What are Roman Blinds?
o Roman blinds are a top-rated favourite among the conscious homeowners as they offer a stylish, elegant and affordable solution to dressing different types of windows. Simple in construction and use, Roman blinds can coordinate your room or interior design scheme with an infinite of plain and patterned options.
o Roman blinds are operated using a sequence of vertical cords and are usually tailor-made to size from right quality curtain fabric. Unlike the modern-day counterparts such as roller and vertical blinds, Roman blinds are used over a decade, even centuries, long since it provides an aesthetic and practical solution to window dressing.
TYPES OF ROMAN BLINDS
Flat Roman Blinds
o Flat Roman Blinds are made of continuous and one big section of fabric. It can hang flat on the window and are made of uniform fabric panels lined with well-built bars to strengthen the shade. This style is more inelastic and offers a structured look and is perfect if you're into pattern designs.
o It can also bring a clean and tailored look, and the appeal of soft fabric adds more depth to its design. The distinctive fold still tucks in tightly at the top of the shade, bringing in those beautiful and gentle curves at the window stack, creating a look of a curtain. Also, flat roman blinds do have extra fabric, which adds some room darkening ambience. But then, be warned that the folds may not lift correctly upright in some time.
Soft Fold Roman Blinds
o Soft folded roman blinds are also known as the teardrop or hobbled blinds but are unique as the fabric flows in a rippling effect down the window. This style leaves the loose folds in both lowered and raised positions. Soft fold roman blinds can give various ambience to your place; it brings a natural aura, an airy feel and even a romantic vibe and can be styled in more different options.
o This style lends a more traditional look and ranges to be one of the most popular decorative dresses to windows and can portray a “roman look” when the shade is lowered.
European Roman Blinds
o European Roman Blinds are usually curved up when the shade is raised. This gives a more relaxed and softer look and is especially striking with more luxurious fabrics. Small stitches are used to attach to the cord rings, which makes it create less symmetrical folds. This kind of shade is more decorative and is not recommended for frequent use.
RECOMMENDED FABRICS
o Roman Blinds are adaptable when it comes to different material weights and thicknesses. A sheer and lightweight artificial silk or taffeta fabric, for example, would make a crisp and sharp looking lightweight Roman blind, with little bulk created by the stack of folds and would show off the best effect to smooth the lustre of these types of fabrics.