Roman Shades in Pittsburgh, PA — Custom Fabric, Tailored & Installed
Custom Roman shades — tailored fabric, hand-finished, and installed for Pittsburgh-area homes. Hundreds of fabrics, multiple fold styles, lined or unlined. Free in-home consultation. Call (412) 634-5526.
- ★ Free in-home consultation with real fabric samples
- ★ Licensed & insured installers
- ★ Lifetime workmanship warranty
- ★ Pittsburgh-based & family-owned
Roman shades are what you choose when the window is part of the room's design — not just a thing to cover. Soft fabric, clean horizontal folds that stack neatly when raised, and a look that works in everything from a 1920s Squirrel Hill brick traditional to a modern Sewickley new build. Penn Shades measures, custom-tailors, and installs Roman shades across the Pittsburgh area. We help you pick fabric, fold style, and lining in person — no guessing from a catalog.
Signs You Need Roman Shades
You're past the point of mini blinds and basic rollers. You've put thought into the rest of the room — the paint color, the rug, the lighting — and the window is the last cheap-looking thing in the space. You want softness without floor-length drapery. You want a treatment that reads as designer without committing to full custom drapery panels. Or you've got short, wide windows (over a kitchen sink, dining bench, or stair landing) where panels won't work but blinds look wrong.
A few warning signs your current setup needs to go: the fabric on your existing Roman shades has yellowed, water-stained, or sagged on the cords. The pleats have permanently warped from years of being raised wrong. You inherited shades from the previous owner that don't match anything you've done since. None of these get better on their own — and unlike rollers, Roman shade fabric is fully replaceable, so a fresh install lasts another 10–15 years easily.
Our Roman Shades Options
We install four main fold styles, each with a different visual weight. Flat Roman Shades have a smooth, tailored panel with crisp horizontal folds when raised — the cleanest, most modern look, and the most flexible for showing off a fabric pattern. Hobbled Roman Shades keep soft, stacked horizontal waterfall folds even when fully lowered — they read more traditional and add visible texture across the whole window.
Relaxed Roman Shades drape with a soft curved hem that dips gently in the middle — casual, beachy, the right pick for cottage-style kitchens and breakfast nooks. Custom Roman Shades cover anything outside the standard menu: oversized windows, arched tops, dual-mount configurations, decorative trim, contrasting band borders, and matched-fabric coordination with throw pillows or drapery panels you already own.
Roman Shades for Pittsburgh Homes & Businesses
Pittsburgh's traditional housing stock — brick foursquares in Squirrel Hill, prairie-style in Mt. Lebanon, Victorians in Friendship and Lawrenceville, classic colonials in Sewickley and Fox Chapel — looks especially right with Roman shades. They sit inside the window casing and let the original trim do the talking. In newer construction (Cranberry Township, Wexford, Sewickley Heights), Roman shades soften what can otherwise read as stark modern windows. The fabric also helps absorb sound in big-glass great rooms.
We add a blackout liner when needed for bedrooms, and an interlining for extra insulation on the most exposed windows. We install across Pittsburgh, Moon Township, Coraopolis, Sewickley, Robinson, Carnegie, Bridgeville, Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair, Bethel Park, Cranberry, Wexford, McCandless, Fox Chapel, and surrounding communities.
What to Expect
Call (412) 634-5526 or book online for a free in-home consultation, typically within a few business days. Our installer brings physical fabric swatches — Roman shade fabric especially needs to be seen in your own light, with your own walls, before you commit. We talk fold style, lining, and any custom details (trim, banding, hardware), measure every window, and quote with a fixed price. Roman shade production runs 3–4 weeks because each is sewn to your exact specs. Install is one visit, usually 1–2 hours.
Why Choose Penn Shades for Roman Shades
Roman shades are the most fabric-forward shade we make — getting them right is a tailoring job, and we treat it that way. Family-owned and Moon Township-based. Licensed and insured installers, free in-home consultation with real fabric samples and professional measuring, upfront fixed pricing, lifetime workmanship warranty on our installation. We don't subcontract — the team that measured your windows is the team that installs the finished shades.
Want to see the rest of what we install? Visit the Penn Shades main site for our full range of window treatments and smart film.
Pick the right roman shades for your space
Flat Roman Shades
Smooth tailored panel — cleanest, most modern fold for showing off fabric.
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Soft stacked waterfall folds — traditional look with visible texture.
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Casual curved hem — beachy, cottage-style kitchens and nooks.
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Arched tops, oversized, trim banding, fabric coordination to existing decor.
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A great fabric in the right fold turns a window into a feature. Call (412) 634-5526 or book a free in-home consultation online — Roman shades typically install within 4–5 weeks of your first call.