Choosing Your Made To Measure Blinds

What are blinds and what are the different types of blinds?

Selecting the right blind can transform any room instantly and create a whole new look. When deciding what type of blind to choose it’s worth considering what functionality you would like it to perform. Take a look at our guide below to make sure you select your perfect window blind.

Each blind is specially manufactured to your specific requirements to ensure they fit your window perfectly. Hardware may differ slightly from product to product depending on the size of the blind required and may be subject to change without prior notification. All our blinds come fitted with child safety devices as standard. If you require further information, tips or advice, visit our Child Safety page. If you would like to purchase child safety devices for your existing blinds, visit our Blind Accessories and Parts page.

The benefit of choosing made to measure window blinds instead of ready-made?

Instead of buying blinds off the shelf ready-made, made to measure blinds are bespoke to you. When you buy ready-made blinds, you’re likely to have to compromise on some aspect of the design. Windows aren’t all one size, and so you might find you can only buy something which is way too long, or not wide enough for your particular window frame. For example in venetians this can lead to a gathering of slats at the bottom which will obscure your view. In roller or vertical blinds huge gaps at the sides or just not quite long enough to reach the window sill. You may have a window that is an unusual size, made to measure blinds fit perfect every time.

By buying blinds made just for you, you won’t have to make any adjustments, they are made and fitted to your exact window size. Everything will look just right and you’ll be able to pick specific colours, styles or patterns to suit you rather than just having to go with what is available on the shelf.

Recess or exact size blinds, which is best?

If you want blinds that fit close to the window (a recess blind), you’ll need to measure the window itself. On roller blinds the fabric will be 35mm (3.5cm) narrower than the overall width of the exact blind size, which will allow some light through. This is because the overall width of the blind includes the end sets and the brackets.

If you want blinds that fit outside the recess, which will give the impression of a larger window when closed, you’ll need to measure for the size you’d like, and therefore slightly bigger than the window itself. To minimise light leakage we recommend the blind overlaps by at least 50mm (5cm) each side

In order to decide what would work best, look at the window. If the recess is fairly shallow, and the window has large handles, you may be unable to operate the blind properly if it is placed too close. For this type of window, it may be better to choose exact size instead.

Wooden and fauxwood venetian blinds consist of horizontal slats that can be lowered, raised or most important, tilted. They not only allow you to control the amount of light that comes into your room, they also provide privacy. Wooden venetian blinds allow you to co-ordinate your window dressing with your wooden interior furnishings. We have a great selection of wood colour tones for you to choose from, including modern gloss wooden venetian blinds.

Our Wooden Venetian blinds are made using the finest Basswood and hardware.
They come in three different slat sizes 25mm, 35mm, and the most popular 50mm.
Our fauxwoods are crafted using high quality PVC and are the perfect solution for areas of high moisture, such as kitchens and bathrooms.
These cheaper alternatives not only look like real wood, they are practical too.
They come in two different sizes 35mm and 50mm.
Venetian Blinds can be raised to gain a full window view, lowered for full privacy and tilted to allow you to control the light.
Supplied with heavy duty brackets.
Supplied with colour co-ordinated cords, valance and bottom bar.
Supplied with cords on the right hand side to raise and lower the blind and cords on the left hand side to tilt the blind. Both with colour co-ordinated wooden acorns.
Also available to order with coloured tapes to not only cover the cords, but to totally change the look of your blind.

Blackout Blinds

Blackout fabric roller and vertical blinds will not only help you get a great night’s sleep, they provide the ultimate level of privacy.

Ideal for bedrooms, children’s rooms, nurseries, home office, TV rooms and any other room you want to help block out the light. Please note, standard window blinds with blackout fabrics will still allow some light to seep in through the sides of the blinds. For a full blackout experience, we also sell fully cassetted blinds.

Available in roller, vertical or blackout lined Roman blinds.