This designer roman collection at Unbeatable Blinds is a made-to-measure range offered in 17 prints, starting from £20.39. It is the retailer's presentation of licensed designer fabrics on a roman blind, which gathers the cloth into soft horizontal pleats as it draws up and hangs as a flat panel when lowered. Although the slug carries an Emily Bond stripe name, the collection as listed draws mainly on William Morris At Home and Ted Baker designs, so it is chosen for that spread of named prints rather than for any single pattern.

Who it suits

Roman blinds suit living rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms, where their soft pleated fall reads as a decorative, fabric-led finish. This collection plays to that strength: the William Morris and Ted Baker prints give a window a distinctive, characterful look, so it works best where the blind is meant to be a feature. It is less suited to steamy kitchens and bathrooms, where the folded fabric holds moisture and is harder to keep fresh than a wipe-clean roller or a venetian.

The cloth here is light-filtering rather than blackout, so it softens daylight and gives daytime privacy without blocking light entirely. A bedroom that needs full darkness would want a blackout-lined option instead, but for a living space where you want a richly printed, softly diffused finish this collection fits.

The colours

17 colours available

This is a print collection, so the colour families describe the leading tone of each design rather than a plain shade. Greys are the largest group, taking in William Morris At Home designs such as Acanthus Smoke, Poppy Smoke and Pimpernel Pebble alongside Ted Baker Velvet Vietnm Linen Grey. Creams and pinks follow, with prints including Ted Baker Velvet Opal Floral Pink and William Morris At Home Honeysuckle Linen, and there are single blue, white, yellow and plain linen options to round the range out, including the William Morris African Marigold and Foliage designs. Several names are velvet-finish Ted Baker pieces, which read warmer and more textured than the printed cottons. Printed and velvet cloth can both look quite different in a window than on a screen, so request a sample before committing, particularly for the darker and the velvet designs.

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For licensed designer fabrics, several of them velvet, the collection starts a little higher than a plain roman would, which is in keeping with the cloth on offer. A roman also generally costs more than the equivalent roller because of the extra fabric and the folding mechanism. Price tracks the size you order rather than which print you pick.

How it compares

Against a roller blind in similar designer cloth, this roman gives a softer, more decorative finish - the fabric gathers into pleats and reads as an upholstered treatment rather than a flat panel. The trade-off is that a roman costs a little more and copes less well in damp rooms, where a roller wipes clean. Within romans, the velvet Ted Baker designs here offer a heavier, more luxurious look than the printed cottons, so the choice within the range is partly about texture as well as pattern.

A note on care

Roman blinds need a gentler touch than a flat roller, and the velvet designs more so still. Dust along the pleats regularly with a soft brush or a vacuum upholstery head on a low setting so dust does not settle into the folds. Spot-clean marks with a barely damp cloth rather than soaking the fabric, brush velvet gently in one direction to keep the pile even, and avoid hanging the blind in a consistently steamy room, since trapped moisture is what ages a printed or velvet roman fastest.

The same William Morris designs, at several retailers

William Morris roman blinds are sold by more than one UK retailer, so the same designs turn up under each shop's own range. They differ in construction, colourway and fitting, so it pays to compare on more than price:

  • Terrys Fabrics from £15.99
  • Blinds 2go from £18.24 woven jacquard
  • Unbeatable Blinds this page from £18.69 printed (At Home)
  • Blinds By Post from £23.87 printed (At Home)
  • Wilsons Blinds from £24.96 printed (At Home)
  • Blinds Direct from £30.57 printed (At Home)

Designs carried by more than one of these retailers include Acanthus, African Marigold, Bird, Blackthorn, Bower, Brother Rabbit, Compton, Double Bough, Foliage and Fruit.

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These are the same designs rather than guaranteed identical blinds - one retailer may weave a jacquard where another prints the pattern, and colourways and fittings vary. Check the specific design, colour and fitting at each retailer before buying.