The William Morris Roller Blind is a made-to-measure roller range sold by Blinds 2go, offering 90 colourways across four well-known Morris and Co. pattern families, all rendered in jacquard fabric. Starting from £19.40, it sits at the lower end of the decorative roller market, which makes the Arts and Crafts aesthetic accessible without the cost of a printed Roman blind or curtain in the same patterns.
Who it suits
This range is primarily a living room and dining room proposition. Jacquard-woven rollers read more formally than plain polyester fabrics, and the Morris pattern families - Acanthus, Strawberry Thief, Willow Bough, Marigold - are associated with traditional and country house interiors. They suit older properties with characterful window proportions, and work equally well in a period-style city flat where the windows are a feature rather than a functional afterthought.
Bedrooms are a reasonable secondary use if the room has a more formal or decorative brief, though these fabrics are not described as blackout or dimout - their opacity is not stated, so confirm this with Blinds 2go before ordering if light control is important. For children's rooms or anywhere blackout is a hard requirement, a purpose-built blackout fabric will be more reliable.
As roller blinds, these are face-fitted or recess-fitted to standard window brackets. They are not a match for very wide windows where a Roman blind or curtain might hang more softly and show the full pattern repeat better.
The colours
90 colours available
Strawberry Thief is the most extensively developed pattern in the range, with eight colourways running from the classic Midnight and Merlot through softer Linen, Oyster, Ivory, and Glacier options, and a warmer Soft Gold and Olive. Acanthus follows with seven, skewed towards the oyster, ivory, linen, and opal tones that suit cream and warm-white walls. Marigold has three - Linen, Oyster, and Soft Gold - and Willow Bough has a single Oyster option.
The overall palette leans heavily neutral and warm: most colourways are oat, oyster, linen, ivory, or soft gold tones. The more distinctive options are Strawberry Thief Midnight (a deep blue-black ground), Merlot (a deep red), and Olive. If you want the pattern to recede and the room colour to lead, the linen and oyster colourways do that; if you want the blind to be a visual feature, Midnight and Merlot deliver more contrast.
Price by your dimensions
Made to measure from £19.40. Check Blinds 2go for the price at your exact window size.
The from-price of £19.40 is competitive for a jacquard-fabric roller. As with all made-to-measure rollers, the price increases with width and drop, so a narrow sash window will land near the from-price while a wide bay window will cost considerably more. Check the dimensions grid above against your specific window measurements.
How it compares
Against plain roller fabrics, the William Morris range offers pattern interest that plain polyester cannot replicate, and the jacquard construction gives better texture than a digitally-printed design on a flat backing. The trade-off is that pattern repeats in fabric mean you may see the design cropped at the edges depending on your window width - this is inherent to any patterned roller and not specific to this range.
If the pattern is important but you need more opacity than a standard roller provides, a Roman blind in a Morris-licensed fabric with a blackout lining would give both - though at a significantly higher price point. The jacquard construction also means the fabric has a more structured hand than a simple printed roller, which tends to hang flatter and crease less with use.
For bathrooms or kitchens, any of these designs would be unsuitable; a wipe-clean PVC roller or a moisture-resistant venetian is the practical choice for high-humidity rooms.
Fittings for this fabric
The same fabric and blind type is sold in more than one fitting:
- Standard from £13.72 fixed with drilled brackets
- No-drill (twist-fit) from £15.80 about +£11 on the standard blind clips onto a UPVC frame, no screws
No-drill and clip-in fittings suit UPVC windows and renters, but they cap out at the largest window sizes - check the maximum drop before ordering for a tall window.
The same William Morris designs, at several retailers
William Morris roller 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 2go this page from £13.72 woven jacquard
- Blinds By Post from £16.80 printed (At Home)
Designs carried by more than one of these retailers include Acanthus, Fruit, Marigold, Pimpernel, Strawberry Thief, Sunflower, Tulip and Willow Bough.
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.