Choosing The Best Roman Blinds For Your Home

Roman blinds, blinds that gather into pleats or folds when raised

, are becoming an increasingly popular choice for window coverings, favoured for their practicality, affordability and style. A broad selection of materials, colours, patterns, fabrics and styles offers endless design possibilities. With so many fashionable options, choosing the right Roman blinds for your home can be a bit challenging. Criteria such as the size, style and proportion of the window itself, as well as the decorative style and ambience of the room, can help inform purchasing decisions.

The Right Blind for the Right Window

Although most people mount Roman blinds over the window frame, when the frame or woodwork around a window is distinctive, mounting the blinds within the frame can emphasise the window's architectural elements. For natural wood framework, match the colour of the blinds to complement the tones of the stained or polished wood. Wood or bamboo Roman blinds mounted within the window frame will echo the natural look of the wood. A patterned blind that includes shades from the frame will present a softer look, while still complementing the woodwork.

Mounting the Roman blinds over the window frames is popular because it plays up the style of the room, rather than the window itself. For a room with windows in different sizes and shapes, over-mounts can help create a cohesive feeling to the room and will disguise unattractive frames as well.

Light Considerations

When choosing materials, colours and patterns for Roman blinds, it's important to consider how the choice will affect the amount of natural light that enters the room. Choosing a light fabric in a pale colour or pattern will allow the light to shine through, even when the blinds are drawn, and can create a beautiful, luminescent window treatment. When the blinds will be raised for most of the day, a patterned blind offers visual interest, creating a valance that caps the window with ornament and style.

A Question of Style

Roman blinds can be soft and billowing or tailored and chic. Some are designed so that the folds lie completely flat when the blinds are drawn. Others lift in loosely gathered swags and curves. This diversity ensures that there is a Roman blind for every decorative style. When choosing blinds to match a specific decorating scheme, the choice shouldn't be limited to the type of Roman blind. In a modern neutral-toned room, for example, with a careful choice of material and colour, a softer-looking blind can look as contemporary as a flat blind. A charcoal-grey blind crafted in heavy linen that creates deep, shadowy billows when partially drawn makes a strong, sculptural statement in a modern room.

Whether you're choosing window coverings for one window or for an entire home, considering your windows' shapes and sizes, the style of the rooms and the amount of sunlight you want to let in and keep out can help determine which Roman blinds are right for you.

by: Jamie Simpson

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