Best Blinds for Each Room in Your Home

You might think the best blinds for your windows stop at the type and colour you want, but it can be a little more complicated than that. Often the best window blinds depend on the room, its position and what the window looks out on to.

You might know which colour or pattern you want that suits your style, but if your living room faces south and your bedroom faces north, they’ll need different types of blind, material or treatment. Similarly, you will need different types of blind in your bathroom or kitchen to your living room and bedroom.

Whatever the room, we have the window blinds to suit the windows you have.

The best blinds for your living room can be about the perfect look or practical functionality - or a combination of both.

• warmth - If your main concern is retaining warmth and keeping cost, choose a fabric blind with a thermal treatment or lining in a rich colour or pattern.
• Privacy - Your living room might face a busy street, in which case a double roller blind might be a good choice. with a translucent blind that lets in light but obscures the view from outside, and a fabric blind that blocks light and improves thermal efficiency for the colder evenings. You could also opt for a venetian blind, which can be adjusted to let the light in but make it harder for people to see into your home.
• Design & style – This often plays the biggest part in most living room window choices. A modern style will be well-suited to a wooden venetian blind in natural or neutral colours. A more traditional or cosy space might be better served by a fabric Roman blind.
• Space – If you’re short on space then you’ll need a blind that fits nearly into a window space and folds away neatly too. For this the best options are roller blinds, pleated blinds, perfect-fit blinds and venetian blinds.
• Light – If your living room faces south, you’ll want a thermal treatment that mitigates the heat of the sun in the hot months, a blind with subtle light diffusion, or a blind that you can adjust easily. All our fabric blinds are offered with thermal treatment, including roller, double roller, vertical, Roman and pleated. However, it might be that you want to mitigate the light but not lose it altogether, making Venetian or vertical the best choice, as they can be adjusted to allow in some light, but are not as all or nothing as some other blinds.

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The best blinds for your bedroom should combine strong light exclusion with style options to match your inner sanctum. Privacy is also an important factor, so you may want blinds with multi functionality.

• Privacy – Your bedroom is often one of the most private rooms in the home, so you’ll need blinds that can provide that. Fabric blinds like Roman blinds add cosiness as well as being good at obscuring you. Venetian blinds can be a good option for this, but they might not be suited to rooms that get a lot of sunlight in the morning,
• Light – If your bedroom faces the sunlight, then blackout treatment is essential to aid peaceful sleep. Top options here are Roman blinds, roller blinds or even double roller blinds.
• Design & Style – Your bedroom should be a calming space where you feel your most relaxed. Choosing blinds that match that mood for you is important. Roller blinds have the widest range of cutomisation available to match any style and taste. If you want something more cosy, then Roman blinds are a good option too.
• Warmth – If you have a north-facing room or a colder one and need to keep the heat in, almost all our blinds have thermal treatment available. A good blind for keeping in the heat is a pleated blind with its accordion design, the air getting trapped in the pockets.

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Kitchens are busy places, with cooking, washing, steam and general day-to-day activity, your kitchen blinds will go through a lot. Because of this, the best kitchen blinds are durable. Other key considerations include light control and privacy.

• Durability – The best blinds for a kitchen stand up to moisture and grease, so it might be best to steer clear of traditional fabric or natural wood. Wipe-clean roller blinds or fauxwood venetian blinds are great options.
• Light – Kitchens are often the heart of a home, so you want to make the most of the light that comes in. Fauxwood venetian blinds let you control just how much light you want in your room.
• Privacy – If your kitchen is overlooked or on street level, you need blinds that give you privacy. Roller blinds and double roller blinds are good options here.

All-round – Venetian blinds are likely still your best bet for combining all three factors. They are durable, easy to maintain and you can easily adjust them for both privacy and controlling how much light comes in.

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Bathroom blinds need to stand up to high humidity levels, making durable moisture-resistant fabrics and materials important. The best bathroom blinds will also provide high levels of privacy and good light control.

• Durability – The best blinds for your bathroom need to be able to stand up to high moisture levels. Roller blinds made with wipe-clean moisture-resistant fabric are an obvious choice. Fauxwood venetian blinds are also durable, water-resistant and easy to maintain.
• Privacy – Privacy is key in a bathroom, even with obscured windows, silhouettes can be seen through blinds. Our day and night blinds are designed to provide flexible levels of privacy and light. Venetian blinds are solid, so they provide good privacy when fully closed or tilted.
• Light – While we need privacy in bathrooms, we want light too. Frosted bathrooms windows reduce light naturally, so you don’t want blinds to remove it completely. Venetian blinds let light bleed in at the edges, and adjustable louvres mean you can set light and privacy to suit you.

All-round – The best blinds for bathroom windows are fauxwood venetian blinds. They provide flexible light and privacy while being moisture-resistant and easy to maintain. Moisture-resistant roller blinds would also be a good option, but do not offer the same level of flexibility and privacy as venetian blinds.

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The best blinds for bay windows need to be versatile, as they are often located in rooms where we spend a lot of time. A key concern is insulation, because bay windows are often colder because they have several windows and a lower insulated structure. Other considerations are privacy from the road and good light control.

• Insulation – A lot of bay windows are found on heritage properties, and therefore not well insulated. Some may still be single glazed. The best blinds for bay windows in this case are likely heavier fabric blinds like Roman blinds, vertical blinds or some roller blinds.
• Privacy – Often on the ground floor, bay windows usually face out to a street, meaning you need more privacy. Fabric blinds like Roman, roller, pleated or vertical might be good options. Alternatively, venetian blinds can be adjusted to maintain privacy while letting in light.
• Light – Bay windows are big and bright so the best blinds for bay windows help bring as much light in as possible. The most flexible blinds for light control are venetian blinds or vertical blinds, but venetian blinds aren’t great at insulating and fabric blinds aren’t as attractive as other options. Roller and Roman blinds closed by a third or half maintain privacy but let in enough light.

All-round – Depending on what you most key concern is, Roman blinds or Roller blinds are probably the best blinds for bay windows. They fit neatly into the sections of the bay and have plenty of customisation to help match your style. Roman blinds probably have the edge, as they have thicker fabric options to give you more insulation and keep you cosier in colder months.

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Conservatory blinds control heat and sunshine during the warmer months, helping to keep the space at a comfortable temperature. So both light control and thermal performance are key, but privacy is important too.

• Light – The best thing about a conservatory is light, so you need blinds with brilliant light control. Perfect fit blinds are ideal, with venetian, roller and pleated options – all of which give you good light control. Alternatively, vertical blinds are a classic option with individual panels that can be tilted for more light control.
• Warmth/Heat – A fabric blind with thermally treated fabric is the obvious choice for a conservatory you use all year. Roman or pleated blinds are a good choice, helping trap heat in the colder months and block heat coming in during hot summers. Pleated are potentially better as they diffuse light better than Roman.
• Privacy – With so many windows, the best blinds for your conservatory might need to have privacy in mind, particularly if you are overlooked. Blinds that provide versatile privacy and light control like venetian blinds or vertical blinds are a good choice.

All-round – Overall the best blinds for your conservatory are likely to be perfect fit pleated blinds. Pleated blinds have a design that traps heat better in the winter and help block it in the summer. They provide ample privacy while also maintaining good light levels because they diffuse light, rather than blocking it. Being perfect fit means they fit neatly into the frame around each window, and they have a motorisation option too.

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The best blinds for doors often depends on what you use the doors for and what kind of doors they are. A standard front door or back door likely doesn’t need blinds in the way a patio or bifold door does. These doors often have more glass and so you are more likely to need blinds here for privacy, helping reduce glare in the summer and creating cosier atmospheres in the evening.

The key considerations for most blinds for doors are privacy, light control and thermal performance. With this in mind, below we take you through some of the options to help you choose the best blinds for doors.

Bifold doors flood a room with light and providing a seamless transition between your home and garden. The best blinds for bifold doors need to cover their large glass panes and also fit in with their unique stylish looks. With so much glass privacy is important, but so is light control.

• Privacy – Bifold doors are a fantastic statement feature of modern homes, but if you’re overlooked, privacy becomes important. All our blinds are good at delivering privacy, but Venetian, vertical and pleated blinds are great for obscuring a room without blocking too much light.
• Light Control – Bifold doors are all about light, so you need blinds that give you complete flexibility in their light control. The best choice for this are Venetian and vertical blinds, with louvres that can be tilted, opened and closed to give you as much or little light as you want.
• Style – Bifolds are a stylish feature that you don’t want to ruin with the wrong style of blind. Perfect fit blinds are a great option, available as Venetian, roller and pleated blinds. They fit discreetly into the frame around each window pane, instead of hanging down from above.

All-round – If you want blinds that tick all of these boxes, perfect fit pleated blinds are probably best blinds for bifold doors. They softly diffuse light so that you get privacy without losing too much light. Their dual-layer fabric accordion design also helps trap warm air to add insulation in the colder months.

The best blinds for sliding patio doors, like bifolds, depends on what you use the room they are in for. Often they open from well-used rooms like living rooms and conservatories, with large amounts of glass. They need blinds that provide privacy, good light control and fit in with your décor.

• Privacy – If you want more privacy, Venetian, vertical, Roman, or panel blinds are all good options. The best combination of both privacy and versatility are probably vertical blinds or venetian blinds, both available with materials that are good at obscuring your home from prying eyes. Panel blinds probably add the most cover, as they are naturally wider even when open, but that also means they make a bigger impact as statement décor.
• Light – Having large, glazed doors means we want to bring lots of light into a room. The best blinds for sliding doors for versatile light control are venetian and vertical, as they can be tilted to let in as little or as much light as you want. If you don’t need as much versatility, pleated and roller blinds are also great options, with fabric options that diffuse light, instead of blocking it.
• Style – Living spaces we spend a lot of time in need to reflect our style, so the best blinds for sliding patio doors reflect that. Because they slide as well, you have more freedom in the blinds you choose, as you don’t have to worry about the blinds getting in the way of the mechanism. All our blinds have the versatility to match your style.

All-round – The best blinds for patio doors are probably either venetian or vertical blinds, which give you the control to get as much or as little light and privacy as you want. However, when it comes to style, it depends entirely on the room. Roman blinds add a luxurious, cosy feel with thermal efficiency and great light-blocking, while pleated blinds bring an elegant look with great thermal properties and soft light diffusion.