The House Llewelyn-Bowen collection at Terrys brings Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's designs to made-to-measure roman blinds - 75 colourways from £12.74, and currently a Terrys exclusive among the retailers we track. For a designer whose television reputation was built on flamboyance, the collection is more wearable than you might brace for: its backbone is a textured weave in liveable colours, with the theatrical prints kept for the ranges that want them.
Who it suits
This is a collection for rooms where the window is part of the decorating argument rather than an afterthought - and, because most of it is quietly textured rather than loudly printed, it suits far more rooms than the designer's name suggests. A roman blind shows its fabric flat and generous, folding into soft pleats when raised, which flatters both a chenille weave and a statement print; if you are choosing between formats for a fabric this design-led, the roman is the one that shows it off.
As with most made-to-measure romans, think about the light you want to keep. The collection's fabrics dress and soften a window; for a bedroom that must be dark at dawn, check the lining options at order time or plan to layer with curtains - and for a child's room, specify the cord-safe operation UK regulations expect.
The designs
75 colours available
Three families do the work. Tetbury is the collection's core: Terrys describes it as a chenille-surfaced weave that subtly catches the light, and it runs through the widest colour list here - from Deep Atlantic and Winter Moss to Dijon, Sage, Mushroom and Cream. It reads as texture rather than pattern, which is what makes it the easy entry into a designer collection. Oak Leaf carries a drawn leaf motif across colourways like Cornflower, Forest, Paprika, Sienna and Charcoal - pattern, but of the botanical, lives-with-anything kind. And Birdity Absurdity is the Llewelyn-Bowen you were promised: an exuberant printed bird design, in Emerald and Multi, for the room confident enough to enjoy it.
The collection's breadth means it can play both ways: a Tetbury in Linen is a quiet, tactile neutral that happens to carry a designer name, while a Birdity Absurdity is a centrepiece. Samples earn their keep at both ends - chenille texture and print scale are exactly the qualities a screen flattens.
Price by your dimensions
Enter your window size. We round up to the next standard size, which matches how the retailer actually quotes you.
The lowest price we have seen since we began checking (23 Jun).
Entry pricing starts lower than the designer label implies, though the from-price belongs to the smallest windows and the simplest fabrics - the printed designs and larger drops move the figure, so price your actual measurements in the table above rather than judging from the headline number.
How it compares
Among the designer collections we track, House Llewelyn-Bowen is unusual in being a single-retailer affair: where William Morris or Orla Kiely prints appear at several shops and can be price-compared, this collection lives at Terrys, so the comparison is within the range - weave versus print, and against Terrys' other designer romans. The closest neighbour in spirit is the Linda Barker collection at the same retailer, which plays a similar TV-designer brief with velvets and Indian-inspired prints; and if you want the designer-name roman with cross-retailer price competition, the William Morris guide is the place to start.
A note on care
Textured weaves like the Tetbury chenille prefer dry maintenance: a soft brush or a vacuum's upholstery head along the pleats, and prompt, gentle blotting for any spill rather than rubbing, which can mark a pile surface permanently. Keep the folds dressed by running the blind down fully now and then, and let the printed designs stay out of prolonged direct sun where the layout allows - strong light ages saturated prints faster than weaves.