If you are looking for the best blinds for french doors and windows, these are some of the most popular choices. Order them today!
When choosing blinds for a French door or window, you have two options. You can either buy blinds for the recess that need to be retracted when you open the door
Or you might want to install a blind system on each of the two doors that fold out. This means you don't need to worry about opening the blinds when you wish to open and walk through the doors. The blinds are installed against the glass of each door panel.
If you need to cover the entire recess, then consider our electric and manual roller, vertical and panel blinds.
Our no-drill blind systems, Perfect Fit or INTU, are available in a choice of blind styles including pleated, roller, venetian, vertical, blackout or wooden blinds. Both brands of blind can be installed without drilling or screwing directly against the glass.
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Essence 1% Screen fabric is an extra-wide, contemporary performance fabric. It allows natural light into your room whilst allowing a degree of view outside due to its slightly open weave. Essence 1% is Fire Resistant and consists of 30% Polyester and 70% PVC. Excellent for glare reduction on less sunny elevations.
Lissa is a screen fabric with 4% openness. It combines strong weaves of natural colours, with weaves of white to provide a textured aesthetic. It is fire retardent and reduces glare whilst allowing filtered natural light and a slight view out.
Energy Saving, Blackout and with no visible holes for the lifting cords! Cellular Blackout fabrics (a.k.a Honeycomb or Duette Blackout) consist of double layered cells of fabric which act as an insulating cushion between the inside of your home or conservatory and the outside world. Our THERMOSHADE blackout range also incorporate a reflective foil layer inside of the cell, which further enhances insulation - reducing your energy spend on heating and cooling and potentially saving you money! All fabrics are a uniform white in colour on the exterior face, and coloured on the inside face. Lifting cords run through the middle of the honeycomb structure, meaning there are no visible holes or light ingress through the surface of the fabric. Whist the fabric itself is blackout, you may see light ingress around the edges of your blind.
Lissa is a screen fabric with 4% openness. It combines strong weaves of natural colours, with weaves of white to provide a textured aesthetic. It is fire retardent and reduces glare whilst allowing filtered natural light and a slight view out.
Enjoy the warmth of real bass wood along with precision control of privacy and light combined with a no-drill Perfect Fit blind system. Available in a variety of stunning finishes, colours and grains, Perfect Fit Wooden Blinds in our quality slim-line 25mm venetian slats are the perfect way of bringing a touch of classic luxury and warmth to your window frame and to any decor style.
Vertical blinds are great for French doors in any room, as they come in a variety of modern patterns and performance materials, such as blackout, moisture-resistant, and PVC. They can be configured to part in the middle so that the louvres stack to either side of the French door.
Installing French door blinds can definitely be done as a DIY project. In fact, certain blind types, like Perfect Fit and INTU blinds lend themselves perfectly to self-installation as they require no-drilling and screwing.
Consider the existing color palette and style of the room and choose a blind that complements the decor. Take into account the amount of natural light that you would like to maintain in the room and the level of privacy desired.
Yes, French door blinds are available in an array of blind types from screw-fixed vertical, Venetian, cellular and roller blinds to no-drill roller, pleated, cellular, wooden and Venetian blinds. From this selection, you are sure to find a product that provides privacy and light control that is suitable to your needs. Some products such as wooden, vertical and Venetian blinds can be more flexibly adjusted to allow for varying levels of light and privacy.
Yes, French door blinds can be used in conjunction with curtains or other window treatments for added style and functionality. We often see our Perfect Fit or INTU blinds installed directly to the beading of French doors and their adjacent windows, with curtains or Roman blinds fitted outside of the recess. We find this provides a pleasingly soft aesthetic and allows a great deal of flexibility in terms of light, heat and glare control, light exclusion and privacy. It also means that you can combine a feature pattern design on one product (for example the curtain) with a more neutral colour for the blind.
The best type of blinds for a bathroom UPVC window will depend on your needs and preferences. However, some popular options include: Venetian blinds, Roller blinds, Roman blinds, and Vertical blinds.
Yes, you can get solar powered blinds for your Velux windows. Solar powered blinds use the sun's energy to charge a battery, which powers the blinds. Solar powered Velux windows can be used in hard-to-reach places or at windows that don't have an electrical outlet nearby. They are also a good option for people who want to reduce their reliance on electricity.
Click fit blinds are a type of blind that is easy to install without the need for drilling or screws. Simply clicking into the frame of your window, brackets hold them in place. Click fit blinds are a good option for French doors, as they do not interfere with the opening and closing of the doors.
There are many different types of blinds that can be used for French doors, but some of the most popular options include: vertical blinds, roller blinds, venetian blinds, and window shutter blinds. The best type of blind for your French doors will depend on your individual needs and preferences.
Easy fit blinds no drilling are a type of blind that can be installed to French Doors without the need for drilling or screws. This makes them a great option for renters or homeowners who do not want to damage their windows.
Yes, French door blinds are generally easy to clean and maintain. Regular dusting and the occasional spot cleaning with a mild cleaner should suffice. It’s recommended that you consult the fabric manufacturer for cleaning instructions specific to your fabric and blind type before proceeding with using any cleaning solutions.
Depending on the blind type chosen, french door blinds can be made from a variety of materials, including wood, vinyl, aluminum, and many different fabric types including polyester, cotton and glass-fibre.
French door blinds provide privacy, light control, and can enhance the aesthetics of the door. They can also help to improve energy efficiency by blocking out excess heat and cold.
French doors benefit greatly from shallow blinds that can be installed directly to the door itself, up against the glass. INTU or Perfect Fit Roller, venetian and honeycomb shades fall into this category since they snap-fit into the beading around the glass, almost becoming an integral part of the door itself, hidden from view when raised. Using them is a breeze, and they don't interfere with your door handles in any way. You do not have to raise the blind in order to open or close the door.
Venetian blinds in a Perfect Fit or Intu frame are superior to other types of Venetian blinds because they can be installed directly into the door, up against the glass, making it possible to open and close the door as usual without first having to raise the blind. They are a particularly popular solution for French doors because, unlike traditional Venetian blinds, they do not need to be installed by drilling or screwing and simply clip fit into the door beading itself.
Measured to perfection and featuring a frame in a colour to match the hardware of your French windows and doors, Perfect Fit blinds can be fitted and installed in minutes with no drilling required. Designed to fit UPVC frames, they look great in any room of the house, from the kitchen to the bedroom. A Perfect Fit frame may accommodate a wide variety of blinds, including roller, pleated, and metal Venetian styles making them a very flexible solution for French doors
It is uncommon for French doors to come as standard with built-in blinds. However, solutions like INTU and Perfect Fit blinds are literally clipped into the beading, up against the glass. The frame or hardware of the blind can be colour matched to that of the French door, making them almost seem like an integrated blind system. So you no longer have to settle with blinds that clatter about or that have to be raised or parted to open the door.
French windows and doors are essentially the same things. The key distinction is in the context of their application. They both function similarly, but one is a window and the other is a door. In contrast to French doors, which often extend to the ceiling, French windows typically stop well short of the ground.
Yes, wooden blinds can be a great choice for French doors as they provide a classic, timeless look and can be customized to fit the dimensions of the doors. They also provide flexible control of natural light, glare and enhance privacy due to the fact that their slats can be tilted. If you wish to install wooden blinds on your French door, we’d recommend selecting those with narrow slats, for example 25mm slats. For convenience, wooden blinds that can be installed directly to the opening panels of the door are best. Screw-fix wooden blinds can be supplied with hold-down brackets for the bottom bar that prevent blinds from swinging during operation of the door. Better still, perfect fit wooden blinds can be clip-fitted directly to the beading of your French door without the need for drilling and drilling. Perfect Fit Wooden blinds come mounted within a stylish frame, which can often be colour coded to the door frame. So, they look like an integral part of your French door. What’s more the frame prevents the blinds from swinging and rattling or clattering during operation.
Yes, vertical blinds can be a good choice for French doors as they provide excellent light control and can be adjusted to allow for privacy. The can also be configured to part in the middle with louvres stacking to each side, which provides excellent and convenient access to the doors themselves.
Our personal favourite type of blind for bi-fold doors are no-drill blinds such as Perfect Fit or INTU blinds. Because they simply clip-fit within the beading of the French door directly against the glass, this means they travel with the door when it is being operated. Other types of blinds need to be fitted inside of the recess or around the recess, in front of the door and allow less convenient access to open and close the door whilst the blinds are closed. INTU and Perfect Fit Blinds are available as different blind types - including roller, Venetian, wooden, cellular and pleated in a vast array of colours, fabric types and patterns. They are an excellent choice for French Doors and are so easy to measure and install because they require no drilling or screwing!
French door blinds provide privacy, light control, and can enhance the aesthetics of the door. They can also help to improve energy efficiency by blocking out excess heat and cold.
The best blinds for French doors will depend on your needs and preferences. However, some popular options for extra wide blinds are the vertical blinds or Roller blinds . Extra wide blinds are a good choice if you have large French doors. They provide privacy and control over light, and they can also help to insulate your home.