The Opulent Faux Silk roman from Make My Blinds is a plain roman in a lustrous faux-silk fabric, with 17 colours from £12.17. The fabric is the point: faux silk catches the light with a soft sheen, giving a richer, more formal finish than a matte plain - and the palette of metallics, jewel tones and deep neutrals plays to that. It is a roman for a room that wants a touch of glamour at the window without a patterned print.

Who it suits

Formal living rooms, dining rooms and dressier bedrooms. The faux-silk sheen reads as rich and reflective, which suits a room with some depth to it - deeper colours, layered textures, a more formal mood. The metallic and jewel tones in the palette lean into that, giving the window a sense of occasion that a flat cotton or linen wouldn't.

It is a furnishing-fabric roman, so a dry-room range, and it stacks at the top when raised. The sheen does mean these colours read differently in changing light - worth keeping in mind in a room with strong directional sun, where the lustre will shift through the day. That movement of light is part of the appeal, but it makes the faux-silk a more active presence than a matte fabric.

The colours

17 colours available

Opulent Faux Silk Vibrant Terracotta
Standard
Vibrant Terracotta from £12.17

The palette is rich and a little dramatic: metallics and minerals (Aged Bronze, Industrial Iron, Osmium, Palladium, Light Gold), jewel and warm tones (Vibrant Terracotta, Berry Processco, Mahogany Red, Brave Navy), and softer options (Blushed Olive, Shallow Waters). The metallic neutrals are the versatile, grown-up choices that bring the sheen without strong colour; the jewel tones are for a room that wants the window to be a confident, glamorous note. All sit on the same faux-silk fabric.

Price by your dimensions

Made to measure from £12.17. Check Make My Blinds for the price at your exact window size.

At £12.17 to start, Opulent is keenly priced for a faux-silk roman - the lustrous finish for not much over a plain. Enter your width and drop for the price at your size; it rounds up to the next standard size as Make My Blinds quotes it.

How it compares

Against a matte plain roman (such as Cavendish or Stitchwork), Opulent trades a calm, recessive surface for a reflective, dressier one. Choose it where you want the window to add a sense of richness and occasion; choose a matte plain where you want it to stay quiet.

Against a patterned roman, Opulent gets its interest from sheen and colour rather than print - a different kind of statement, and an easier one to coordinate, since there is no motif to clash with the rest of the room. For a formal scheme that wants glamour without busyness, the faux-silk is a strong middle path.