Pantone have announced Ultimate Gray and Illuminating as their ‘colours’ of the year 2021. These are two independent grey and yellow tones that can also be complementary to one another.

These two colours represent how different elements can come together to support one another. Pantone have described this year’s ‘colours’ of the year as “A marriage of colour conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting.” Ultimate Gray is practical while Illuminating is warm and optimistic, the union of both these colours conveys the message of strength and positivity. Ultimate Gray and Illumination gives a sense of hope and that the future is going to be brighter, Pantone say this is essential for people’s spirits especially with the current uncertainty of the world.

Illuminating

Illuminating is a bright energetic yellow that exudes vivacity. This bold colour represents happiness, fun and creativity. This tone of yellow can be seen as a controversial choice for colour of the year with its connotations of being youthful or childish. However, while we do not recommend using Illuminating as your focal colour choice within a room, it can be used in smaller accent area and paired with a more subdue tone such as Ultimate Gray to create a sophisticated interior look.

Ultimate Gray

Pantone have selected a somewhat brighter grey that is influenced by natural elements to represent composure, steadiness and resilience. Ultimate Gray is the perfect universal colour that can be used as the foundation for a bolder colour such as Illuminating or as an independent statement colour. Ultimate Gray can be used to create different looks from neutral and calming, to high contrast or even sleek and industrial looks.

We offer a measuring service with a sales representative who will show you samples, offer advice, measure and provide prices.  

Appointments open for February.

After 10 long weeks of the UK Lockdown restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, we are very happy to have officially re-opened again on 1st June 2020. We have taken the necessary precautions in order to keep our staff and wonderful customers safe and we are excited to be getting back to what we love!

Our showroom now has a sanitising station outside our front door and we have provided gloves for browsing through sample books. We have also fitted our clear film roller shields between our viewing podiums to help customers keep within social distancing rules.

Our opening hours are as normal: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm & Saturday 10am-2pm. No appointment is necessary to visit the showroom, however we have a restriction of 5 customers in at a time for the time being. When you arrive at the showroom, please ring the doorbell and one of our staff will come to greet you.

It was a week yesterday that Elite Blinds & Curtains closed our doors to the public for the safety of our staff and others in support of the 'Stay at Home' campaign.

The unprecedented shut-down saw the closure of many businesses to avoid any 'non essential' contact with others.  However there are many everyday heroes now working around the clock to keep us all safe from Coronavirus.

To the NHS,doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers, those who work infood production, processing, distribution, sale and deliveryandpolice and support staff, YOU ARE THE REAL HEROES! WE THANK YOU ALL!

COVID-19 UPDATE - 24th March 2020

Due to the most recent stringent restrictions announced, Elite Blinds & Curtains will close with immediate effect.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused. This is a temporary measure in line with government guidelines. Our social media and website will be updated daily. If you have any queries, please email: info@eliteblinds.co.uk.

We are reviewing the guidelines day by day and hope to be back soon to complete installations outstanding and new appointments.

Please stay safe everyone!

Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2020 has landed!

Trend experts are predicting that there is going to be a lot of blue in 2020 within interior design, fashion, textiles and graphics. Searching for new window blinds or curtains with a cobalt hue? Well this Pantone colour of the year might just be the colour for you!

COVID-19 UPDATE: Elite Blinds & Curtains are open for business as usual. We are taking extra precautions for the safety of both staff & customers. We continue to offer a measuring & fitting service. However, If you prefer to shop online, go to www.eliteblinds.co.uk & shop via our ‘catalogue’. Submit a quote online. If you are happy to proceed & install using your own measurements we will offer 10% off. Our friendly staff can guide you through product selection, measuring & installation. We will review the situation on a daily basis & advise. Thank you for your support & stay safe.

With only one week left until we close for the holidays, the countdown to Christmas has officially started! Our manufacturing staff are hard at work completing final orders and our fitters are as busy as Santa delivering all the finished blinds and curtains to our customers homes! Our showroom is still open this week so if you're looking for ideas for the new year...come on in, grab a coffee and escape from the cold and check out all the latest fabrics and blind styles and let us help you create a cosy retreat for the rest of the cold winter months.