The Paris range at New Blinds is a made-to-measure roman blind in 4 colourways, priced from £59.37. The card is a study in grey: Feather at the pale end, Pewter and Slate Grey holding the middle ground, and Charcoal anchoring the dark end. A roman is the most fabric-forward of the blind formats - a flat panel of cloth that gathers into soft horizontal folds as it lifts - so a tonal palette like this plays to the format's strength, letting the folds and the light do the decorating rather than the colour.
Who it suits
Romans belong in rooms where the window is meant to look furnished. Living rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms get the most from the format, because folded fabric has a depth and softness a flat roller cannot imitate; a roman reads closer to curtains than to hardware while using far less cloth and keeping a tidier line at the sill. A grey-led card like this one slots into most modern schemes without argument, from pale rooms that want Feather's lightness to moodier spaces where Charcoal earns its keep.
Two habits of the format are worth knowing before ordering. A raised roman stacks its folds at the top of the window, so a band of glass stays covered even when the blind is fully up - a consideration on short windows where every centimetre of daylight counts. And a roman is only as dark as its lining: the fabric alone does not black a room out, so check the lining options at the point of ordering if the blind is destined for a bedroom. Steamy bathrooms and kitchen splash zones, meanwhile, suit wipeable formats better than layered cloth.
The colours
4 colours available
The four shades are less a choice of colour than a choice of depth. Feather is the pale, airy end, the pick for small rooms and low ceilings where the window should stay light. Pewter and Slate Grey occupy the middle ground - greys with enough weight to frame a view without darkening the wall - and Charcoal is the full-depth option for rooms chasing contrast against pale paintwork. Because all four live in one tonal family, the real question is how much visual weight the window should carry. Greys are notoriously slippery between screen and cloth, drifting warmer or cooler under different light, so order samples and view them against your actual wall colour before committing.
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Romans sit above rollers and verticals in the made-to-measure pecking order, which is the price of all that cloth and making-up rather than anything particular to this range. The from-price covers the smallest size; a wide window multiplies the fabric quickly, so read the table above at your own measurements before setting a budget, and remember that lining choices made at ordering can move the figure too.
How it compares
Against a roller, the Paris trades a little practicality for a lot of presence: the roller is flatter, simpler and easier to wipe down, while the roman brings the softness of folded cloth. Against curtains, a roman dresses the window with a fraction of the fabric and none of the floor-level bulk. Within New Blinds' own shelves it is the grey-led roman option, aimed squarely at neutral modern schemes.
The name travels beyond the shop, too. Paris roman blinds also appear at Order Blinds, So Easy Blinds and Terrys Fabrics among the retailers we track, and prices for the same window differ between shops, with the running order liable to shuffle as sizes change. Our Paris roman comparison puts the versions side by side at your measurements - on a higher-ticket format like a roman, the differences are worth the minute it takes to look.
A note on care
Folded fabric gathers dust along its ridges, so the routine is a gentle pass with the vacuum's upholstery brush across the folds every few weeks, with a soft brush for the creases. Lift marks by dabbing with a barely damp cloth rather than soaking; a roman's stiffening and lining do not take kindly to a wet clean, and anything beyond spot-cleaning is a job to take advice on rather than improvise. When the blind is new, lower it fully and smooth the folds into place a few times so they learn to stack evenly. Keep an eye on winter condensation, since trapped moisture is harder on layered cloth than on any hard blind, and give the folds an occasional shake-out to keep them crisp.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Paris roman blinds are sold under the same name by more than one UK retailer, and the price scales identically across window sizes - a strong sign it is the same fabric from the same supplier:
- Terrys Fabrics from £16.79
- New Blinds this page from £59.37
We match these on the shared name and an identical price curve, not an independent inspection, so treat it as likely the same fabric rather than confirmed - and check the specification and colour at each retailer before buying.