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Luxury Roman Shades
Refined Fabrics. Exceptional Craftsmanship. There is a point at which a window treatment stops being a functional purchase and becomes a furnishing, something you notice the way you notice a good sofa or a well-made...
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Refined Fabrics. Exceptional Craftsmanship.
There is a point at which a window treatment stops being a functional purchase and becomes a furnishing, something you notice the way you notice a good sofa or a well-made table. Our Luxury Roman Shades are built for that threshold. Eighteen fabrics chosen for the hand of the cloth as much as the look of it, cut and sewn to your window, and finished with the kind of detail that only shows up in person.
This is the collection where the material does the talking: painterly designer prints with real artistic depth, and plush woven textures with the substance and drape of upholstery fabric. Every fold style, every lining, and every control system we build is available across all eighteen.
What Makes a Luxury Roman Shade Different
- Exceptional Fabrics: Plush, substantial cloth with genuine depth and texture, selected for how it drapes and how it feels, not only how it photographs.
- Designer-Grade Patterns: Painterly botanicals, layered abstracts, and sophisticated tonal weaves with the artistry you would expect from a interior designer's fabric library.
- Tailored Construction Details: Meticulous cutting, seaming, and fold-setting, so the shade hangs true and the folds stack evenly for years.
- Superior Light Control: Denser, higher-quality face fabrics combined with your choice of five liners deliver more precise control over light and privacy.
- Smooth, Refined Operation: Quality lift mechanisms that raise and lower evenly without hesitation or drift.
- Eighteen Colorways, Nine Collections: Our widest and most considered Roman shade palette.
Feel the Cloth, Not Just the Color
The single biggest difference between a good Roman shade and an exceptional one is the weight and hand of the fabric. Heavier, more densely woven cloth drapes rather than hangs. It holds a fold crisply instead of sagging over time. It absorbs sound. And it catches light across its surface texture in a way that flat, thin fabric simply cannot.
This is the detail no product photograph taken from across a room will ever show you. A fine, regular rib running through the weave; a slightly brushed surface that softens the light; enough body that the fabric rolls into a generous curve rather than creasing. It is the difference you feel when you run a hand down the shade, and the reason the folds still look tailored years after installation.
Eighteen Colorways Across Nine Collections
The Luxury palette splits neatly into two halves, so you can lead with pattern or lead with texture:
Designer patterns and prints
- Takaro in Smoke. Painterly botanical with grey-blue foliage and warm ochre accents on a soft cream ground. The most artistic fabric we offer.
- Botanical in Plum and Mink. Rich, romantic florals with genuine depth of color.
- Imperial in Silver and Ice Blue. Refined, subtly ornamental patterning with a shimmer of formality.
- Mystify in Indigo, Latte, and Natural. Softly blurred, atmospheric designs that read as movement rather than motif.
Premium textures and tonal weaves
- Nature in Burlap and Pumice. Organic, tactile weaves with a relaxed, earthy character.
- Bistre in Flax, Smoke, and Charcoal. Deep, sophisticated neutrals running from pale to near-black.
- Flowing in Fawn and Steel. Fluid, elegant weaves built to drape beautifully.
- Naxos in Drizzle and Seaport. Coastal-leaning textures with cool, watery tonality.
- Luster in White. A refined, softly lustrous white for rooms that want light and nothing else.
Choosing a Fold Style for a Premium Fabric
With fabric this good, fold style determines how much of its quality you actually get to see. All three are available across the collection:
| Fold Style | How It Looks | Best Paired With |
|---|---|---|
| Flat Fold | A smooth, uninterrupted tailored panel when lowered; folds appear only as it lifts. | Large-scale artistic prints like Takaro and Botanical, where the composition should read whole |
| Plain Fold | The classic pleated Roman, stacking into crisp, evenly spaced horizontal pleats. | Tonal weaves and all-over patterns, where pleat shadows add rhythm and depth |
| Soft Fold | Hobbled construction with gentle draping waves that remain even when fully lowered. | Plush textures like Flowing and Bistre, where extra fabric shows off the drape |
Flat and plain fold are included at no additional cost. Soft fold uses considerably more fabric to build its permanent draping and is priced accordingly. With a premium textured cloth, it is the upgrade most worth making.
Five Linings for Precise Light Control
- Standard Light Filtering, White or Ivory (included): Diffuses daylight into a soft glow with daytime privacy. White keeps the face fabric's tones cool and accurate; ivory warms them a half-step, which flatters every earthy and botanical palette.
- Thermal Sateen, White or Ivory: A denser, smoother liner that cuts more light, meaningfully improves insulation at the glass, and adds welcome weight to the shade's fall. Ideal for west-facing rooms and for bedrooms that want dimness without full darkness.
- Premium Blackout, White: Fully opaque, stopping light through the fabric completely. Choose it for primary bedrooms, media rooms, and nurseries, without giving up the fabric you fell for.
Because the liner faces outward, your home presents a consistent, neutral appearance from the street regardless of the fabric you choose inside, and the face fabric is shielded from the UV that fades unlined textiles.
The Ultimate Centerpiece, Tying Your Room Together
A single beautiful shade is a lovely detail. A run of matched shades across a wall of windows is architecture. When the same premium fabric repeats across two, three, or four openings, the eye reads rhythm and intention, and the room suddenly feels designed rather than decorated.
This is Luxury Roman Shades doing what they do best. Three identical shades hold the line across the window wall, the Thermal Sateen Ivory liner keeps the light even and warm from one panel to the next, and floor-length drapery frames the whole composition without competing with it. The shades are the centerpiece the rest of the room is arranged around.
A note on layering: Roman shades and drapery are natural partners rather than alternatives. The shades handle daily light and privacy; the panels add height, softness, and a finished frame. Because a Roman sits flat against the window, it layers underneath drapery far more gracefully than any slatted blind.
Four Ways to Operate Your Shade
- Corded, Left or Right: The traditional lift cord, on whichever side suits the room.
- Cordless: Nothing visible to break the line of the fabric, and the safest option around children and pets.
- Motorized Wand: Powered operation from a slim wand at the window.
- Motorized with Remote: Full remote control, and the obvious answer for a window wall like the one above, where operating several shades in unison by hand quickly loses its charm. One-channel and six-channel remotes are included at no cost, a sixteen-channel remote is available for larger installations, and a Smart Hub adds app and voice control.
Luxury Against Our Other Roman Collections
All three collections share the same construction, fold styles, linings, and control systems. The fabric is what you are choosing between:
| Collection | Fabric Character | Choose It When |
|---|---|---|
| Luxury (this shade) | 18 premium textures and designer patterns | The material itself should be the luxury, in a room you want to get right |
| Artisan | 11 designer patterns and prints | You want a bold statement pattern at a friendlier price |
| Essential | 12 curated solid neutrals | You want the Roman silhouette in a quiet neutral, at our best price |
Compare with our Artisan Roman Shades for designer patterns at a mid-tier price, or our Essential Roman Shades for curated neutrals and our most accessible entry into custom Romans.
Where Luxury Roman Shades Earn Their Place
- Formal living rooms: Where the window treatment is part of the architecture and everything is seen up close.
- Primary bedrooms: Plush fabric plus a blackout liner delivers a genuinely hotel-quality result.
- Dining rooms: Heavy cloth absorbs sound and softens a room full of hard surfaces.
- Window walls and bays: Matched shades across multiple openings, ideally motorized so they move as one.
- Layered installations: Beneath drapery panels, where the shade's quality shows in how flat and true it hangs.
Pro Tip: With fabric like this, samples are not a formality, they are the entire point. Weight, texture, and the way light moves across a weave are impossible to judge on a screen. Order free samples (up to 10, shipped free), hold them, drape them over your hand, and hold them against the window at different times of day.
Sizing, Mounting & Care
- Custom Made: Cut and sewn to your exact measurements in 1/8" increments.
- Mount Options: Inside mount for a clean recessed look, or outside mount to cover the full opening and minimize light gaps. For true darkness with a blackout liner, choose outside mount with a few inches of overlap on each side.
- Factory Deductions: Inside mounts take a small deduction (up to 1/4" depending on valance). Outside mounts are made to the exact size ordered.
- Headrail Options: Standard open roller, 3" white aluminum fascia, or a cassette valance with a matching fabric insert for a fully finished top edge.
- Manufacturing Tolerance: +/- 1/8" on width and height.
- Care: Dust regularly with a soft brush or vacuum gently on a low upholstery setting. Spot clean only; never machine wash, soak, or scrub premium fabrics.
- Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty on components, with 5-year coverage on motorization.
Three Decades of Custom Soft Treatments
A Roman shade is a sewn product, and at this level the workroom matters as much as the cloth. Pattern placement, seam accuracy, the spacing of the fold rods, the squareness of the finished panel: these are the things that separate a shade that looks expensive from one that merely cost a lot. Factory Direct Blinds has been making custom window treatments since 1993 and shipping them straight from the workroom, so what you pay for is fabric and craftsmanship rather than a showroom's overhead. Every order includes:
- Free Shipping: Ships freight-free anywhere in the 48 contiguous United States.
- Fast Turnaround: Custom-made and shipped within approximately 7 business days.
Feel the difference before you decide. Order your free samples today, then configure your fabric, fold, lining, control, and size above.
Product Specifications
- Factory deduction of 1/8" may be applied by factory to account for roller mechanism.
- Factory deduction of 1/4" may be applied by factory to account for valance type.
- No Valance (Standard Open Roller): Cordless (1 7/8"), Continuous Cord Loop (2 7/16"), Motorized (2 1/4")
- Cassette Valance with Fabric Insert: Cordless (1 9/16"), Continuous Cord Loop (1 9/16")
- Aluminum Fascia (3", White): Continuous Cord Loop (2 1/2"), Motorized (2 1/2")
- No Valance (Standard Open Roller): Cordless (2 1/4"), Continuous Cord Loop (3 1/14"), Motorized (2 15/16")
- Cassette Valance with Fabric Insert: Cordless (3 15/16"), Continuous Cord Loop (3 15/16")
- Aluminum Fascia (3", White): Continuous Cord Loop (3 1/8"), Motorized (3 1/8")
- 3" Aluminum Fascia in White (not available with cordless lift).
- Cassette Valance with matching fabric insert (not available with motorization).
- Limited lifetime warranty on components
- 5-year warranty on motorization components
How to Measure & Install
Taking accurate measurements is straightforward. Let us walk you through the process!
To ensure a perfect fit, keep these essential pointers in mind:
- Always use a metal measuring tape for the best accuracy; fabric tapes can stretch and lead to errors.
- If your width measurement falls on a 1/16" or 1/32" mark, round down to the nearest 1/8".
- If your height measurement lands on a 1/16" or 1/32" increment, round up to the closest 1/8".
- Always consult the Product Specifications for the product you are measuring for. If you have questions, we will be happy to help!
Instructions for Inside Mounted Roller Shades
Depth Requirements: For an inside mount, you'll need to make sure the window frame is deep enough to accommodate the roller shade. Refer to the Product Specifications for minimum depths depending on your chosen valance option.
Measuring the width
- The width measurement is found by measuring the inside of the window frame in three locations: the top, middle, and bottom.
- Choose the smallest of these measurements.
- If you get a 1/16" or 1/32" increment, round down to the nearest 1/8".
- That's your width for your roller shades.
Measuring the height
- The height measurement is found by measuring the inside of the window frame in three locations: the left, center, and right.
- Choose the largest of these measurements.
- If you get a 1/16" or 1/32" increment, round up to the nearest 1/8".
- That's your height for your roller shades.
Instructions for Outside Mounted Roller Shades
An outside mount sits outside of the window and the window frame. Because it is meant to cover the entire space of the window, you'll need to make some additions to the measurements to make sure you order the right size. Please follow the instructions below.
Measuring the width
- Measure the width of the area you want the shade to cover across the top.
- We suggest adding at least 4 inches to the width (2 inches per side) to minimize light gaps.
- That's your width for your roller shades.
Measuring the height
- Measure the height from where you want the headrail to sit down to the window sill or desired length.
- We suggest adding at least 4 inches to the height (2 inches top, 2 inches bottom).
- That's your height for your roller shades.
For detailed step-by-step instructions with videos, visit our Measuring Guide Hub.