A Comprehensive Guide

The Best Fabrics for Roller Shades

4 Essential Factors

Fabric Style: affects view through clarity
Fabric Openness: affects solar performance and view-through
Fabric Color: affects heat and visibility
Fabric Certifications: affects health and safety

Unique Styles

Solar Protection

Glare Control

Heat Blockage

London

Roller Shade | Decorative | Light-Filtering | Blackout

By overlapping warm and cool colored yarns in varying horizontal locations, London becomes a chic fabric reminiscent of natural grasscloth. The texture of London is complex, beautiful, and perfect for modern hospitality installations or residential interiors.

Composition: 100% Polyester

Finished Width: 118 inch (300cm)

Manchester

Roller Shade | Decorative | Light-Filtering | Blackout

The sleek style of Manchester is accomplished by its beautiful linen-like material that softly filters natural light. This high-end natural-looking textile is also available in a blackout style to block nearly all light from entering interiors.

Composition: 100% Polyester

Finished Width: 118 inch (300cm)

Nouveau

Roller Shade | Decorative | Blackout

Composition: 100% Polyester

Finished Width: 118 inch (300cm)

Smart Blinds

Geneva

Roller Shade | Decorative | Light-Filtering | Blackout

An organic styled fabric resembling that of bark, reminiscent of woodland trees and Scottish tweed. Geneva provides a dynamic pattern that is both classic, dimensional, and soft to the eyes. The light-filtering style option of Geneva provides beautiful natural daylighting combined with privacy. The blackout style features a white foam backing great for residential applications looking for optimal heat management and complete light blockage.

Composition: 100% Polyester

Finished Width: 118 inch (300cm)

OMEGA

SunCool™ | Screen Fabric | Light-Filtering | Blackout

Omega is a popular fabric known for its simplicity of design, balanced weave, application versatility, and overall excellent solar control performance. All colors are available in all openness factors for ultimate daylight control.

Composition: 30% Polyester + 70% PVC

Finished Width: 98 / 118 inch (245 / 300cm)

Allure & Night Fall

Roller Shade | Decorative | Light-Filtering | Blackout

Commercial interiors requiring a blackout roller shade with matching room side and street side colors can accomplish their exterior and interior aesthetic goals with Allure. The fabric's backside can be selected to meld nicely with glass color, allowing the shades to be consistent with the building facade's design intent.

Composition: 30% Polyester + 70% PVC

Finished Width: 98 / 118 inch (245 / 300cm)