Discover the 11 Essential Trends in Curtains and Blinds for 2025

Wondering if your curtains and blinds know-how is up to date? Making the wrong decisions now could leave you stuck with window dressings you’ll regret for years.

Keep reading to avoid costly mistakes and discover how to achieve the perfect look for your windows.

When planning a window-dressing project, the choices you make today will stay with you for a long time. That’s why making informed decisions is essential, keeping current trends and classic style in mind. This article updates the 2024 trends guide.

The last thing you want is to feel disappointed because you didn’t know what was possible.

For our interior design and architectural clients, staying abreast of the latest design trends, fabrics, and technology is critical to bringing their vision to life.

As specialists in luxury curtains, blinds, and soft furnishings, we are at the forefront of high-end interior trends. Our collaborations with top interior designers and exclusive boutique fabric makers ensure we’re always one step ahead, ready to deliver exceptional results.

Read below my ’11 Essential Trends in Curtains and Blinds for 2025′ guide and experience the daily joy that the perfect window dressings bring.

Trend 1: Sustainable Curtain Fabrics That Let You Sleep Peacefully.

A trend we first noticed in 2024 and one that’s gaining traction in 2025 is the growing preference for sustainable, eco-conscious materials like organic cotton, recycled fabrics, and natural linens. This shift isn’t just consumer-driven; responsible manufacturers such as Romo and Linwood and fully sustainable brands like The Pure Edit are leading the way with innovative, eco-friendly collections.

Highlights include Romo’s Elio (crafted from recycled PET bottles), Kirkby Design’s new environmentally conscious collection, and Linwood’s new Stresa Chenille which is made from recycled linen and viscose, offering beauty and sustainability.

Does choosing sustainable fabrics mean I have limited choice?

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: You won’t have to compromise on style or choice. In fact, these fabrics impress with their rich textures, vibrant colours, and improved durability, making them an excellent choice for any interior.

Sustainable fabrics to help you sleep at night

Trend 2: Low-Maintenance Fabrics For A Carefree Lifestyle.

There has been a noticeable trend post-Covid to “splurge and indulge” in what Mckinsey & Company partner Kelsey Robinson described as “post-pandemic revenge spending” on discretionary items such as home furnishings and the new “homebody economy”.

We would argue that this has driven demand for performance fabrics in 2025 as high-income householders celebrate their post-COVID freedom and have opened their doors to relaxed, no-stress entertaining.

They want their homes to look great and last the test of time, boosting the popularity of hardwearing performance fabrics such as those from Perennials Fabric.

These fabrics are stain-resistant, fade-resistant, and easy to clean—especially important for family life, households with pets, and outdoor living.

Now, even trim manufacturers such as Samuel & Sons have launched their own performance ranges offering decorative trims with all the magic but with added durability.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: Stop worrying about spills and accidents. While performance fabrics might cost more upfront, their longevity makes them a worthwhile investment.

Everyone wants soft furnishing fabrics that are easy to live with

Trend 3: Curtains Steal the Spotlight.

In the ongoing debate of curtains vs. blinds, curtains continue to be a strong contender in 2025. Luxurious materials like velvet and wool, paired with rich, earthy tones like terracotta and forest green, are redefining opulence. Clients are even bringing curtains into unexpected spaces like utility and boot rooms, adding warmth and personality to every corner of their homes.


Katherine’s Key Takeaway: We are bringing stylish curtains into often-overlooked rooms such as utility rooms and boot rooms to bring a splash of joy and surprise into these important and well-used spaces.

10 Trends in Curtains and Blinds for 2024

Trend 4: Warm Neutrals Are Here To Stay.

Hardwearing neutrals never go out of fashion, but we are seeing the pendulum swing towards much warmer neutrals, such as rich clay tones, which give a wonderful base for creating bold but calming schemes with deep greens and spicy tones such as burnt orange. Warm and grounding, these colours reflect our desire to create calming and comforting spaces. We see this in the paint colours that our clients are choosing.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: If you’ve chosen Little Green’s ‘Portland Stone’ or Farrow & Ball ‘Au Lait’, you’re far from alone. These colours are huge and demonstrate a move away from the colder grey tones of years past.

Trend 4 – Warmer neutrals

Trend 5 – Add Everyday Magic With Dramatic Braids, Trims, Tassels, And Tiebacks.

When a warm, neutral fabric feels like it’s missing something, adding a braid, trim, tassel, or tieback can completely transform it. The sheer variety is astonishing, with industry leaders like Samuel and Sons, Manual Canovas, Colefax & Fowler and James Hare consistently unveiling new designs. Braids and trims offer endless possibilities for enhancing curtains, blinds, and upholstery—your imagination truly sets the limits. It’s a standout feature in our 11 Essential Trends in Curtains and Blinds for 2025.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: Embrace this enchanting world and let your creativity run wild. Few things bring as much joy as discovering the newest additions to these stunning collections. Bold choices here often bring the greatest rewards.

Add magic to every day with dramatic braids, trims, tassels and tiebacks

Trend 6 – Blackout Blinds Paired With Unlined Privacy Curtains.

The ongoing revival of curtains has brought with it a fresh approach to traditional window treatments. One standout trend involves pairing blackout Roman blinds with unlined curtains, creating a light, floaty, organic look that’s ideal for bedrooms. This combination achieves a perfect balance—delivering the practicality of blackout blinds while embracing the romance and elegance of curtains. The results are truly stunning and have become a favourite among our clients.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: Unlined curtains offer daytime privacy while letting in natural light, turning the old rule of “curtains for nighttime, blinds for daytime” on its head. The effect is delightful—imagine waking up to soft morning light in a dreamy safari lodge setting!

Blackout blinds and unlined privacy curtains

Trend 7 – Layering Treatments For A Polished, Sophisticated Style.

Layering window treatments—combining curtains, blinds, pelmets, and soft furnishings—is gaining popularity as a way to achieve a dressed, sophisticated look. It’s an easy yet impactful way to add depth and character to any room and is one of the most joyful trends in our 2025 guide.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: Think of layering as accessorising your windows—it’s like adding a stylish belt to your favourite outfit. A small addition can make a big difference.

Layering window treatments and soft furnishings for a more sophisticated look

Trend 8 – Traditional Styles With A Playful Twist.

Classic window dressings are making a comeback but with a modern, whimsical edge. Vintage fabrics, frills, and shaped pelmets are in demand, alongside café curtains elevated with lace, broderie anglaise, or trims. Dramatic headboards, four-poster beds, and canopies are also becoming popular as clients embrace nostalgic charm with a playful touch.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: We recently worked on a project using vintage fabrics supplied by a client. While the materials had seen better days, the end result was stunning— giving our client exactly the look she wanted for her home. Café curtains in broderie anglaise were a particular highlight of this project.

Trend 9 – Patterns Layered On Patterns.

Bold patterned wallpapers remain a strong trend, but the latest twist is layering patterns—using matching or complementary designs for curtains and blinds to create a fully immersive look. Playing with scale, from oversized prints to delicate micro-patterns, adds further interest. Fabric-covered walls are another trend gaining traction, delivering spectacular results when executed professionally.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: Don’t let this remind you of outdated styles—modern pattern layering can be dramatic and exciting. It’s perfect for guest bedrooms or cloakrooms, creating an unexpected moment of joy for visitors.

Trend 9 – We’re seeing a pattern here

Trend 10 – Innovative Hardware And Bold Headings.

Curtain and blind hardware trends are evolving with increased demand for hidden corded tracks concealed behind architectural pelmets. Decorative pelmets with trims and piping are also making a noticeable comeback. Meanwhile, clients are looking at using different heading types as a way of differentiating their curtains. Heading styles like Euro pleats and reverse pleats are a good way of enhancing window dressings to suit different architectural settings.

Smart technology is also growing in popularity, with motorised tracks and smartphone-controlled curtains and blinds offering convenience and security features.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: Don’t underestimate the importance of hardware and curtain headings in your design toolkit. If you don’t have complete confidence, this is one area where it is definitely worth getting expert help.

Trend 10 – Wifi enabled curtains are here

Trend 11 – Wellness Rooms: Creating Calm and Comfort Through Design

A growing trend we’re seeing in 2025 is an increasing number of people creating wellness rooms in their homes. Thoughtfully designed wellness rooms can provide the perfect environment for yoga, meditation, or simply unwinding after a busy day.

Window dressings are rightly seen as important in these spaces and natural light is a key element, so sheer, unlined curtains in soft, organic fabrics like linen or cotton are the choice we often see. Fabrics in calming, neutral tones or nature-inspired patterns are a great way to provide privacy without sacrificing light.

For spaces that require more flexibility, we see the layering of window treatments – for example, combine blackout blinds for deeper relaxation with floaty, semi-sheer curtains to let in light during the day.
Choosing sustainable, breathable fabrics enhances your space’s eco-friendliness and adds to the overall sense of tranquillity.

Katherine’s Key Takeaway: Your wellness room should feel like a sanctuary. Thoughtfully chosen window treatments can make all the difference in creating a functional and beautifully serene space. Whether it’s sheer linen curtains that bathe the room in soft natural light or blackout blinds for undisturbed rest, investing in the right window treatments will bring lasting benefits to your well-being.

Trend 10 – Wifi enabled curtains are here

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