As of September 2026, custom Roman shades cost $219 to about $650 per window at LOGANOVA, and most orders land between $250 and $450. Four things set the number: the size of the window, the fabric, the lining, and how the shade lifts — chain, cordless, or motorized. Shipping to the US is free and there are no duties, so the number you see is the number you pay.
Below is the arithmetic, with real prices from our Toronto workroom. No “request a quote” form. No showroom layer in the middle.
The quick numbers
Prices start at $219 for a sheer linen shade and $229 for faux linen, as of September 2026. Blackout lining adds $20–70, cordless lift $50, motorization $410. The first email we get is usually some version of “how much are Roman shades?” — so the table comes before the explanation.
| What you’re pricing | Cost (USD) |
|---|---|
| Sheer linen relaxed Roman shade | from $219 |
| Faux-linen relaxed Roman shade | from $229 |
| 100% linen relaxed Roman shade | from $259 |
| European relaxed style (piped top, soft sag) | from $249 |
| Patterned cotton Roman shade, lined | from $329 |
| London / tulip style | from $309 |
| Blackout lining | + $20–70, by size |
| Cordless lift | + $50 |
| Motorization | + $410 |
| Fabric swatches (credited to your order) | $26 |
Prices from loganovashades.com, September 2026. Every shade is cut to your window’s real measurements — these aren’t teaser sizes that balloon once you type in actual numbers.
What actually drives the price
Four variables move the total: size, fabric, lining, and lift. Size and fabric do most of the work — lining and lift are add-ons you either need or don’t.
Size. A wider, taller shade eats more fabric, more lining, and more time at the machine — roughly three hours of sewing per shade before assembly and inspection. A window over the kitchen sink and a seven-foot patio door are different projects. The price climbs gradually between them, not in cliffs.
Fabric. Sheer linen sits at the bottom. Faux linen is the workhorse: the linen look, easier care, friendlier price, and it’s what most orders use. Real 100% linen — Tuscany, Sorrento — costs more per yard, and you feel it in the weight. Heavier cloth holds a straighter fold and keeps holding it. Printed cottons land highest because they come lined as standard.
Lining. Light-filtering lining is included. Blackout is a separate back layer sewn behind the face fabric, so it adds $20 to $70 depending on the size of the shade. Nursery or bedroom? Best-spent money on the order. Living room? Usually money you don’t need to spend.
Lift. A chain mechanism is standard and included. Cordless adds $50, and the reason is small hands rather than convenience — no chain within reach, nothing to tangle. Motorized adds $410, which pencils out for tall windows, windows parked behind a sofa, and anyone who wants the shades running on a schedule.
Why are Roman shades so expensive?
Custom Roman shades cost more than blinds because they’re three sewn layers built for one specific window, not a stock part in a box. A $40 shade is a single thin layer in a standard size; a made-to-measure shade is about three hours of sewing on top of fabric, lining, and internal hardware.
Fair question, though — you really can buy a “Roman shade” online for $40. Here’s what the gap buys.
A proper Roman shade is closer to furniture than to a blind. Face fabric, lining, and the internal grid of rods and rings that makes the folds stack evenly instead of sagging into a smile by month two. Those layers get cut and sewn to a quarter of an inch. That tolerance is the whole reason an inside mount looks like it was built for the frame rather than shoved into it. Then someone assembles the mechanism, steams the shade, checks every fold by eye, and packs it.
The $40 version skips nearly all of that: one layer, glued hems, standard sizes that fit almost no real window. It photographs beautifully. It rarely hangs that way.
So no — not expensive for what they are. Sewn-to-size shades from a designer workroom often start at $800–1,500 per window. Ours cost less for a dull reason: you’re buying from the room where they’re sewn, with nobody in between.
Ready-made vs custom: the honest comparison
Buy ready-made if your window is a standard size, you’re renting, or you need something hanging by Saturday. Choose custom when the window is an odd size, you want an inside mount that fits the frame, or you’ll live with the shade for the next decade.
Really — buy ready-made. A $60 shade that fits beats a bare window, and nobody needs to spend $300 covering a standard bathroom window in an apartment they’ll leave in a year.
Custom earns its price on the other side of that line. Most windows in houses older than 20 years sit out of square or off-standard by an inch or more, and an inch shows. Then there’s color: stock shades come in about six, and you take the closest one. And there’s time — a shade you’ll still like in 2036 is a different purchase than one you’re tolerating until you move. Off-the-shelf rarely fits an old window. That’s the entire reason made-to-measure exists.
The cost-per-year way to look at it
A $300 linen shade that fits and still looks right in ten years costs $30 a year. That’s the number worth comparing, not the sticker.
Thirty dollars is about two takeout lunches. The $60 shade you replace twice and never quite like runs $18 a year — and you spent a decade looking at something that didn’t fit. For an object you see every morning, and that sits in the background of every photo of the room, the math favors doing it once.
How to keep the cost down (without regretting it)
The real savings live in fabric and lining, not construction. Cut there and you keep the fit; cut construction and you’ve bought a $40 shade with extra steps.
- Choose faux linen over 100% linen where the window isn’t the focal point. Guests won’t tell the difference. Your hand will, up close.
- Skip blackout where you don’t need it. Living rooms and kitchens almost never do. Bedrooms and nurseries almost always do.
- Chain lift is fine for most windows. Save cordless for kids’ rooms and motorized for the windows you genuinely can’t reach.
- Order swatches first — $26, credited back to your order. Cheaper than guessing wrong on something cut to size, and the color you choose in your own light is the one you keep.
Where to buy custom Roman shades
Three routes, as of September 2026: a local designer workroom (in-person consult and install, typically $800+ per window), a big-box “custom” program (machine-made offshore in standard increments), or a direct-from-workroom studio like LOGANOVA in Toronto (your exact measurements, shipped to you). The difference between them is fit and how many hands take a margin.
The big-box middle option is the one worth reading closely. Those programs get you closer to your size in half-inch or inch steps — not to your size. For a square, modern window that’s usually fine. For a 1940s frame that’s out of true, it’s the same guess you’d make buying ready-made, at twice the price.
We’re LOGANOVA, a Toronto workroom led by textile engineer Natalya Leshchynska. Our seamstresses cut and sew each shade to your exact window, to a quarter of an inch, and we ship in 10 days or less. Free shipping to the US, no duties under USMCA. Over 2,000 five-star orders so far.
Questions we hear about price
Are Roman shades expensive?
Ready-made, no — $40 to $90. Custom-sewn, yes-ish: $200 to $650 per window from a workroom like ours, and $800 or more through a designer. The gap is fabric weight, sewing hours, and whether it fits your actual window.
How much is a Roman shade for a typical bedroom window?
About $280–340. That’s a 36 × 60 inch shade in our linens with a chain lift. Blackout lining at that size adds roughly $45; motorizing it adds $410.
Is shipping extra? Are there duties from Canada?
No to both. US shipping is free, and under the USMCA trade agreement our made-in-Canada shades cross the border duty-free — no brokerage fee waiting at your door either.
What if it doesn’t fit?
We remake it, if the error is ours. Nothing gets cut until you approve a sketch of your shade with every measurement written on it, and we’ll walk you through measuring first. That approval step is where fit problems get caught.
How long does it take?
Ten days or less, from approved measurements to shipped. Most “custom” programs quote six to eight weeks — so plan around a week and a half, not two months.
A note from Natalya: the question behind “how much” is usually “will it be worth it.” Send us your measurements — I’ll go over them with you and prepare your approval sketch before my team cuts anything. And start with swatches. Fabric in your own light tells you more than any screen can. — Natalya
