Made to Measure Plain Roller Blinds

Made to Measure Roller Blinds

What Plain fabrics do you recommend for Made to Measure Roller Blinds?

We offer beautiful Plain Linen Unions in a wide variety of colours, all perfectly suitable as Roller Blind fabric.

Stylish, modern and utterly versatile, our Plain Linen Union fabrics, work well within their own right, as well as coordinating with any of our printed fabrics and Wallpapers.

For plain blind fabrics made in the UK, choose from the selection of colours, ranging from neutrals to softer shades of washed colours such as Duck Egg and Limestone, sophisticated shades of grey such as Dove, Scree and Charcoal, to the brighter signature accents such as Sweet Pea, Pumpkin, and Saffron. They are suitable for any interior, from homes to hotels.

Our Plain fabrics are made from a unique blend of cotton & linen. The cotton gives the extra strength and a degree of flexibility, whilst retaining a soft texture to the fabric. The Plain Linen Unions are a medium weight and great for blinds and curtains.

You need to choose the best shade for your blinds by considering the way the room faces, the amount of light you get and the atmosphere you want to create. Do you want a light and airy room or are you trying to create a warm and cosy scheme?

Think about using a contrasting colour for the border on the bottom edge, to add some interest.

Which of your fabric designs, colours and patterns work well with your plain fabric range?

All my printed fabrics work well with the plains, the colours are designed to match and coordinate, and for instance the subtle shade of Clay in the printed fabrics matches the Plain Clay Linen Union.

Pros for choosing Roller Blinds:

GREAT FOR INSIDE A RECESS – Roller Blinds are a great option if you want to install a blind inside a recess because they are really easy to fit, lightweight, practical, easily adjustable with beaded chains (or ivory cord), and visually very stylish.

PELMETS - if you have your blind inside a recess, you can choose to have a smart, perfectly pattern matched pelmet that covers the roll at the top revealing the reverse lining; this is approximately 11 cm deep. It has revolutionised the use of Roller Blinds, making them much more attractive and usable in all rooms of a house!

MAXIMUM LIGHT – if you want to allow in as much natural light as possible, Roller Blinds may be the better option over Roman Blinds. With Roller Blinds, the fabric rolls up at the top of your window and will take up about 9 cm of space.

CENTRAL PULL – with a Roller Blind you can have a centre pull which can be handy on a window behind the kitchen sink. This comes with an ivory coloured cord and wooden acorn.

LOWER MAINTENANCE – once you have pulled up a Roman Blind you sometimes have to handle the folds as they can get caught in the cords, you don’t have this problem with Roller Blinds. It is just one piece of fabric that is adjusted with either a continuous beaded chain to either the left or right hand side of the blind, or as previously mentioned, a centre pull.

TREATMENT OPTIONS - We offer three different finishings on our Roller Blinds: Laminate, Blackout, and Processed. The laminated backing is a lining bonded onto the face of the fabric (no lamination takes place to the face fabric). Blackout is an off-white lining, which again is bonded to the fabric but is ideal for privacy. And Processed is just the fabric on its own with that has a clear stiffening spray applied to it for rigidness.

STYLISH IN DESIGN - You have a lot of creative freedom when it comes to the finished look of your Roller Blind. In addition to a pelmet, you can also add a 5 cm contrasting bottom border. Any of our other fabrics can be used for this, for example Gypsy Garland in Dove, with a bottom border in Stockholm Stripe - Dove, Winter. You could also opt for a Plain Linen Union in Saffron border instead, to go with the Gypsy, depending on the other colours in your room. The choice is yours to coordinate as you see fit!

Also, if you can’t reach the top of the window at all easily, a Roller Blind with a pelmet to hide the roll might be the right choice as you will have no need to reach the top ever. The maximum size for roller and roman blinds is 240cm x 240cm.