Farmhouse Roman Shades & Blinds

A farmhouse window wants something soft and something natural. Shiplap, painted cabinetry, open shelving and a deep sill all look better next to a folded fabric or a woven fiber than next to a flat slatted blind. Farmhouse roman shades give you both options in one place: natural woven wood in a relaxed fold, or a plain fabric roman with the clean pleats that suit a kitchen or bedroom. Every shade here is made to measure, so it sits right in an older frame or a new build alike.

Which roman shades fit a farmhouse look

Woven Wood Shades are the heart of the farmhouse style. They are woven from natural materials including bamboo, jute, reed, flax, grass and ramie, so no two windows look quite the same. Three fold styles change the character. Hobbled holds soft cascading folds at every height and gives the most relaxed, cottage feel. Flat fold hangs in one crisp plane when lowered, which suits a modern farmhouse. Waterfall runs the fabric off the front of a hidden headrail for a smooth continuous face.

Light Filtering Roman Shades are the fabric option for kitchens, breakfast nooks and living rooms. Warm neutrals such as Canvas Cream, Canyon Linen, Oyster Shell and Wheat Glow sit well against white shiplap and natural wood. Blackout Roman Shades take the same pleated look into bedrooms, and the linen textured colors in that range (Cloud Linen, Daybreak Linen and Sand Linen) keep the farmhouse feel while blocking light completely.

A simple rule for mixing them: use woven wood in the rooms where you gather and fabric romans where you sleep, and keep the color family consistent from room to room so the house reads as one.

Liners, binding and sizes for woven roman shades

An unlined woven shade is roughly 50 percent see through, which is lovely in daylight and too open at night. A light filtering liner takes it to about 70 percent, and a blackout liner makes it fully blackout. Each liner comes in nine colors, and when you add one both the shade and the valance are lined, so the inside view is finished too. Edge binding, about 1/2 inch wide on the face, comes in ten linen and ramie cotton colors such as cream, camel and light brown, and frames each shade with a tidy border. Some looser weaves need binding to protect the cut edge.

Woven wood shades are made up to 96 inches wide on every lift system. Wider farmhouse windows can take two or more shades on one headrail up to 118 inches in total. Height reaches 118 inches with a clutch loop or motor, and 106 inches with cordless. The valance grows with the shade: 6 inches on shades up to 59 inches tall, 8 inches up to about 86 inches, and 12 inches beyond that. One practical note: natural fibers do not suit a steamy bathroom or laundry room, so choose a fabric roman there.

Measuring and installing at home

For an inside mount, measure the width at the top, middle and bottom and use the smallest, rounded down to the nearest 1/8 inch. Measure the height on both sides and use the smaller. Then check the depth of the frame: woven wood needs at least 1 5/8 inches to mount inside, and about 2 5/8 inches for the shade to sit flush with the trim on a clutch or motor build. Give us the exact figures and the factory takes the small width deduction for you.

Fabric roman shades mount on a cassette bracket with four pre-drilled holes. Use a 6 mm (0.2 inch) bit, choose the drywall or masonry anchor to suit your wall, hook the cassette onto the bracket latch and press it back until it clicks. Check that it is locked at the top and the rear before you let go.

Farmhouse style is about materials you want to touch. Order a woven wood sample and a fabric sample, hang them side by side in your window, and pick the one that feels like home. Your shades are then made to measure and shipped straight to your door.