been the go to option for countless fashionable homes around the world. Offering a beautiful, fitted finish, and a thickness synonymous with quality, Roman blinds are a fantastic choice for countless popular interior design styles. In today’s blog, we’ll be taking a closer look at these interior design staples and explore why you should pick Roman blinds for windows in your home.
Why pick Roman blinds for windows
Stylish decorators can make a bold decor statement by picking Roman blinds for windows around their home. From the dining room through to the bedroom, there are few windows in the home that Roman blinds can’t enrich. There are countless colours, patterns and fabrics to choose from depending on your needs. These are but a few of the great ways you can add flair to your windows with Roman blinds…
Living room Roman blinds
Roman blinds are an excellent choice for living rooms. Pairing with a great selection of styles such as Cottagecore, Scandi and Grandmillennial, living room Roman blinds will introduce both a style statement and improved functionality to your living room.
Whether your living room is maximalist, minimalist, or somewhere in between, a well chosen Roman blind will take your decor to the next level. Moreover, the versatility of a quality Roman blind allows you to let the perfect level of natural light flood into your home, or shut it out entirely.
To maximise the utility of your living room Roman blind, consider adding a thermal lining to keep your room warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. By forming a barrier between your window and the window, a thermal Roman blind will keep hot air inside when you have the heating on, and keep it out when the sun is out during the warmer months.
Roman blinds for windows in other rooms
While bedrooms and living rooms may be the most popular spaces in the home for Roman blinds, they aren’t the only rooms where they can add great benefits.
Roman blinds for kids’ rooms
Children’s need for great sleep is possibly even greater than an adult’s so a blackout Roman blind would never go amiss. What’s more, there is an amazing selection of children’s Roman blinds available featuring fun characters, animals and landscapes. All Roman blinds are delivered with the appropriate child safety devices but for the highest levels of safety, consider an electric blind which is completely cordless.
How to find the right fabric for Roman blinds
Finding the right fabric for your Roman blinds may at first seem overwhelming, but with a little time and preparation you can find the ideal choice for your windows. One of the best first steps is to research colours, patterns and themes that you like and find some inspiration. Instagram and Pinterest are great starting points.
Once you have an idea of the type of Roman blind you’d like, you can use the easy filters on the website to split your options by a range of criteria ranging from colour and pattern to fabric and style.
Layers of style with Roman Blinds and Curtains
For the best balance of light control and cosy insulation, consider layering your window with Roman blinds with curtains. Since you can add a free thermal or blackout lining to any Roman blind or curtain, this approach not only enhances the room’s aesthetics but also provides greater functionality.
How to measure and fit Roman Blinds
The process of first measuring your window and then fitting your Roman blind couldn’t be more simple. We have a fantastic set of measuring guides that cover a range of window styles plus easy to follow fitting instructions will be supplied alongside your order.
How to clean Roman blinds
Once you have the right Roman blind for your windows, keeping it looking neat and clean is a great way to make it last for the long term. You can learn more in our How To Clean Roman blinds blog.
Ways to maximise your Roman blinds
Whether your blind is for a home office or a child’s bedroom you should first know that there are functional upgrades available to maximise its utility.
Firstly, there are four types of linings available and you can add any one of them, for free, to your Roman blinds. Blackout linings will reduce external light entering your window to a minimum while thermal linings block the heat from escaping in the winter, or entering in the summer. This makes thermal linings the ideal choice for living rooms or other spaces where you relax. You can also consider a premium lining or interlining. Learn more in our Buyer’s Guide for lining Roman blinds and curtains.
Once you’ve chosen your fabric and lining options, you can then decide whether to motorise your blinds. Electric Roman blinds are operated with the simple touch of a button on the remote control so you can open or close your made to measure Roman blinds from the sofa or bed. You can discover more about electric blinds in our buyer’s guide.
Bedroom Roman blinds
As places where we rest and recover, bedrooms are very important parts of the home. With sleep being one of the most important elements of staying both physically and mentally healthy, making the most of your down time is extremely important.
With data stating external light is a leading factor in poor sleep quality, reducing it to a minimum is vital. A Roman blind will help limit the impact of external light but when you add a free blackout lining, you’ll reduce it to an absolute minimum. Moreover, you can layer a bedroom window with a recess fit Roman blind and a curtain suspended above the window. Curtains from Blinds Direct can also be upgraded with a free lining so you can double up on the blackout functionality or improve the bedroom’s thermal efficiency with a thermal lining.
Roman blinds can also easily improve the aesthetic appeal of a bedroom. By picking a lovely cosy fabric in a warming colour you can make your room cosier. To make sure you find the best option for your bedroom, order up to eight free samples from the website.
Roman blinds for home offices
With the ONS suggesting over 30% of employees either work from home full time or part time, the need to maximise your home office’s functionality is very important. Roman blind are available in mentally positive colours which can make working a more pleasant prospect and with the right lining, you can make the spaces more comfortable too!
Roman blinds for kitchens and bathrooms
While bathrooms and kitchens are integral parts of the home and places where we all relax, they’re not always the best place for Roman blinds. High levels of moisture and steam can damage certain soft fabrics but in the right conditions, you can add Roman blinds to kitchen and bathroom windows. As long as the room is large enough, well ventilated and the window isn’t too close to the taps or bath, you can use Roman blinds to enrich these rooms.
Roman blinds for hallways
Hallways are an often overlooked part of the home, but with many featuring windows, a Roman blind could be the ideal solution. Since hallways are where we welcome people into our homes, ensuring a smart, cosy aesthetic is very wise. You can learn more in our First Impressions Count: Hallway Ideas
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Whether you add a thermal Roman blind to your living room window to keep cosy, or fit a blackout Roman blind in your bedroom to improve your sleep, these remarkable blinds will improve the feel and appearance of your home.
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