While blinds are known for being practical – they take up less space and offer many useful functions such as blackout, privacy, UV protection and thermal properties – our made-to-measure blinds can also bring a dramatic and bold note to your styling.
Whether you are going for a pared-down minimal look or something more luxurious, we’ll give you the confidence to bring your vision to life.
Space and light efficient, ideal for smaller windows
Flexible benefits, e.g. blackout, privacy and UV protection
Neutral or add colour, pattern and texture
Use with curtains to provide daytime privacy and UV protection
We love what we do: guiding you towards making choices that feel right for you and that we know will result in blinds that will bring joy for years to come.
We love how made-to-measure blinds can super-stylishly solve problems around privacy or black-out where curtains may not work. Blinds also often play a support role alongside curtains, offering privacy and UV protection during the day when the curtains are open.
Bespoke blinds are window blinds designed and made to measure for your exact window dimensions, fabric choice and light-control needs, rather than bought in a standard size. Every Katherine Brown blind is measured, designed, made and fitted by Katherine and her team, so it suits both the window and the room around it.
In practice that means two things. The first is fit: a bespoke blind is cut to the window’s own measurements, which matters most on the windows that standard sizes never suit – a period sash that has settled out of square, a deep Victorian recess, a run of windows that need to look identical, or a shaped head that a ready-made blind simply cannot follow. The second is specification. You choose the blind type, the fabric, the lining, the controls and the finishing details, and each of those changes how the blind behaves once it is up.
Made to measure blinds also let you treat a window as one composition rather than a single product. A sheer roller behind a pair of curtains, a blackout roller under a decorative Roman, a row of Romans across a kitchen at exactly the same height – these are the combinations we are asked for most often, and they only work when everything is measured together and made to suit. Every blind is designed with you at your home, made in our West London workroom, and fitted by our own fitters.
Roman blinds are created using fabric, with vertical strings and horizontal rods, allowing the blind to be raised in folds like a concertina. Add decorative pulls, trims and shaped bottoms to add interest.
A variation on the Roman blind is the London blind, which gives a slightly softer look as the blind has more fullness, which blouses out as the blind is raised.
Roller blinds can be used alone or with other window dressings and are often used behind curtains and Roman blinds to give additional blackout properties or daytime privacy.
Stylish horizontal slatted wooden blinds are often used at ground level to achieve a traditional look which maintains a degree of privacy even when open.
We are a Velux blinds stockist and can also source skylight blinds suitable for other makes of skylight windows. We also offer manual and motorised flat roof light blinds.
Motorised blinds are an excellent option for large or difficult-to-reach windows. Don’t forget that they can now be voice-controlled as part of your smart home set-up.
| Blind type | Best for | Light and privacy | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman | A tailored, decorative statement in the fabric of your choice | Blackout lining available, though a little light always enters at the sides | Raised in soft concertina folds; add pulls, trims and shaped bottoms |
| London | A softer, fuller take on the Roman | The same options as a Roman blind | The extra fullness blouses out as the blind is raised |
| Roller | Small windows and minimalist schemes | Sheer fabric for daytime privacy, or blackout fabric with a small pelmet to stop light above | Hard wearing; works well alone or behind curtains |
| Venetian | A traditional look at ground level | Adjustable wooden slats keep a degree of privacy even when open | Stylish horizontal slats in wood |
| Skylight | Velux and other skylight windows | Manual and motorised options, including flat roof lights | We are a Velux stockist and can source blinds for other makes |
| Motorised | Large or difficult-to-reach windows | Operated at the touch of a button | Can be voice-controlled as part of a smart home set-up |
We take all the time it takes to understand your needs, guide you through the options, and perfectly capture your vision.
We believe in complete transparency and provide detailed itemised estimates from the start, and will work with you to get the best results with your budget.
We present inspiring ideas, fabrics, trimmings and colour combinations, helping you see possibilities you may not have considered – creating fabulous, not average, interiors.
Our experienced and dedicated craftspeople lovingly create each item by hand, using the best quality materials and equipment.
Our trusted fitters work to the highest standards to ensure the perfect fit and function for years to come.
Roman, roller and blackout blinds measured, made and fitted by Katherine and the team for homes in Barnes, Battersea, Belgravia, Chelsea, Chiswick, Clapham, Fulham, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Kew, Notting Hill, Wandsworth, West London and Surrey. Find your area on the areas we cover page.
We measure, so you do not have to. Getting a blind wrong by a centimetre is the difference between a clean line and a light gap, and the responsibility for that sits with us. Every project starts with a design visit at your home anywhere in London or Surrey, where we measure each window, look at the light through the day, check the depth of the recess and the space above the opening, and talk through fabrics with samples in the room.
Two decisions get made at that visit. The first is whether the blind sits inside the recess or is face-fixed to the wall or the frame above it. Inside the recess gives the neatest, most built-in look and suits a deep reveal. Face-fixing suits a shallow recess, a window with an awkward head, or any window where you want to cover more of the frame and lose less light at the edges. The second is how far the blind should extend beyond the opening. Where light control matters we make the blind a little wider than the opening, which narrows the gaps at the sides – and if total darkness is the goal, we will say so plainly and talk you through the options, including a zipped cassette blind behind a decorative Roman.
Our own fitters install every blind, so the people hanging it come from the same team that measured and made it. Type-specific detail lives on the Roman blinds and roller blinds pages, and our guide to blackout curtains and blinds covers light control in more depth.
A blind shows its fabric flat, and a curtain shows it gathered. That one difference changes which fabrics work. A large repeat or a bold print that would be lost in the folds of a curtain reads beautifully across a flat Roman blind, and we will centre the pattern on the window and match it across a run of blinds so the line carries from one to the next. Equally, a fabric chosen for the way it drapes may do very little on a blind that spends most of its life pulled up.
The lining then decides how the blind performs. A lined blind hangs cleanly and protects the face fabric from the sun. An interlined blind adds a soft layer between face and lining, which gives real body and a fuller fold, and helps with warmth and sound in a room that needs it. A blackout lining blocks the light itself, though on a Roman blind a little light will always find the sides, which is why we are upfront about pairing it with a pelmet or a cassette where the room has to be properly dark. A sheer fabric does the opposite job: daytime privacy with the light still coming through, which is why sheer rollers are so often fitted behind curtains.
We work with the major mills and with smaller independent designers, and we bring samples to your home so you can see a fabric in the light it will actually live in – which, with blinds, is usually the thing that settles it. Our guide to what drives the cost explains how fabric and lining choices show up in the price.
Roman blinds start from £650 per blind and roller blinds from £200, and what a project comes to depends on how many windows are involved and what else is being made at the same time. Some real examples: a TV room in Tooting with curtains and two Roman blinds in Clarke & Clarke, trimmed in Samuel & Sons, came to £3,250. Curtains and Roman blinds in Clarke & Clarke and Sanderson across two rooms in Acton came to £4,300. Blackout curtains and a Roman blind in Sanderson for a child’s bedroom and a set of French doors in Wandsworth came to £4,900. A larger Shepherd’s Bush project – Roman blinds, rollers, a café curtain and curtains in Designers Guild and Romo across five rooms – came to £12,200. Our pricing page lists more than thirty of these with the fabrics used and the month each was finished, and you receive an itemised estimate before anything is made.
Yes, if fit and finish matter to you. Made to measure blinds are cut to your window's exact dimensions, in the fabric and lining you choose, and fitted by hand. Standard sizes rarely sit well on period windows, and a well-made blind will keep working, and looking right, for many years.
A blackout roller blind with a small pelmet above it is often the neatest solution, because even a roller lets a little light in above the top. A Roman blind with blackout lining also works well, though it will always let a little light in at the sides. For the fullest blackout, layer a blind behind curtains. See our blackout blinds FAQ for more.
Sheer roller blinds and Roman blinds are often fitted behind curtains to give daytime privacy and UV protection while keeping the light. A blackout roller behind curtains on a pole also solves light coming in over the top. See our roller blinds page for how it works.
It depends on the size of the window, the fabric you choose, and the lining and fitting involved. Roller blinds use less fabric and have a simpler construction, so they are usually the most accessible option. Our guide to curtain and blind cost factors explains what shapes the price, and our pricing page shows what more than thirty recent projects actually cost.
Trims, embroidered and block-printed fabrics, warm neutrals and decorative pelmets are all having a moment, as part of a wider shift towards fully dressed windows with layers of detail. Read Katherine’s 2026 curtain and blind trends for her full verdict.
Yes. A bay is measured and templated window by window so each blind sits square to its own opening and the heights match across the bay. Shaped heads, arched windows and skylights are all possible – we are a Velux stockist and can source blinds for other makes of roof window too. Awkward windows are usually where made to measure earns its keep.
Kitchens, bathrooms, small landings, home offices and any window where there is no wall space for curtains to stack back. Blinds also suit a window you want to keep clear of a radiator, a sink or a worktop. In living rooms and bedrooms we more often fit both, with a blind for daytime privacy or blackout and curtains for warmth and softness.
