Blockout, Sunscreen, Or Both On One Bracket
Blockout fabric earns its keep in bedrooms, nurseries and any room a farm's early-morning routine needs kept properly dark. Sunscreen mesh (3–10% openness) keeps the vineyard rows in view while cutting the glare and UV that fade upholstery and timber floors fastest on a full-sun elevation. A double roller — blockout and sunscreen on one bracket — is the practical answer for a bedroom that also wants the view during the day.
Where They Fit On A Farmstead
- Farmhouse bedrooms and family rooms — blockout or double roller for light and privacy control.
- Guest cottages and self-catering units — quick, clean, made-to-measure per window.
- Newer glazed extensions behind older street frontages — sunscreen fabric for wide glass without losing the view.
- Kitchens and sculleries — light-filtering fabric where full blockout isn't wanted.
Honest Limits
A single roller runs to roughly 3m of fabric width before a join line or a second, motor-linked blind is the better answer — we'll flag that plainly if your window is wider than that. Wide unbroken spans and true heritage-cottage aesthetics sometimes suit a timber venetian better; your consultant will say so rather than sell a roller where it isn't the right fit.
Fitted Across The Valley
We measure and fit roller blinds throughout Groot Drakenstein and out to the smallholdings around Simondium, the newer estate homes near Klapmuts, heritage cottages in Franschhoek and family homes around Paarl.