Made to Measure Roller Blinds

Are Roller blinds a good choice for a bathroom?

The answer is yes! All of our fabrics except Harris Tweed and Velvets, are suitable for bathroom Roller Blinds, which mostly consist of 100% Linen, and Linen Unions. As with any fabric, the damp atmosphere in a bathroom can occasionally cause a small shrinkage, so please ensure the bathroom is well ventilated. This is advisable for any blind with your home as anywhere could be prone to moisture in the air, not just bathrooms.

We can make laminated, blackout, or processed Roller blinds. Laminated is an off-white backing that's adhered to the main fabric, blackout is the coloured lining just as blackout, and processed is the fabric on its own that has a clear stiffening spray applied to it for stiffness - all of these are fine for bathroom blinds.

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!

Which of your fabrics would you recommend for a bathroom?

Traditionally people like decorating with blues, greens and greys in bathrooms, but any colour goes! Our best-selling fabrics for bathrooms are our stripes, especially the Stockholm Stripe, Stripe and Dash, and French Ticking. The bathroom is often where bolder fabrics such as Flora and Fauna, and Up the Garden Path, Sunflower, Scandi Stripe, and if you live near the coast, we have the stunning By the Sea! The aesthetic of your bathroom will determine what fabrics suit, so a good starting point is to consider what colours are already in situ, if they are going to remain in there, what the paint/floor/door colours are, and narrow the colour options down from there. This is the exact process we go through when deciding on what fabrics to use for our photo shoot Roller blinds, some examples are below to inspire you to do the same!

You can order your Made to Measure Blinds, Curtains, Cushions and more, straight from our website. The online video guide will help you measure your windows for blinds. For a written guide on how to measure, please click here where you can print or download a copy for yourself.

All our fabrics are printed in the UK on a good weight of 100% Linen, and Linen Union, making them suitable for lampshades, curtains, blinds, cushions, and upholstery. We hold a good stock of all our fabrics ensuring delivery is usually within 3-5 working days subject to availability. The same team, who takes your order will roll, inspect and cut it, so accuracy and quality can be assured.

(Please note some images may contain discontinued fabrics)