Lining, Dimout and Blackout: What the Words Mean
Three words get used as if they were interchangeable, and they are not. One is a construction, one is a performance…

A roman blind with a full blackout lining behind the face fabric. Soft folds on the room side, complete darkness behind.
SKU PME-RM-BO · Blinds & Shades
Photographed from the actual catalogues in our warehouse. Colour reads differently backlit against your own glass — which is why we bring the books to you, free.
The face fabric is chosen for how it looks; the blackout lining behind it is chosen for what it does. You get a bedroom that goes properly dark without the window looking like it has a technical product hung across it.
| Lining | Full blackout, sewn behind face fabric |
|---|---|
| Face fabrics | Catalogues 301, 302, 303 |
| Light exclusion | Up to 100% with face fix |
| Control | Side chain or motorised |
| Motorising advised | Over 180 cm width |
| Lead time | 6–8 working days |
Fabric never looks the same on a screen as it does hanging in your room. We bring the physical catalogues, measure properly, and leave you with a written price.
Free, across every emirate we cover, at a time that suits.
All four catalogues, held against your own window.
Written, itemised, and it does not move afterwards.
2–3 days from the moment you approve.
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A blackout roller achieves darkness by coating the fabric itself, which limits your choice to what is available coated. A blackout roman keeps them separate — any face fabric from our catalogues, with a dedicated blackout lining sewn behind. Practically, that means you are not choosing between the look you want and the darkness you need.
Same rule as every blackout product: face fix, oversize, overlap. A blackout roman fitted inside a reveal will leave light lines down both edges no matter how good the lining is.
Two layers of fabric plus battens is a heavy blind. On a wide window the cord mechanism has to be specified for the weight or it will be stiff to raise and will wear quickly. Above about 180 cm wide we would recommend motorising it rather than fighting it twice a day.
Master bedrooms and nurseries, particularly where the window is narrow enough that a curtain would have nowhere to stack.
Every other blackout product in this category darkens the room by coating the fabric, which limits your choice to whatever is manufactured coated. A blackout roman keeps the two jobs apart: any face fabric from our catalogues, with a dedicated blackout lining sewn behind it. So a bedroom can have a textured 301 or a jacquard 303 facing into the room and still go properly dark at night. Nobody looking at the window sees a technical product; they see the fabric you chose.
The room this is made for is the standard UAE apartment bedroom: a window between two built-in wardrobes, or a narrow window with a bed against the adjacent wall. A curtain needs somewhere to stack when it is open, and in that room there is nowhere — so it either covers part of the glass all day or it fouls the wardrobe doors. A blackout roman stacks upward into its own folds above the frame, and the light control is identical. For the wider bedroom windows where a curtain does fit, blackout curtains remain the warmer, softer option.

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A roman with a blackout lining behind the face fabric. You keep the soft folds and gain the light control of a blackout — provided the fitting cooperates.
Two layers fold thicker than one, so the raised stack is deeper. Fit above the opening rather than inside it, or the stack eats the top of your window.
As with any blackout, the fabric is not the leak. A reveal fit leaves light down both sides; a face fit with overlap does not.
A roman keeps the wall clear and suits a smaller room. A floor-length blackout curtain darkens a wider window more easily and insulates a little better. Both are quoted on the same visit.
Anyone pricing blackout roman blinds dubai is really pricing three things: the fabric or material, the making, and the fitting. We quote them as one figure per window rather than as a fabric price with extras arriving later, so the number you approve includes the track or fixings and the installation. Some people search for this as room darkening roman shades uae; it is the same product. Prices move with the size of the opening and, for curtains, with the fullness the heading needs — which is why two quotations for the same window can differ without either being wrong. The price estimator gives you a figure for your own measurements before anyone visits, and the measuring visit itself is free across Dubai, Sharjah and the northern emirates.
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fast service- they sent the team after 3 hours of my call to them- and with the next day curtians were installed-
Loved their curtains, amazing quality. definitely recommend.
i find them via online search, and with in 20 minutes they reached me back and offer me free Book visit, i sent to 10 companies request but this company was quickest and the prices are also negotiable-
Our team brings catalogues 301, 302, 303 and 401 to your door, measures every window, and quotes one fixed price covering fabric, track, accessories and fitting. The visit is free and there is no obligation.
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Pick up to four and we'll drop the actual cuttings to your door, free, anywhere we cover. Colour behaves completely differently against your own window — this is the only honest way to judge it without booking anything.