Too short. I understand what you want, but you will lose the look of a roman shade. 31 x 54 is more like it, and the look depends the shade and the pleats, Depends the stack,

Show what you are doing, Show your space, the selection and all.......but I would not ruin the look to save 250.00 dollars that will hang....how long?: )

I've done that before both to save money and save on bulk.

Here are decorative natural woven roman shades:

Here's fabric shades with a trim:

New to us house. This is the real estate listing photo.

Room currently has a long walnut table with windsor chairs and a sisal rug,

Here is the pattern I am considering. Ordering a sample to make sure the undertones and the pattern repeat work.

I prefer fabric over woven wood blinds because of all the wood already in the space.

New to you house..........

and the very LAST thing I would do is the windows is any pattern ( gray anything , especially ) and you are rushing. No to pattern is the first thing. You have some coverage, you delay until more is in place, to include the flow of all in the house.: )

Been here for 7 months. We've moved often and I've been decorating new to me houses for over 30 years. Ready to pull the trigger!

LOL....... you do you.

I've been designing for that many years, and I have seen enough rush mistakes to last a lifetime.

So, just to recap.
You are advising no pattern, 31 by 54".
What fabric would you use?

Played with AI a bit. As long as the beige colors work together, which I will be able to see when I get the sample, I think this looks pretty good. I had not intended to put a shade on the door but I think it needs it.
Anyone see any fatal flaws? Besides the fact that AI added a window to my room!
(Sputnick light is gone, BTW)

I would also say no pattern. I feel it boxes you in too much. I prefer roll down shades as thet are essentially hidden when not in use.

Hi, not sure if you saw this in the OP but I posted that the Roman blinds will be for decorative purposes only. Can you explain how you would use roll down shades for decoration? Partially closed?

I removed my decorative Roman blinds and was so happy to get more light in the room. Are you sure you want to reduce your light by 25%?

I think Roman blinds are quite ugly in all honest and as Partim mentioned reduce the light in a room, so we use the roll down shades for sun filtering as needed but mostly keep up to let the beautiful light in

Partim, good point.The new window coverings will be lighter but cover more of the window.

I have dark beige pleated blinds covering about 1/4 of each the window right now. I'll pull them down to 1/3 to see if it makes a big difference.

WestCoast Hopeful, Are you saying that the mock up of the room with the proposed blinds that I posted looks ugly and worse than the before?

It looks like you have a nice view out the window. I wouldn't cover any of it.

We have a nice lot with some trees but it's small and the neighbors, back and side, are quite close. Completely bare windows would put us on full display while we enjoy the eating area, especially at night.

My personal opinion is that most of the day window should be open and letting the most light in. I agree there are times where you want to close them a bit or even fully so we do same and use our light filtering blinds lowered at night on occasion. But I personally would never select something that permanently blocks a section of light out, to me that defeats the purpose of the window being sized as it is. I also generally find Roman shades a dated look but I will say in a room such as yours i can see the appeal but think the pattern is not needed. If yours are just decorative how do they help with your neighbour problem anyway?

I don't have a neighbor "problem". I think the fabric blinds will provide a little privacy while also allowing views of the yard.

And fabric blinds will add some needed texture and softness to the space.

YMMV

Good luck on your project. Seems you came in with a specific idea and want people to agree with it. Hope it comes together as you wish. Not sure how something at the top of a window adds privacy but you do you.

I came here with a question about the length of Roman shades I should order. Reread the OP.

The houses are three stories high. Coverage on the tops of the windows prevents people from looking down into the room from their second and third floors. Greenery and fencing in the yard give us privacy at the first floor level.

Have you considered light filtering cellular shades? They might be cheaper and you would be able to get the longer length.

I wpuld do a white linen ,, 64” , and done. .

It feels frustrating when people offer up other advice but sometimes it can actually change your mind and give you new perspective. Recently I made a post about a bench and got suggestions of a console table. I dismissed them but now as I keep going by the area I am wondering if a console might be better. Previously it wasn’t even on my radar. I will still make the call that works fright for my family and how we use the space, but im no longer 100% convinced my idea was best

Again, I totally agree with what you are trying to do, and I think fabric shades in a pretty pattern with color would add a lot to the room. A sisal rug and a wood table and chairs are fairly neutral so you could afford to have some color and pattern at the windows, and it won't clash with the furniture and rug. You also might consider painting the walls in a color from the shade fabric.

I do not like the bulk of a Roman shade so I would indeed get them shorter so as not to have all that bulk. Do it because you like the look and are 100% sure you will never want the full length and not just to save $50.

The context of you wanting to block views in from the 2nd and 3rd floors of neighbors and having enough fencing and trees to block out 1st floor views makes is helpful. It sounds like what you are doing is a good solution.

Do not lean on AI to make the decision regarding color. It is notoriously unreliable for lighting and color, always making a room look more naturally lit than it actually is. Nothing beats you getting samples in the room and figuring it out at different times of day.

I agree with @Diana Bier Interiors, LLC. There's nothing wrong with a little pattern in a room that contains mostly hard surfaces. I have a woven wood blind on my dining room sliders. I didn't need to order an 84" long shade because I just wanted it in order to soften the look of the slider. Since you are already aware of the difference in light because of your existing blinds, it doesn't seem like roman blinds will change that. I think your mockup looks nice!

I like your AI mock up with the soft pattern. You are buying the roman shades to use as a valance-nothing wrong with that and I do like the length without all the bulk. The new window looks good too....LOL!!! I notice GPT does that often for me too. Once you add furniture, rugs, art work you will have a very nice room.

I think you need to do what you want and move on: )

I think any window is LONGEVITY first. There is not another thing in your photo's that even suggests a color or a pattern, other than gray walls

What is your overall style? Are you keeping gray walls?

You mention Windsor chairs.

You already have a treatment beneath that allows privacy. You were ready to do these at 36" in fabric and just have a valance with a couple pleats. When you are seated? What sort of "privacy IS that?" You might see the meal on the table lol

Do a light linen, Or get a Silhouette shade, Hunter Douglas which will give you all the versatility you could ask for, When rolled part way", you can stop it at any point and it APPEARS as a flat fold roman shade. Or roll all the way down or all the way up.and the sheer veins within tilt - just like a shutter would tilt, just encased in very sheer fabric.

Or ? Go look at Horizons natural woven woods shades, which would give you texture, and see the options far beyond wood tones,, including whites!

Everyone has their opinion, and none of us will live there. . You've been there 7 months? Show us the rest and skip the AI for some reality of your personal style and the adjacent spaces, as I'd assume in seven months, the house is not empty? : ) Right? What is on the other windows in your home?

No room lives in isolation. Not one. Not this breakfast area, either..

Roman Blinds like everything else has years of higher and years of lower popularity, but as long as they serve the purpose for decorating your home and solve your pain points who cares if they are at the top or bottom of the popularity polls.

I love color and love to help people find ways to add color in this sea of neutral that has been the decorators bible for the past 20 years or so.

I have several pictures of rooms where roman blinds were the answer to add that pop of color.

They actually make non-operable faux roman blinds just for decor purposes. If you wont ever open and close them you may want to find out if you can get the non-operable ones. Less fabric, less work, less bulky, less expensive and safer as kids/pets can't get tangled in the strings that are not there.

Here are a few roman blinds that I have saved in my adding color photo collection:

Would it be an inside or outside mount?

do i understand correcy that you said at first that they were to be purely decorative but then later that the neighbors were close and that you needed privacy at night? if so i would get the proper length of whatever you decide.

This length...you want "faux" roman shades, which are inoperable. Notice how the hem is finished...gives the look without the bulk.

I love the Roman shades that Jennifer posted.

If we knew exactly what would be in the room, it would be much easier to have an opinion on whether you should use a solid roman shade or one with pattern/color to provide something "extra" to complete the look of the room.

Also, my first thought after reading your post and seeing your photo was that you need six roman shades, not five. I have a breakfast room/dining nook in my kitchen with five tall windows (mine also have a second set of windows above) + a single window door (like yours - also with a window above it). I think it would look odd to not add a roman shade to the door.

Mock roman shade for decorative purposes and a simple roller blind underneath for privacy at night, if needed.

Thank you for all the thoughtful responses, I'll try to answer specific questions, I hope I don't miss anyone.

Dani, yes, I agree, the door needs a shade. I think I covered that in my comment about the AI rendition.

Oncape - inside mount, don't want to hide the trim.

Jennifer - love all your colorful inspiration photos and I do have a lot of color in my house. This space will have a large piece of colorful art on the left wall, TBD.

If you're going to be purchasing the art work soon, you may want to do that first so you can pick up a bit of its colour in the blinds.

^^

Glad I was right about one thing lol

Here's the other thing I am right about:

When you have selected what you love, can pay for what you love, proceed! It really doesn't require validation from anyone else: ) let alone from the vast internet - the opinions of limitless strangers.

@JAN MOYER

Wrong again ; )

I never asked for validation about my window treatment choice. I asked a question about LENGTH. LOL

"Is it okay if I order a length shorter than my actual window?"

Artwork can stand on its own. Your window treatments do not need to coordinate with your artwork.

^^ Yes.. but not less than 54"

Cut an old sheet and make a mock up: )