If your windows are currently wearing whatever the previous owner left behind, if the spare room is one sad roller away from respectability, or if you have reached the stage of a home refresh where plain old curtains no longer feel quite bossy enough, Make My Blinds is the sort of retailer that naturally lands on the shortlist. It specialises in made-to-measure blinds, leans hard into samples and measuring guides, and seems aimed squarely at shoppers who want a cleaner fit than the usual off-the-shelf compromise.
This is not a hands-on test and we have not ordered from Make My Blinds for this piece. Think of it as a practical desk-based shopper review: what the retailer appears to offer, who it may suit, what looks reassuring, and what is worth checking before you commit your windows, your tape measure and a small slice of your decorating dignity.
On that basis, Make My Blinds looks like a strong option for UK shoppers who want a broad made-to-measure range, a decent amount of buying guidance and some useful lower-fuss options such as no-drill blinds. Piglington’s view: if you are happy to measure carefully and order samples before clicking buy, this looks well worth a closer look.
What Make My Blinds appears to offer
The headline is straightforward: made-to-measure blinds in a wide mix of styles, including wooden, roller, Roman, Venetian, vertical, day and night, Perfect Fit, electric and conservatory options. The site also puts noticeable emphasis on no-drill ranges, which will appeal to renters, anyone with uPVC windows they would rather not attack with a drill, and people who simply enjoy avoiding unnecessary DIY drama.
There is also a clear practical layer beyond the product catalogue. Make My Blinds offers free samples, measuring guides, installation guides and an optional MeasureSure cover for people who want a bit of extra reassurance if they mis-measure. That all makes sense for this category. Blinds are not like buying a lamp where you can shrug and move it elsewhere if the vibe is wrong. Get the size or colour wrong and the window will remind you every single day.
The site also pushes custom-made turnaround rather than warehouse-stock convenience. Selected products advertise next-day dispatch, but the broader proposition is still bespoke window coverings made to your measurements rather than instant-delivery homeware. That feels honest, and shoppers are better off treating it that way from the start.
Who it may suit best
Make My Blinds may suit homeowners and renters who want their blinds to look properly fitted rather than merely tolerated. It looks particularly useful for people doing a living-room refresh, sorting out bedrooms, smartening up bi-fold or tilt-and-turn doors, or trying to solve privacy and light-control issues without drifting into full bespoke-interiors-budget territory.
It may also suit shoppers who like doing some of the decision-making properly before spending. The free-sample service is a meaningful plus here because blind fabrics and colours are exactly the sort of thing that can look lovely on one screen and faintly tragic in your actual home lighting.
It may be less suitable for anyone who wants showroom browsing, flexible returns or the freedom to change their mind later. Make My Blinds says it is online-only and, because the products are made to measure, returns and cancellations are much tighter than they would be for standard home accessories. That is normal for bespoke goods, but it is still the biggest practical trade-off to understand before ordering.
What looks reassuring
The guidance side seems well developed. The site offers measuring guides, installation guides, sample ordering and customer-service help before purchase. For nervous DIY shoppers, that matters. A blinds retailer that knows measuring is the scary bit is at least paying attention to real customer behaviour.
Free samples are front and centre. Make My Blinds says samples are free, posted quickly and can help you compare colours and textures at home. That is exactly the right sort of support for a category where texture, opacity and undertone are much easier to judge in person than on a laptop at 10:47pm.
The warranty is clearer than a lot of generic homeware promises. The company says it offers a five-year warranty on blinds for manufacturing defects, with exclusions for misuse, fading, water damage on unsuitable products, homemade alterations and non-domestic use. That is not a magical everything-proof shield, but it is a more useful framework than vague muttering about quality.
Delivery information is fairly specific. The delivery page says standard delivery is £9.99 per order, with selected next-day-dispatch products available for £19.95 if ordered before 11am on working days. The FAQ also says most orders generally take around 7 to 10 days to be made and delivered, while tracking updates are provided once courier details are available. That gives shoppers something concrete to work with.
What shoppers should check before ordering
Made to measure means mistakes are more expensive. Make My Blinds is very clear that orders go straight into production and that returns are not accepted simply because the size, fabric or colour turned out not to be what you hoped. In other words, this is the moment to be fussy before checkout, not after it.
Samples are not optional in spirit, even if they are optional in theory. The site repeatedly encourages ordering samples, and honestly that feels like good advice rather than upsell fluff. If you skip samples and then discover your “soft oatmeal” blind reads more “confused mushroom” in daylight, that is probably going to be a long week.
Delivery timing needs a bit of realism. The company provides estimates, but it also says these are guidance rather than guarantees because made-to-order products can be delayed by production or quality-control issues. If the blinds are for a fixed deadline, such as a move-in date or nursery setup, build in a margin rather than assuming the stars will align perfectly.
There is no showroom safety net. The FAQ says Make My Blinds is online-only, so the buying experience depends on samples, guides and remote support rather than in-person browsing. That will be absolutely fine for some shoppers and mildly unnerving for others.
A few practical tips before you click buy
First, order samples. Truly. This is one of those categories where a tiny rectangle through the post can save you from a much larger and more expensive decorating sulk.
Second, measure twice and take the retailer’s guides seriously. If you are between recess and exact-fit confidence levels, stop and check before ordering rather than hoping your window will be unusually forgiving.
Third, look closely at whether a no-drill or Perfect Fit option would make life easier. For some windows, the simplest fitting route is the difference between a satisfying one-hour upgrade and an entire weekend spent muttering at brackets.
Finally, if the blinds are part of a wider room refresh, our Silentnight review is useful for bedroom upgrades, while our Wickes review is handy if the project is expanding from “new blinds” into “apparently we live in a DIY programme now”.
Verdict: is Make My Blinds worth a closer look?
Yes. For UK shoppers who want made-to-measure blinds without wandering into fully bespoke interior-design territory, Make My Blinds looks like a solid and practical option. The biggest strengths appear to be the range, the no-drill and specialist-fit options, the free-sample service and the amount of measuring and installation guidance built into the buying journey.
The big caveat is the same one that follows almost every made-to-order product: you need to get the decision right before the order goes in. If you can live with that, and ideally embrace the sample-first, measure-carefully approach, Make My Blinds looks like a sensible name to keep on the shortlist.