The Best Window Shades For Caravans & Motor Homes

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If you’re lucky enough to own your own caravan or motor home, you’ll no doubt know there are ample opportunities for you to decorate and personalize your mobile living space. One area of caravan décor that often gets overlooked is window shading – Many caravan owners think that you can’t get good quality window shades that work in a caravan setting, but we’re here today to tell you that’s not true and you CAN have amazing blinds for your amazing caravan!

There are many reasons why you should ensure that you have good window shades in your caravan or motorhome: quality window shades will provide insulation for your caravan, keeping it cool in the Summer and warm in the Winter; window shades will add a level of privacy to your personal space, helping you to create a relaxing sanctuary; and our quality window shades will help the overall aesthetic of your caravan giving it the high end look and feel you want.

So now that we have established that you can indeed have excellent window shades for your caravan and told you a few reasons why you should want good quality window shades installed in your space, we should have a look at what types of blinds or curtains will work well in your caravan.

Curtains (With a lightweight curtain track)

In terms of window shading choices, curtains are always a good choice to make, especially in a caravan where you may have minimal space around the window to install the shade. Our Lightweight Curtain Track was designed with tight spaces in mind, making it ideal for use in a caravan or motorhome setting, with a slim profile being only 21mm high and protruding only 36mm from the wall.

With one of our Lightweight Curtain Tracks installed above your caravan’s windows, all you need to do is choose one of our made to measure curtains to hang from it. We have over 300 different curtains available in our range, with a wide choice of colours, patterns and fabrics, meaning you should be able to easily find a curtain that fits with your caravan’s décor.

Aluminum Venetian Blinds

Another good shading choice for your caravan or motorhome if you don’t have a great deal of space to work with around your windows, would be our Aluminium Venetian Blinds. These blinds are ideal for tight spaces, as their headrail is only 24mm high and 27mm deep, and the slats are only 25mm thick, which allows them to fit in even the smallest spaces.

Our metal venetian blinds are a great window shade to use in your caravan or motorhome, currently we have around 80 different blinds in the range, with a wide choice of colours and textures, allowing you to find a venetian blind that fits with the décor in your caravan.

Roller Blinds

Roller blinds are always a good shading choice in all situations, they’re versatile, easy to use and look stylish. You will need a bit more space around your caravan’s windows to install them as the footprint for our standard roller blinds can get as large as 21mm deep and 67mm wide, but if you have enough space around the windows in your caravan or motorhome, roller blinds will work great!

Not only are roller blinds stylish, but their versatility can offer a great deal of functionality that is much needed in a caravan space, we have roller blinds made with Thermal Fabrics to improve insulation, fabrics with solar reflective backings to keep cool during the Summer, blackout fabrics to keep spaces dark, dimout fabrics to keep spaces bright and even roller blinds with wipe clean fabrics which are ideal for kitchen spaces.

We have 100’s of roller blinds in stock, with a wide range of colours and patterns available, as well as some designer roller blinds. If you’re looking for a more high-tech shading solution for your caravan we offer electric roller blinds that can be controlled remotely, or if you want more versatility and have ample space around your windows, we also have a range of double roller blinds that have a blackout blind and a dimout blind attached, which are perfect for studio spaces and bedrooms.

“No Drill” Prestige Blinds

Here at DotcomBlinds, we have a range of blinds which are installed directly into the window’s frame without the need to drill any holes, we call them our Prestige range of blinds. As these blinds are secured directly into the window, they’re ideal for caravans with minimal space around the windows or if you don’t want to drill into your caravan’s walls.

Our Prestige blinds are available with Pleated Fabric, Honeycomb Fabric or in a Venetian style, giving you plenty of options for how you shade your caravan and ensuring there will be a Prestige blind that matches with your caravan’s décor. Just be aware you will need to check that your windows are compatible with our Prestige blinds before buying some.

There you have it, the four best types of window shades to use in your caravan or motorhome. Whatever option you ultimately choose for your caravan, just be sure that you get good quality made to measure shades to ensure that your caravan is insulated, stylish and private.

If you’d like to see how our fabric options match up to the décor of your caravan, you can order some FREE fabric samples online, to see the fabrics in person.

If you have any other questions about buying window blinds for your caravan or motorhome, get in touch with our helpful customer service team today and get the answers you need!