Vertical Blinds

Vertical Blinds are an affordable and stylish way to dress your windows. They come in a wide range of styles and colours.

Cream Vertical Blind

Cream Vertical Blind

Vertical Blinds are ideal for larger windows and look great fitted ceiling to floor. Our vertical blinds are made to measure and are suitable all kinds of windows including standard windows, bay windows and patio doors.

Vertical Blind

Blue Vertical Blind

Vertical Blinds are simple to operate and can be set with either right or left control. You can have them stacked to the right, left or centre split which allows you to choose the amount of light you would like to let in.

Vertical Blind

Cream Vertical Blind

You can also alter the tilt of the vane which allows you to create more privacy and control the amount of sunlight entering your room.

How to measure your windows for Wooden Venetian Blinds

How to measure your windows for Wooden Venetian Blinds

Follow these easy steps on how to measure your window for your wooden Venetian blinds. Firstly you need to decide if you would like to fit your Wooden Venetian Blind outside the recess or inside the recess.

Wooden Blinds

Wooden Blinds

Recess Size

  • Take 3 measurements for the width of the window recess as shown in the picture.
  • Use the smallest of these measurements.
  • Do the same for the drop, again taking the smallest measurement.
  • Do not deduct anything from the drop measurement.
  • The drop includes any pelmets or valances at the top of the blind.

For recess measurements we will deduct 1cm from the width.

Black Wooden Blinds

Black Wooden Blinds

Exact Size

  • Measure the exact area you would like the blind to cover, as shown in the pictures below.
  • The drop includes any pelmets or valances at the top of the blind.
  • Your wooden Venetian blind with be made to the exact size you specify.
Wooden Blind

Wooden Blind

How to fit your Roman Blind

How to fit your Roman Blind

  1. Positioning your blind

Inside the Recess

Decide the position of the blind so that it will be clear of any latches or fixtures.

Othello Sage Roman Blind

Othello Sage Roman Blind

Outside the Recess

Decide the position so that the overlaps on both sides of the recess are equal.

White Roman Blind outside the recess

White Roman Blind outside the recess

  1. Fixing the brackets

The brackets are designed for face fixing or top fixing to the window frame, wall or ceiling. Blinds between 60cm – 120cm wide will have 2 brackets and blinds between 150cm – 180cm wide it will have 3 brackets.

  • Place the brackets evenly on the top of the headrail and snap into the spring locking mechanism.
  • Having decided the positioning of the blind put it into the desired position making sure it is centred and level.
  • Mark the location of each bracket with a pencil.
  • Remove each bracket from the headrail by pressing the plastic locking tab at the front of the bracket.
  • Place each bracket on its location markings and mark through the desired screw hole positions.
  1. Installing the blind

Press the headrail firmly up onto each bracket until the locking mechanism clicks.

Warnings

Please be aware of the dangers of the chain or cord control around children.

Care and Maintenance

To remove your headrail press the plastic locking tabs at the front of the brackets. The fabric is attached with a Velcro strip.

An Easy and Quick Way to Measure Your Windows for Roman Blinds

An Easy and Quick Way to Measure Your Windows for Roman Blinds

Follow these two simple steps to guarantee you get the right measurements for your Roman Blinds. To begin with you need to choose if you would like to hang your blind outside the recess or inside the recess. We always suggest that Roman Blinds be fitted outside recess whenever possible.

Roman Blind Belmont Grape

Roman Blind Belmont Grape

The Benefits of fitting a Roman Blind outside the Recess

  • Roman blinds that are fitted outside the recess look far better as they dress the window, they also can be adjusted so you can show off more of the fabric.
  • Outside the recess blinds are easier to measure as all you need to do is add 10cm onto the width and between 20cm to 30cm onto the drop of your recess size.
  • Roman blinds outside the recess do not take any of the light as when they are pulled up they are mostly out of the window so you can let in natural day light.
  • The fabric on roman blinds outside the recess will fade less as the blind is stacked above the light.
  • Roman blinds have a tendency to creep upwards with usage. With the blind being held in folds the fabric remembers the fold and when they drop down there is still a slight fold in the blind, this causes the blind to slight reduce in length if the blind is fitted outside the recess this is not noticeable.
  • They are easier to fit because no tricky lintels to worry about.
Alma Lime Star Blind

Alma Lime Star Blind

Roman Blinds inside the Recess

  1. Measure the width in three different places inside the window recess from wall to wall. Measure at the top, middle and bottom. The most crucial measurement to write down is the smallest one.
  2. Measure the drop (height of the window) in three different places inside the recess from the top of the recess to the window sill. Again the most vital measurement to write down is the smallest one.
Aston Pewter

Aston Pewter Roman Blind

Roman Blinds outside the Recess

  1. Measure the width of your window then add a minimum of 10cm to allow for overlap.
  2. Measure the drop (height of your window) and add a minimum of 12cm to allow for overlap we would usually recommend anything between 20 to 30cmts.

    Alma Black Roman Blind

    Alma Black Roman Blind

Vertical Blinds

Vertical Blinds

Vertical Blinds can give you privacy and light control whilst still giving you a modern look. They are a great alternative to voile curtains they are easy to maintain and simple to clean.

Cream Vertical Blind

Cream Vertical Blind

They will help protect your furniture and interiors from fading from the sun light. You have great control of Vertical Blinds and you can choose for them to draw to the left, right or center split.

Ivory Vertical Blind

Ivory Vertical Blind

Our Vertical Blinds have 89mm vanes and come in four different design led fabric collections.

Blue Vertical Blind

Blue Vertical Blind

 

How to Effectively Pattern Match Fabrics

How to Effectively Pattern Match Fabrics

Pattern fabrics have a vertical repeat, when making curtains we use this repeat. To work out the pattern repeat simply measure from the top of the design in one spot down to the same spot on the design below.

Othello Sage Roman Blind

Othello Sage Roman Blind

All cut lengths have to start at the same point in the pattern so they match at the seams when joined; this means that a cut length has to be a multiple of the pattern repeat. Once you have determined your pattern repeat you need to work out the cut length of your widths please see example below.

Belmont Grape Roman Blind Moonshadow Blind

Made to measure Roman Blinds

 

Finished length = 228cm divide by pattern repeat 69cm = 3.3cm

Round up 3.3cm up to 4cm

4 is the number of repeats you will need

4 x 69cm = 276cm = cut length

Othello Sky Roman Blind

Othello Sky Roman Blind

All you need to know about Venetian Blinds

All you need to know about Venetian Blinds

Venetian blinds are a hassle free way of covering your windows. They are a classy option that comes in a wide diversity of materials and colours so there is a blind to suit all styles of décor.

Moonshadow Wooden Blinds

Dark Wood Venetian Blinds

Venetian blinds are one of the simplest blinds to fit and maintain making it a popular choice for many people. The blinds are made up of slats of horizontal overlapping material. They are simple to alter so you can quickly decrease the amount of light coming into your home, some blinds can even block all light from coming in.

Wooden Venetian Blind

Wooden Venetian Blind

Wooden venetian blinds offer a natural look and can co ordinate with any interior décor. They give a modern look to your room and are available in many different kinds of wood.

Dark Wooden Venetian Blinds

Wooden Blinds

Metal venetian blinds look great in home environments and commercial environments, they are easy to maintain as they are made out of durable material. Venetian blinds can complete any room to turn your house into a home.

Cream Wooden Venetian Blind Close Up

Cream Wooden Venetian Blind

How to Successfully Pattern Match Roman Blinds

How to Successfully Pattern Match Roman Blinds

To pattern match your Roman Blind use the vertical pattern repeat. To work out the vertical pattern repeat measure from the top of the design in one spot down to the same spot on the design below.

Aston Pewter

Aston Pewter Roman Blind

All cut lengths have to start at the same point in the pattern so they match at the seam when the blind is joined.  This means the cut length has to be a multiple of the pattern repeat.  Once you have determined your pattern repeat you need to determine the cut length of your blind please see example below.

Plaza Silver

Plaza Silver Roman Blind

Finished length = 150cm divide by pattern repeat 69cm = 2.17cm

Round up to 3

3 is the number of repeats you will need

2 x 69cm – 207 = cut length

Why we think you should always fit Roman Blinds outside the recess

Roman Blinds Fitted Outside the Recess

There are many advantages to fitting a Roman Blind outside the recess these are:

  • It lets in more light in your room
  • Easier installation
  • Sizes are more flexible
  • From the outside the look of your Blind will be improved
  • Roman Blinds outside the recess make your window look well dressed
  • There is less of a chance your fabric will fade
  • Bounce back is not an issue

Roman Blinds Fitted Inside the Recess

Hard Blinds such as Roller Blinds, Venetian Blinds and Roller Blinds are designed to be fitted inside the recess as bounce back will not happen. Bounce back happens with normal use over a period of time depending on the nature of the fabric.

Alma Black Roman Blind

Alma Black Roman Blind

When fitting a Roman Blind inside the recess when measuring we recommend that you make your usual width allowance from the recess which is generally 1cm but do not take anything off the drop. This allows for the bounce back that occurs.

Alma Grey Roman Blind

Alma Grey Roman Blind