7 min readMy husband and I moved into our apartment back in July 2025, and we still haven’t finished buying furniture and decor for the space. I’m a big believer in slow decorating—clearly—and I finally checked something off my to-do list this month: my bedroom window treatment.
Since July, we’ve been using a curtain we brought from our old place to the new apartment, but it didn’t fit our developing aesthetic. We had a few requirements for the window treatment we were replacing this curtain with: it had to be a Roman shade, it had to be blackout, it had to fit our bedroom color scheme of reds, blues, and browns, and we really wanted it to be motorized.
I did some research and found that TWOPAGES had multiple options that fit our needs. I’ve been familiar with the brand for a while, thanks to working in this industry, and my colleague also has it in herhome and really loves it.
But would these influencer-favorite shades fit into my wonky pre-war apartment window while keeping the light out? Keep reading to find out as I walk you through the ins and outs of installing (and living) with my new shades, which, full transparency, the brand kindly sent to me to test.
Quick Verdict: TWOPAGES Motorized Roman Shade
Rating: 4.5/5
Best for: People who want a simple, relatively affordable motorized shade that’s customizable.
Not ideal for: People who are looking for a bit more luxury and/or “smart” motorized Roman shades.
Price at review: $331
Bottom line: TWOPAGES Motorized Roman Shades are very easy to install and use, and they block out the light well. They add such beautiful color to my space and really make my bedroom feel luxurious.
Purchasing Process
If you’re specifically looking for motorized window treatments, TWOPAGES offers a good number of options. They offer motorized curtain tracks, bamboo shades, roller shades, and cordless Roman shades, which is what I have. Clicking inside the Roman shades options, I was very surprised at how many customizations they offered for fabric, color, and lining.
Fabrics
TWOPAGES offers 13 different fabric options for their motorized Roman shades. Most of them are natural and synthetic blends, but they do offer a few completely natural fabrications made from linen, cotton, or a linen-cotton blend.
What we went with: the Liz fabric option, which is an extremely soft linen-polyester blend.
Colors
The colors they provide vary depending on the fabric you choose. The Liz fabric, for example, offers 38 color options, whereas the Ian fabric offers only four. Most are solid tones, but a few fabrics, like Holly or Sara Le, offer some patterned choices.
If you’re not sure which color and fabric would look best in your space, TWOPAGES offers sample booklets so you can see the options in your environment.
What we went with: Firebrick, a beautiful rusty red hue.
Lining
No matter what fabric or colorway you choose for your shades, you have four lining options. Unlined is the most sheer; Privacy claims to block out 60-70 percent of light; then Room Darkening, which blocks out 70-80 percent or 90-95 percent of light, depending on the grams per square meter (GSM) each shade offers; and finally Blackout, which claims to block out 100 percent of light.
What we went with: blackout.
Other
TWOPAGES also lets you choose the mount type and the lift type. Obviously, if you’re specifically looking at motorized options, the only lift type will be motorized. But for the mount type, you can choose an inside or outside mount, depending on what you believe would work best for your space.
We honestly went back and forth between the two mounts—as I mentioned above, we live in a pre-war apartment with its fair share of quirks, one of those being our windows. After decades of paint buildup, surely some water damage, and a general lack of care from ghosts of landlords past, our entire window frame is a bit misshapen, if you will. It’s not enough that you’d notice simply by glancing at it, but when we were measuring to input the width and length into the TWOPAGES site, we discovered that there were some inconsistencies in the fractions to the width at the lower end of the frame than at the higher end.
These inconsistencies first made me lean towards an outside mount because that way, we could simply cover the entire window and not have to worry about the weird widths. However, more light would stream in through the sides because the shade wouldn’t be flush against the wall due to the mounting bracket, which would basically defeat the purpose of blackout shades.
We decided on an inside mount that measured 38 inches wide and 76 inches long. This would come out to be about $331.
Delivery and Setup
The Roman shades came in a long, compact box, and the package took about two weeks to arrive. The shade came with the proper screws and drywall anchors, the shade brackets, a remote control, a charger, and the shade itself. My husband did all the drilling, but he said the instructions were pretty standard and easy to follow.
He did specifically call out the brackets and how much he liked them. They felt high-quality and were very easy to clip into. Looking back at when I took these photos, it took him only 10 minutes total to drill into the ceiling, attach the brackets, and clip in the shade. After that, all that was left to do was let the shade charge for about 12 hours, then we could unplug it and use the remote to control it.
TWOPAGES Motorized Roman Shades Performance Review
After we let the shade charge, we tested it out, and it worked perfectly. It feels sturdy, which is necessary because my spouse and I have recently added a second cat to the family, and she’s a climber. I was worried that if she tried to climb up the shade, it would fall down. But that hasn’t happened and doesn’t seem likely!
The remote is extremely simple with only three buttons: one to go up, one to stop, and one to go down. As you can see in the video above, it takes just under 40 seconds for my motorized Roman shade to go all the way up. Personally, I couldn't care less about the timing—it takes as long as it takes, as long as it works, I’m happy! I also believe the slow speed helps it stay quiet.
My only wish with the remote is that I could schedule when the shade goes up in the morning and down in the evening. It would be so lovely to wake up to a sunny room and not have to worry about my neighbors looking in past 7:00 p.m., but I knew going in that this wasn’t a “smart” product in that way. Maybe an idea for their next motorized shade, though!
My only real qualm (and even that might be too strong a word) has to do with the light seeping through the edges. As I wrote, I knew these shades wouldn’t fit perfectly in my window frame because of the wonkiness of the space, so there’s still a good amount of light that comes through during the day. We have an extra mesh shade that was already installed when we moved in—it can be seen in the second photo, in the upper half of the window—so that helps a bit, but not enough to be truly blackout.
We also couldn’t install the brackets closer to the actual window because of something structural (when my husband first drilled into the ceiling there, he hit something that felt like metal, according to him), so we had to put them pretty close to the edge, which could also contribute to the amount of light coming through.
However, there’s no extra light getting through the actual curtain—the blackout lining works extremely well. So if your window frames are standard in shape and size, then you shouldn’t have to worry about this much light.
Cleaning and Maintenance
When it comes to cleaning the shade, the instructions simply say to “wipe clean.” I do wish they’d give a little more guidance there on what you should or shouldn’t use to clean their shades—what if you somehow splatter a sauce or a drink on the shade? Can I use a Tide to Go Pen? I guess that’s up to my discretion.
The site also says that you should only need to charge the shade every two to three months, depending on how often it’s used. There’s a charging port on the left side of the shade, and while you’re technically able to remove the shade from the brackets to charge it, it’s easy enough to simply plug in the cable while they’re up.
Of course, you have to be close to an outlet for that to work, which we aren’t. So, we grabbed an extra extension cord we had and used that to charge the shade. After 12 hours, it was fully charged, so we took the extension cord away and unplugged the cable from the shade. We’ve been using it for about two weeks and haven’t had to recharge it yet, so I’d say that’s a good sign.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Many color and fabric options to choose from
- No light is seeping through the blackout lining
- Easy to install
- Works very well and very quietly
- Allows you to be extremely particular about measurements
Cons
- Comes with a very basic remote control
Is the TWOPAGES Motorized Roman Shade Worth Buying?
I can confidently say yes, this motorized Roman shade from TWOPAGES is definitely worth buying. Window treatments are expensive, and any designer will tell you they’re worth the investment, but this is a really great, more affordable alternative. As a reminder, with my exact window measurements (38 inches wide, 76 inches long), the price would be about $331 for one shade. I’m not saying this is extremely cheap by any means, but given all the customizations they offer and the motorized lift, I do not think this is a bad price for a more permanent feature in your home.
The quality is great; it’s easy to put together, the measurements are all correct, and the blackout lining works. I think it’s definitely worth spending more on these motorized shades for that added touch of luxury.
