Blinds, shutters & curtains in Solihull

Solihull covers a lot of ground, and the homes change as you travel across it. Olton and Shirley, on the Birmingham side, are largely interwar and postwar semis, many of them with bay windows. Monkspath and Dickens Heath are much newer, with modern estates, townhouses and apartments. Further south, Knowle, Dorridge and Hockley Heath have more of a village feel, with substantial detached houses, period cottages and newer executive homes side by side. We cover all of them, across B90 to B94, with free home visits 7 days a week.

Dressing a bay in Shirley and Olton

The bay window is the feature most interwar semis share, and it’s the window most people want to get right. There are a few good ways to dress one:

• Roman blinds fitted to each pane give a soft, tailored look and fold up neatly out of the way. With a blackout or thermal lining, they work just as well in a bay-fronted bedroom.
• Full-height shutters follow the angles of the bay panel by panel and give you fine control over light and privacy, which helps when your front room faces the road.
• Curtains on a bay track, on their own or layered over a blind, for a classic, cosy finish on winter evenings.

We bring samples of all three to your visit, and we’ll tell you honestly which we think suits your room. Sometimes the answer is a mix: shutters in the front room for privacy, Roman blinds upstairs for a softer feel.

New homes in Monkspath and Dickens Heath

Newer homes usually come with white uPVC windows, often tilt-and-turn, and plenty of glass. Perfect Fit blinds are made for this kind of window. They clip into the frame, so there’s no drilling into new plaster or brand-new window frames, and they look neat and built-in from inside and out.

For living rooms and open-plan kitchens, day and night blinds are worth a look. Alternating sheer and solid stripes let you switch between soft daylight and full privacy with a single control, which is useful in modern layouts where the kitchen, dining and living spaces share one long run of windows.

Larger houses in Knowle, Dorridge and Hockley Heath

Bigger rooms tend to have wider windows and heavier curtains. If you have a long run of glass that’s a chore to open and close by hand, or a tall window that’s hard to reach, electric curtain tracks do it at the press of a button. We make the curtains to measure too, in fabrics chosen with you at home.

The older cottages in these villages are a different story: smaller windows, deep sills and thick walls. A neat Roman blind inside the recess, or a café-style shutter on the lower half, keeps the character of the room without blocking the light. You can browse every style on our blinds page before your visit, if you’d like a head start.

What happens at your home visit

Whether you’re in a bay-fronted semi in Shirley or a village house in Hockley Heath, the visit follows the same pattern. A fitter comes to you on a day that suits, weekends included, and measures each window, every pane of a bay included. You’ll see fabrics, slats and shutter finishes against your own walls and furniture, which is the only reliable way to judge a colour. The home measure and quote are free, with no obligation, and fitting is included in your quote.

To book, send us a few details or call or WhatsApp 07902 945533, and we’ll get back to you within 24 hours. A little further south, we also cover Redditch.