Best Blinds by Room

Choosing the Right Window Dressings by Room

How blinds, plantation shutters and curtains perform in different rooms around the home.

Different rooms create very different conditions for window dressings.

Moisture, humidity, light levels, privacy and everyday use all influence how blinds, window shutters and curtains behave once installed. Some options cope better with steam and splashes, others offer more adjustable light control, while some are better suited to feature windows or lower-use spaces.

The room pages explore how different window dressings perform in real homes, outlining their strengths, limitations and typical use cases to help you understand which options are suited to each space.

What You’ll Find in Each Room Guide

Each room page focuses on how different types of window dressings behave in real homes, rather than making general recommendations.

You’ll see how various blinds, shutters and curtains perform in specific conditions, where they tend to work well, where they may be less suitable and what practical considerations matter most in that space.

This approach is designed to give you a clearer understanding of how each option works in everyday use, so you can make an informed decision based on your room layout and how you use the space.

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We’re proud to be trusted by homeowners across Essex for our friendly service, expert fitting and beautiful Made-to-Measure Window Dressings.

John's Blinds Limited
Excellent
Based on 178 reviews
Dina Mehta
Recently we had our shutters fitted by Matt and Steve. Both very professional hard working and friendly. They absolutely did an excellent job. And we are very happy with the exceptional service that we would highly recommend John's blinds company.
Reena S
We love to you local independent firms where possible. We did a lot of research online about what we wanted and even called in a few national firms for quotations and suggestions. However, the reviews for John's Blinds were great overall. Booked them for an initial review, and Matt who came was extremely helpful, knowledgeable and actually provided great solutions to two of our windows which other firms had told us was not possible to do. We visited the showroom and again Lorraine and Sue were friendly and helpful. We ordered a mixture of shutters, roller blinds and vertical blinds. Installation of all were at different times due to the production times. We had Matt, Steve and Bob over 3 visits carrying out the installation, they were respectable of our home, clean, helpful and did a fantastic job. The whole experience from our initial call through to completion has been smooth. We wouldn't hesitate in using them again, and highly recommend them.
Shamrock (Shamrock)
What a great bloke Steve is who fitted our blinds very happy with them Steve ran through how they work so friendly and helpful
David Beer
Excellent product and great service from start to finish.
Sharon Roper
Steven Howes
From start to finish excellent. We went to the shop very helpful. Picked our blinds and were fitted within the time frame given. Excellent communication throughout fitter very friendly would use again
GILL Evans
I would always recommend Johns’s Blinds. Very professional and reasonable price. I’m so pleased with my shutters. Have used them to do all my blinds in my house. Thank you so much.
Victor Gill
Sorry for the delay in replying (problem with( computor).Delivery and instalation of new vertical blinds for my patio doors in dinning room
By
Bobby was done perfectly would definatley recommend Johns Blinds to anybody who needs new blinds.
Many thanks for your great services.
Vic
davina martin
We had blinds fitted and couldn't be more pleased. The staff we very helpful and knowledgeable. Our order arrived quickly and fitted well. Fantastic company. I will definitely be using them again
Bob Plimmer
Prompt visit after my enquiry, polite and informed representative. Time keeping for the production was good, and fitting was smooth. I was also pleased with the level of communication between the company and myself.