Why Spring is the Perfect Time to Refresh Your Blinds

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19 February 2026
Roller Blinds Preston & Lancashire
Blackout Blinds Installed Across Preston, Chorley & Lancashire
19 February 2026
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Why Spring is the Perfect Time to Refresh Your Blinds

It’s why this is the time of year we all start spring cleaning and looking round the house for jobs that need doing. How many of your friends do you know that are starting to plan garden renovations or a new kitchen for example?

If you’re looking for a simple way to freshen up your rooms for spring, we recommend installing new blinds. It’s quick, simple and can make a space feel like new. If you’ve been putting off replacing your blinds, spring is genuinely the best time to get it done.

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A Fresh Look for a Fresh Season

Spring cleaning is practically a national tradition in the UK, and most of us are happy to scrub the skirting boards or clear out the kitchen cupboards. But new window treatments are often overlooked as part of this new look. With bright sunshine, finally, starting to make a return to Lancashire it’s got to come through your windows and a fresh set of blinds can help make your home feel lighter, cleaner, and much more put-together.

If you’ve been thinking about updating your colour scheme at the same time as spring cleaning, you’re in luck. The big interior design trend for 2026 leans into warm, earthy tones. Pantone’s Colour of the Year is Cloud Dancer, an elegant soft white that’s perfect for spring. It can work with any colours already in your room and make the space feel fresh. For a bolder choice, Dulux chose shades of blue for 2026, from rich royal tones to soft pastel blues we’ve got blinds to match.

From roller blinds in burnt orange to Roman blinds in textured linen, our customers across Preston, Leyland, Fulwood, and Chorley are spoilt for choice. To help you pick your favourite blinds we’ll visit you at home and bring samples for you to look through. No need to mess around with online delivery and waiting for samples, you can look through our range easily and see how everything looks in your home.

Roman Blinds from Blinds of Preston

 

Block Out Those Light Mornings for a Better Night’s Sleep

Here’s something that catches a lot of people off guard every spring. The clocks go forward on the last Sunday of March, heads up for this year that’s Sunday, 29th March, which means British Summer Time kicks in and the mornings get lighter earlier. Much earlier. If your current bedroom blinds let the light through, you might find yourself wide awake at 5am whether you like it or not with sunshine streaming in.

This is exactly where blackout blinds show their worth. Fitted properly, they block out light almost entirely, keeping your bedroom dark even when the sun is already well up outside. For anyone who works shifts, has young children, or simply values a proper lie-in, blackout blinds are a must have.
The good news is that blackout blinds don’t have to be boring. We stock a wide range of styles and colours that look just as smart as any other blind, so you don’t have to sacrifice style for sleep. Whether you’re based in Chorley, Fulwood, Preston, or Leyland, we can come to you, measure up, and get you sorted before the long mornings really kick in.

 

Get Your Conservatory Ready Before the Heat Arrives

If you’ve got a conservatory, you’ll know all too well what it’s like in July, a room that was supposed to be nice and sunny into something resembling a greenhouse. The time to tackle that is now, before summer arrives, not halfway through a heatwave when you can barely set foot in there.

The right conservatory blinds make a massive difference to the temperature of the room. Side blinds work to cut down on solar heat gain, keeping things far more comfortable when the sun is at full strength. You’ll actually be able to use your conservatory throughout the summer rather than abandoning it until September.

It’s also worth thinking about glare. A beautifully bright conservatory is brilliant in theory, but not when the sun is bouncing off your TV screen or making it impossible to read. The right blinds let you manage the light properly,bringing in warmth and ambience without the discomfort.

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You’ll Spot Damage Much More Easily

After months of grey winter light, spring sunshine has a way of revealing things you simply hadn’t noticed before. What looked perfectly fine in December can look quite different by April.

With more natural light flooding in, it becomes much easier to see warping, faded slats, fraying fabric, or blinds that simply aren’t sitting right anymore. If you find yourself squinting at a crooked blind or noticing that the colour has bleached unevenly on one side, that’s your cue to think about replacements. Worn-out blinds don’t just look scruffy they can also affect how well they block light and insulate your windows, which matters more as the warmer months roll in.

 

Book Your Home Design Appointment Today

Rather than patching things up or putting up with something that’s past its best, spring is a great opportunity to start fresh. A new set of blinds fitted properly will see you through the rest of the year in much better shape.

Whether you’re after blackout blinds for the bedroom, something stylish for the living room, or a full conservatory solution, we’re here to help.

We serve Preston, Leyland, Fulwood, Chorley, and the wider North West and offer free home visits, measuring, and quotations as standard.

Get in touch today and let’s find the perfect blinds for your home.

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