Panel Blinds

Panel blinds are made from wide, flat lengths of fabric that hang from a track and slide past one another, a little like sliding screens. They’re a simple, modern way to dress a wide stretch of glass, and they show off a fabric in a way few other blinds can: no folds and no slats, just clean panels of colour and texture.

Each set is made to measure for your opening. We work out how many panels you need and how wide each one should be, so they overlap neatly when they’re closed and stack tidily when they’re open.

Patio doors, bifolds and big windows

Panel blinds are built for width. On sliding patio doors, they draw across in one smooth movement and slide back to clear the way to the garden.

On bifold doors they’re especially useful, but they need some planning. The panels have to stack somewhere they won’t clash with the doors once those are folded back. We look at how your doors open, which way they fold and how much wall there is either side, then suggest where the track and the stack should go so the blinds and doors never get in each other’s way.

They also suit floor-to-ceiling windows in extensions and new builds, where a long run of separate roller blinds can look busy. A few wide panels give a calmer, more unified look across a whole wall of glass. Our guide to blinds and shutters for patio and bifold doors compares the main options side by side.

Dividing a room

Because the panels slide freely, they work well away from windows too. Hung from the ceiling, a set of panel blinds can separate a dining area from a lounge, hide a home office corner at the end of the working day, or screen off a utility area. When you want the space open again, slide them back and they stack neatly out of sight.

Panel blinds or vertical blinds?

Both suit wide doors and windows, so it’s a fair question. The biggest difference is how they handle light.

	Panel blinds	Vertical blinds
Look	Wide, flat panels with a contemporary feel	Narrow vanes with a practical, familiar feel
Light control	Slide open or closed	Tilt the vanes to angle light, or draw them back
Fabric	Prints and textures shown in full	Fabric split across narrow vanes
Best for	A clean, modern finish	Fine-tuning light and privacy through the day

If you want to angle the light without opening the blind, vertical blinds are the better choice. If you’d like a more solid, furniture-like finish on bifold doors, take a look at our tracked shutters.

How it works

1. Start with a call. Phone or WhatsApp 07902 945533, or send us a quote request. We can visit any day of the week.
2. We plan the panels. We measure the opening, look at how your doors move and help you choose fabrics. You get a free quote, with no obligation.
3. Made to your sizes. The track and panels are made to the measurements we took.
4. Fitted and set up. Our fitters install the track, hang the panels and check they glide smoothly. Fitting is included in your quote.

Panel blinds aren’t the answer for every window, and we’ll tell you if a different blind would serve you better. But for a big stretch of glass, they give a clean, contemporary finish that’s easy to live with. Drawing on 20 years of fitting blinds in the region, our team will help you plan a set that works for your space and the way you use it.