The Orla Kiely Roman Blind from Swift Direct Blinds applies the designer's instantly-recognisable Stem prints to a soft-folding roman, with 59 designs from £21.10. The range is built around the Stem motif in its many scales - Tiny Stem, Linear Stem, Solid Stem, Jumbo Stem - plus the Multi Stem and a few others, in the bright, graphic, mid-century palette the brand is known for. It is a deliberately bold, contemporary choice rather than a traditional one.

Who it suits

Living rooms, kitemarked-modern bedrooms and home offices where you want a clean, graphic statement at the window. The Orla Kiely look is flat colour and repeating geometric botanicals - it sits naturally with mid-century and contemporary interiors, retro-leaning schemes, and rooms that want a single confident pattern. The roman fold softens the graphic edge just enough to keep it from feeling clinical.

Because the prints are bold and the repeats regular, they suit a window with enough width to show the pattern's rhythm. On a very narrow window a large-scale Jumbo Stem can look cropped; one of the Tiny Stem designs would sit better there.

This is a furnishing fabric, so it is a dry-room range - not one for kitchens with heavy steam or for bathrooms.

The prints

59 colours available

Orla Kiely Jumbo Linear Stem Persimmon Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Linear Stem Persimmon from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Marine Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Marine from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Whale Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Whale from £21.10
Orla Kiely Solid Stem Tomato Roman Blinds
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Solid Stem Tomato from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Black Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Black from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Navy Whale Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Navy Whale from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Pebble Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Pebble from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Yellow Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Yellow from £21.10
Orla Kiely Spot Flower Stem Yellow & Grey Roman Blinds
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Spot Flower Stem Yellow Grey from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Linear Stem Bubblegum Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Linear Stem Bubblegum from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Linear Stem Kelp Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Linear Stem Kelp from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Linear Stem Marine Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Linear Stem Marine from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Linear Stem Seagrass Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Linear Stem Seagrass from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Duckegg Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Duckegg from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Seagrass Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Seagrass from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Tomato Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Tomato from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Bubblegum Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Bubblegum from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Kelp Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Kelp from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Multi Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Multi from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Persimmon Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Persimmon from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Seagrass Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Seagrass from £21.10
Orla Kiely Solid Stem Duckegg Roman Blinds
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Solid Stem Duckegg from £21.10
Orla Kiely Solid Stem Whale Roman Blinds
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Solid Stem Whale from £21.10
Orla Kiely Tiny Stem Duckegg Roman Blinds
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Tiny Stem Duckegg from £21.10
Orla Kiely Tiny Stem Seagrass Roman Blinds
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Tiny Stem Seagrass from £21.10
Orla Kiely Tiny Stem Tomato Roman Blinds
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Tiny Stem Tomato from £21.10
Orla Kiely Florida Navy Whale Roman Blinds
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Florida Navy Whale from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Linear Stem Aqua Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Linear Stem Aqua from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Aqua Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Aqua from £21.10
Orla Kiely Spot Flower Blue Multi Roman Blinds
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Spot Flower Blue Multi from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Dandelion On Cream Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Dandelion On Cream from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Green Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Green from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Dark Grass Green Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Dark Grass Green from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Evergreen Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Evergreen from £21.10
Orla Kiely Solid Stem Green Roman Blinds
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Solid Stem Green from £21.10
Orla Kiely Spot Flower Stem Blue & Green Roman Blinds
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Spot Flower Stem Blue Green from £21.10
Orla Kiely Shadow Flower Jade & Duckegg Roman Blinds
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Shadow Flower Jade Duckegg from £21.10
Orla Kiely Shadow Flower Pink & Tomato Roman Blinds
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Shadow Flower Pink Tomato from £21.10
Orla Kiely Shadow Flower Seagrass & Navy Roman Blinds
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Shadow Flower Seagrass Navy from £21.10
Orla Kiely Tiny Stem Pebble Roman Blinds
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Tiny Stem Pebble from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Solid Stem Pink Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Solid Stem Pink from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Pink And Tomato Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Pink And Tomato from £21.10
Orla Kiely Spot Flower Stem Tomato & Pink Roman Blinds
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Spot Flower Stem Tomato Pink from £21.10
Orla Kiely Spot Flower Ditsy Red Multi Roman Blinds
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Spot Flower Ditsy Red Multi from £21.10
Orla Kiely Jumbo Linear Stem Chalky Green Roman Blinds
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Jumbo Linear Stem Chalky Green from £21.10
Orla Kiely Linear Stem Chalky Green Roman Blinds
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Linear Stem Chalky Green from £21.10
Orla Kiely Shadow Flower Yellow & Ochre Roman Blinds
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Shadow Flower Yellow Ochre from £21.10
Orla Kiely Solid Stem Yellow Roman Blinds
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Solid Stem Yellow from £21.10
Orla Kiely Spot Flower Ditsy Yellow Multi Roman Blinds
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Spot Flower Ditsy Yellow Multi from £21.10
Orla Kiely Tiny Stem Yellow Roman Blinds
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Tiny Stem Yellow from £21.10

The range is really one motif at several scales and in many colourways, which makes choosing more about size and palette than about picking between unrelated designs. Tiny Stem is the most restrained and the most flexible; Jumbo Stem is the boldest. The colours run from soft duck-egg and seagrass through to bubblegum, tomato and persimmon, so the same blind can read as calm or as a strong accent depending on the colourway. If the Stem is to be the room's main pattern, the brighter colourways earn their place; as a quieter nod, the Tiny Stem in duck-egg or pebble is the gentle option.

Price by your dimensions

Made to measure from £21.10. Check Swift Direct Blinds for the price at your exact window size.

The range starts from £21.10. Enter your window's width and drop for the made-to-measure price, which rounds up to the next standard size as Swift Direct Blinds quotes it.

How it compares

Against a heritage-print roman - William Morris or Laura Ashley - the Orla Kiely range is the modern counterpoint: graphic and geometric where those are botanical and soft. None is better; they suit different rooms. Choose Orla Kiely for a contemporary or retro scheme, the heritage ranges for a traditional one.

Against a plain roman, you are taking a focal point over a backdrop. The Stem print is distinctive enough that it will define the room, so it works best where you want the window to lead. If you like the brand but want it understated, the Tiny Stem designs in the quieter colourways are the way to get the look without it dominating.

The same Orla Kiely designs, at several retailers

Orla Kiely 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:

  • Blinds By Post from £19.24
  • Swift Direct Blinds this page from £21.10
  • Make My Blinds from £21.41

Designs carried by more than one of these retailers include Flower, Jumbo Linear Stem, Jumbo Solid Stem, Linear Stem, Multi Stem, Solid Stem and Spot Flower.

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.