The Linda Barker collection at Terrys puts the interior designer and television presenter's name to a made-to-measure roman blind range - 67 colourways from £15.99, and a Terrys exclusive among the retailers we track. It splits cleanly into two personalities: a deep run of velvets for rooms that want richness, and a set of patterned designs with an Indian-inspired naming thread for rooms that want story.
Who it suits
Velvet at a window is a decorating decision, not a default - it brings weight, depth and a light-absorbing softness that flat weaves cannot, and a roman is the right vehicle for it, folding the pile into full, upholstered-looking pleats. The Royal Velvet side of this collection suits sitting rooms, dining rooms and grown-up bedrooms where the window should feel dressed; the printed side suits rooms that want pattern with a designer's hand behind it.
Two practical notes. Velvet's depth comes with a duty of care - it marks if scrubbed and prefers dry cleaning methods, so it is happiest away from kitchen steam and sticky fingers. And as with any decorative roman, darkness is a lining question, not a fabric one: check the lining options if the room needs to sleep, and specify cord-safe operation for children's rooms as UK regulations expect.
The designs
67 colours available
Royal Velvet is the headline act and the biggest colour run - Rain Forest, Dark Teal, Navy Blue, Rust, Dusty Rose, Graphite, Ivory, Red and more - a palette that reads like a paint chart for people who like their colour saturated. Velvet shifts tone with the light and the pile direction, so the same blind reads differently morning and evening, which is much of its charm. Jaipur and Agra carry the collection's pattern story in shared colourways - Emerald, Sapphire, Spice, Mushroom - names and palette both nodding to Indian textile tradition. Alda rounds out the set in Multi, Black and Blue.
The two halves share a sensibility - saturated, slightly theatrical, more evening than morning - so mixing them across a room works better than it would in most collections: a Royal Velvet at the main window and a Jaipur at a smaller one keeps the scheme related without matching. Velvet and print are also the two fabric types screens misrepresent most, so order samples before committing either.
Price by your dimensions
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The lowest price we have seen since we began checking (23 Jun).
The from-price belongs to the smallest windows; velvets and printed designs price above the collection's entry point, and a roman's made-to-measure cost always moves most with width. The table above does the honest arithmetic at your sizes.
How it compares
Like the House Llewelyn-Bowen collection at the same retailer, this is a single-shop designer range: no cross-retailer price comparison exists because nobody else we track sells it. That cuts both ways - you cannot shop the price around, but you are also choosing something the identikit made-to-measure catalogues do not carry. Within Terrys' own designer shelf, Llewelyn-Bowen leans texture-and-flourish while Barker leans velvet-and-print; and if the brief is a designer name with price competition across shops, the William Morris guide and the Orla Kiely hub cover the multi-retailer names.
A note on care
Treat the velvets like upholstery: regular light vacuuming with a soft brush head along the fold lines, immediate blotting - never rubbing - for spills, and a professional clean for anything beyond a surface mark. The pile appreciates a rest from compression, so avoid leaving the blind tightly raised for long stretches; letting it hang full-length overnight now and then keeps the folds and the pile even. The printed designs follow standard roman care - dust regularly, spot-clean gently, and keep saturated colours out of relentless direct sun where you can.