Roman Blinds For Living Rooms: Top Ideas & Tips

 

Living rooms are envisioned as show-worthy spaces to entertain guests, while also serving as office spaces, homework stations, movie theatres and binge-lounging areas. Here, window treatments are typically sought to deliver an aesthetic statement more than the conventional functional duties of light control and total privacy. And roman blinds - by the very virtue of being constructed with fabrics - serve this mandate beautifully. 

Fabric roman blinds open up a whole world of colours, patterns and finishes to clients seeking unique, sumptuous window treatments for their living room windows. Being perfect-fit dressings, roman blinds offer a very streamlined and architectural visual appeal that makes them especially popular in modern homes. Besides, their sleek finish comes in handy in living rooms that want to maximise space or that have heaters and furniture pieces underneath the windows. Roman blinds are also safer options for homes with kids and pets as they drop only up to the sill and fold upwards, keeping the floor free for use. 

However, when the expectations are high and the choices aplenty, some fine-tuned insight may prove resourceful. So, if you’re looking for assistance along the way while shopping for your new living room roman blinds, save this blog post where our seasoned designers share their tried-and-true ideas for made-to-measure roman blinds that proffer personality to your living room. On to their recommendations  -

Make Your Aesthetic Statement with the Right Palette & Pattern

 

Led by the primary goal of creating a welcoming ambience using diverse visual elements, aesthetic considerations will often override functional requirements in living rooms. Variety is fostered to create interest, warmth and depth through a delectable mix of colours, textures and patterns. And custom roman blinds provide the perfect excuse to engage in this harlequin adventure where mass-produced, plastic-y blinds miserably fall short with their limited colourways and handful of patterns. 

Your fabric roman blinds can blend seamlessly with the walls or offer eye-capturing surprises or even serve as grand focal points. Whatever the role you assign them, the endless choice of fabrics will ensure that your living room roman blinds will remain eloquent spokespersons of your decor style. To that end, our stylists make the following proposals -   

Palette Considerations

 

The overall decor style of the living room and the vibe you’re aiming to create should have a say regarding the palette of your blinds. A deep emerald green velvet may serve to define the panache of the Hollywood regency style while a calm white or pale grey linen grounds a Scandinavian home in its hyggelig concept of a light-inundated warm home. Also, consider whether you want an attention-grabbing focal point or a demure roman blind that blends into the space quietly. Accordingly, choose colours that stand out or neutral hues that complement the overall decor. So, guided by your decor style, overall room palette, the desired vibe, and your intent to go bold or quiet, choose the palette for your living room window blinds. 

Pattern Choices

 

Patterns are the spice of interior decor. They bring in the play of colours and shapes for added visual interest and often point to the themes that are central to a decor style. Patterned roman shades are no less than art pieces as their flat front surface works like a smooth canvas on which the pattern is displayed without distortion. So, if you’re looking to introduce patterns to your living room, roman blinds qualify as prime candidates. 

Be it the rustic stripes of a country living room, the sinuous damasks of traditional embellished settings or the timeless paisleys of free-spirited bohemian havens, roman shades can wear them all with admirable grace and elevate them into default showstoppers. So, if your living room needs a shot of pizzazz, a patterned roman blind can assuredly deliver it!

If you need assistance in choosing a patterned blind for your living room or in discerning how to mix various patterns, please refer to our blog on How to Mix Patterns with Roman Blinds. 

Choose a Fabric That Vouches to Your Decor Style

 

Whatever colour or pattern you select, its tenor and vibe will be impacted by the fabric composition that lends the canvas. Texture and lustre will deepen or downplay the intensity of the hues, and overlay the roman shade with a formal or casual overtone. So, alongside deciding on the palette and pattern, also consider which fabric can render the effect you’re aiming for based on your decor style and the overall mood you want to evoke. Here are some suggestions from our experts:

Resplendent Silks & Velvets

 

If your decor style leans towards the extravagant themes of maximalist traditional design styles, look for silk’s iridescent sheen and velvet’s plush-piled gloss. Our pure silk roman blinds are a cherished find to show off in an eclectic living room along with antique furniture and art pieces. But those who want more practical options are not lost for choice as our silk blends and faux silks offer the same resplendence minus the attentive upkeep. 

For a living room that wants to indulge in tactile finishes, our velvet roman blinds are ideal. Their delicate sheen and visual depth offer a very refined aesthetic that is both luxurious and alluring. 

Further, complement the shimmery feat of silk and velvet with bold colours, classical patterns and aureate touches for a true classical eclat.

Cotton, Linen & Sheer Fabrics

 

If your design mandate leans towards the less dressy appeal of modern homes, look for our crisp cottons, linens and their blends. These fabrics look homely and can be dressed up or down based on whether you’re going for a formal or casual appeal. Modern sophistication and casual approachability cannot be better relayed than through our cotton and linen roman shades. 

If you’re dreaming of a living room flooded with natural light to set the mood for warm interactions and family activities, our translucent sheer and voile blinds are ideal as they let in light and do not hinder air circulation. At the same time, they make the room semi-private by blurring the indoors to outsiders while letting you enjoy the view of the vivid landscape, making it a total win-win game for a living room.

Let the Folds Unfurl your Aesthetic Vision

 

The overall visual appeal of living room roman blinds is not just formulated through their colour, pattern and fabric composition, but also their fold style. Rendering scope for voicing a variety of decor styles, The White Window offers three choicest fold styles - the front-slatted plain fold style, the back-slatted flat fold style and the relaxed/ European style. 

While you can read in detail about each of these styles in our Roman Blinds Style Guide, we’d like to throw light on how these styles can complement your living room. When discerning whether which fold style is suitable for your living room, consider the following:

Plain vs Patterned Fabric

 

Plain fabrics look good in all three fold styles, but if you want to add some visual interest, opt for the front-slatted or European fold style. The front-slatted style has a ribbed frontage while the European style has a scalloped bottom, each offering visual texture that saves the plain fabric roman blind from appearing ‘too plain’!

Patterned fabrics, on the other hand, need a fold style that celebrates the pattern as the star of the show. So, they benefit most from the back-slatted style and relaxed/ European style that offer a continuous frontage, free of slat lines, thus minimising the scope for distortion of the pattern. This is an especially important consideration for large-scale patterns and scattered patterns which are best shown off on a continuous surface. The choice of fold style for small and medium-scale patterns can come down to the client's personal preference as smaller scales work equally well with all fold styles.

Decor Style

Though the straight bottom hems of flat fold shades align with most decor styles, they are especially befitting for minimalist homes due to their unadorned finish. The scalloped bottom of European shades proffers a slightly more decorative detail that is suited to more ‘dressy’ design styles. In formal settings, they accentuate the opulence of lustrous statement fabrics, and in informal settings, they are paired with homely fabrics to exaggerate their casual charm. 

Fine-Finish the Living Room with Bespoke Touches

Since living rooms are functional spaces as well as zones to entertain guests, splurging on special touches and unique moments is worth the toil. From a design perspective, customised touches are a reliable way of stamping the space with your personality and enriching it with character. But, this significant aesthetic enhancement is interestingly brought about by paying attention to small details that when done right, can serve as the punchline of the living room. And, in this regard, The White Window provides two key ways of adding bespoke touches to your decor - 

Roman Blind Trims

 

Call them the ornaments of your blinds without which haute couture is never really complete! Trimmings are not mere accessories but luxurious intonations and whimsical notes that convert ordinary blinds into head-turners. Choose from among decadent tassel trims, opulent braid trims and luxuriant fringe trims for a classical flair. Or, opt for our lush pompom trims or eclectic bauble trims to add a Bohemian twist. For a streamlined adornment, look towards our sophisticated velvet ribbon trims that bring textural variety.

Trims festooning the bottom hems of the blind or embellishing its profiles instantly exclaims ‘bespoke’. It is certainly not the decorative addition you can expect on non-fabric readymade blinds or store-bought roman blinds; this exquisite detail is the luxury that can only accompany made-to-measure roman blinds. So, don’t miss it!

Coordinated Textile Accessories 

Yet another way to elevate the visual appeal of your living room is to coordinate your roman blinds with the plump throw pillows on the couch and chairs. While it is wise to avoid overly matchy-matchy elements if you want your living room to feel curated and intentional, a few consonant pieces sprinkled everywhere aid in building cohesiveness with a designer touch. Head to our pillows and cushions section to avail yourself of this opportunity to build coherence and harmony into your living room’s decor. Also, explore our fabric-by-metre section if you want to buy fabric only to coordinate your roman blind with other accessories you may have in mind.

Make it Grander with Layered Treatments

 

If your creative or functional aspiration cannot be contained by merely dressing the windows with roman blinds, or if you want to take a more dressy route to suit your lavish decor style, consider layering your living room roman blinds with lush and flowy drapes. 

Layering offers the golden opportunity to mix colours and patterns - the surefire way to generate visual interest and make a style statement. So, if you opt for patterned roman blinds, frame them with solid-coloured drapes that tie in with their accent hues. Or, vice versa, complement your patterned drapes with plain roman shades that echo their accent tones. 

For a more subtle approach, consider mixing colours and textures. For example, pair a crisp linen roman shade with vibrant velvet curtains where the linen slubs and dense velvet naps can carry out a rare conversation with each other. Or, pair a neutral hue with a saturated colour so that one offers a vocal visual element while the other offers the tranquil to soften it spontaneously.

Since living rooms are not always looking for enhanced light insulation or privacy, these drapes need not be full-coverage panels. Order narrow panels that can be kept stationary, serving as frames on either side. Or, if you want to go all-out on a sumptuous note, order full-coverage panels and keep them secured to the sides with decorative hold-backs.

Shop Roman Blinds that Add Personality & Oomph to your Living Room

 

Blending with tone-on-tone subtlety in a minimalist space, offering a demure smile in a pastel-y idyllic country home and gleaming with jewel tones in maximalist homes, roman blinds can add flair to any living room. We hope that this blog has assisted you with the handy tips and insights that you were looking for your living room roman blinds. And, now it is time to bring your wishes to their fruition. So browse our extensive collection of roman blinds online to beautify the windows of your living room with refined adornment and the stamp of your personality. On to the shopping spree!