Ideas for living room blinds

Inspiration

BY Lisa Cooper

Published: 01 July 2022 Updated: 03 December 2024

Inspiration
Tags: Blinds, Rooms

Whether your living room is a social space or a relaxing sanctuary, choosing the right window furnishings can help you make the most of the space. If you're not sure what the best blinds for your living are, we've put together some living room blind ideas to help you find your perfect match.

Large lounge with windows and doors on two sides with grey carpet and corner sofa in grey windows dressed in white sheer roller blind with grey patterned roller blind on top.

In such a central space, privacy and light control are key considerations, as living rooms are often multi-use areas where you may want to relax, entertain, watch TV, read – in fact, apart from bedrooms, UK householders spend more time in their living room than in any other room in the home, at just under four and a half hours per day. Layered solutions like combining Roman blinds over Roller blinds can offer daytime softness and light diffusion while allowing for more privacy and cosiness at night.

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One of the real challenges in a living room is being able to relax and watch TV without having to deal with glare from the daylight outside. Opt for a light-filtering fabric blind, or consider wooden blinds, as the louvres can easily be tilted to angle the light in a direction that doesn’t bounce off the TV screen or any laptops or tablets you’re trying to use.

Close shot of lounge with pale blue walls, grey flooring with pale blue rug under low trestle table with blue accessories, blue sofa and cushions in front of large windows dressed in two Roman blinds of sprigs of blue flowers on white background.

Living rooms are often blessed with a series of windows running along a wall, or sometimes on multiple sides of the room. They can bring so much light into your living room, but they can look a little stark too. You can counteract this by adding visual depth and plushness and Roman blinds are a really good way of achieving this and softening the overall look. Because you can raise them all the way up you’re not sacrificing any visual space either and can still enjoy the light by day and a more luxe look by night. Go electric and a simple click of a remote will do your bidding easily, allowing you to control them individually or together easily, great for living room layouts. It’s also worth considering them if you have windows situated behind heavy pieces of furniture, such as sofas, or next to large displays like Welsh dressers, making your blind hard to reach and operate manually.

Pale grey lounge with gable end windows and doors dressed in beige duette blinds, closed on top, lowered halfway on bottom, two sofas in L shape opposite feature fireplace.

Often the largest room in a house, or situated within a corner of the house’s footprint, or in a gable end, living room windows can sometimes be an unusual size or shape and these can be tricky solutions to find. This is where bespoke blinds really come into their own, crafted specifically for larger than standard sizes or shapes, while still giving suiting the multi-tasking dusk til dawn needs of a living room. Duette® blinds are a great choice for living room windows, in part because they’re incredibly energy efficient, but also because they can be crafted for a wide range of size and shape, such as in this living room, with its striking shape, which simply cries out for high quality gable end blinds.

Close up of an ivory pleated blind with a feint threaded pattern in a slightly deeper shade, fully lowered in a window recess with a tab control, two small olive conical stem vases on the sill.

One of the challenges with some blinds is achieving a balance between leaving them up to allow light flow, versus lowering for privacy. Tackle this with the right blind, in the right fabric. Pleated blinds provide ideal solutions for a range of situations and are available in a wide choice of fabric styles, including sheer. This versatility allows you to make the most of any beautiful views during the day, while still offering respite from the sun.

Summary

Dressing living room windows comes with a unique set of challenges, from balancing light control and privacy to coordinating with existing decor and managing seasonal changes. By understanding and addressing these challenges, you can create a window treatment solution that can transform your living room into a versatile, comfortable, and aesthetically pleasing environment.