Two Pages vs Select Blinds Roman Shades: Real Compare

On paper, Two Pages and Select Blinds promise the same three things on their homepage: custom roman shades, free or near-free samples, and a sub-$200 entry point. The configurator says something else once you stop reading marketing and start adding to cart.

Two Pages Liz Linen Roman Shade is one custom SKU: 90 percent polyester / 10 percent linen blend, roughly 90 gsm, custom width 18 to 71 inches, cord lift default, transparent $59.99 base, 10 to 12 business days production. Select Blinds runs four parallel roman shade trees under one cart: Classic private label (polyester, $34.50 net after typical 50 percent sale), Designer private label (blends, $65 to $129 net at sale), Premier Light Filtering / Premier Blackout ($85 to $169 net at sale), and a Bali satellite line ($99 to $209 net at sale). Plus the structural Select Blinds advantage: a 5-year limited warranty, a SureFit free remake on measurement errors, and a 30-day satisfaction return even on custom. For the full single-product analysis on the Two Pages side, the full Liz Linen roman shade review covers verified buyer photos and color-by-color drape notes.

What this article does: walk seven dimensions of the comparison, material, sizing, lift systems, linings, lead time, price, and warranty. What it does not do: pretend either shade was hung in our home or audit a Select Blinds workroom. The read leans on Two Pages catalog data, configurator outputs from both brands, OEKO-TEX certification, Select Blinds’ public category pages, and owner reports aggregated from Judge.me and selectblinds.com reviews.

At a Glance: Side-by-Side and Specs Table

Two cards first, then the full comparison table. The cards land the contrast in a glance; the table catches every spec that matters before configuration.

Two things jump out of the cards. Two Pages is one SKU, one fiber blend, one transparent price: less choice friction, no promo arithmetic to do. Select Blinds is four sub-collections behind a 45 to 55 percent sitewide sale that resets the anchor weekly: more SKUs, more decisions, more time spent calculating what you actually pay versus what the list shouts at you.

Spec	TWOPAGES Liz Roman Shade	Select Blinds Roman Shades
Material composition	90% Polyester / 10% Linen, OEKO-TEX 100	Polyester (Classic), blends (Designer / Premier), natural woven (Bali, Designer Eco)
Approx. weight (gsm)	~90 (calibrated for fold stack)	~140 Classic, ~180 Designer, ~220 Premier Blackout (estimated)
Width range	18 to 71 inches custom	19-71 Classic, 12-96 Designer / Premier, 16-78 Bali
Length range	12 to 90 inches custom	24-86 Classic, 12-108 Designer / Premier, 24-96 Bali
Lift options	Cord lift default, siblings cover cordless / TDBU / motorized	Cordless default on Classic, all four lifts on Designer / Premier in one SKU
Lining options	Light-filtering and G51 room-darkening backings	Unlined / light filtering (Classic), blackout option (Designer), Light Filtering and Blackout as parallel sub-lines (Premier)
Lead time	10 to 12 business days	7 to 14 business days
Base price after typical promo	from $59.99/shade with code JULY applied transparently	$34.50 Classic net at 50 percent sitewide sale, $109+ Designer net at 45 percent sale
Free samples policy	$1 to $2 per swatch, refundable on first order	Up to 10 free samples per order, no first-order condition
Warranty	Workmanship defect refund within 14 days with photo evidence	5-year limited + SureFit free remake + 30-day satisfaction return
Return on custom	Final sale once production starts	30-day satisfaction return even on custom

The table puts the structural divergence in plain text. Two Pages collapses fiber, configurator, and price into one transparent SKU. Select Blinds spreads them across four sub-collections behind a promo cycle but pairs the spread with a warranty package that absorbs the first-time custom-shade buyer’s biggest fear: measuring wrong. SureFit is the single largest structural advantage on the Select Blinds side, and it shapes the rest of this read.

Material & Fiber Composition

Two Pages Liz: 90/10 Poly-Linen Blend, ~90 GSM

Two Pages’ Liz Linen roman shade body is 90 percent polyester and 10 percent linen, OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 certified on the Liz collection. The weight sits near 90 gsm, calibrated lighter than the 350 gsm Liz drape sibling because a roman shade folds onto itself when raised and the fold stack stays cleaner when the fabric is not too heavy.

The blend trades fiber purity for engineered consistency. The polyester majority delivers crisper fold crown after months of daily lift, better colorfastness in south-facing windows, and easier daily care. The 10 percent linen does the visible work in the weave: enough slub, enough hand, enough soft glow when daylight hits the shade flat.

If you want a cotton-forward body instead of a poly-linen blend, the Isabella roman shade sibling sits at the same configurator price tier with a 76/24 polyester-cotton spec.

Select Blinds: Four Sub-Collections, Four Fiber Stories

On Select Blinds’ roman shades category, the fiber question splits four ways under one cart. Classic is the budget floor: 100 percent polyester, unlined or light filtering, designed for the kitchen-window shopper who wants a quick custom at the lowest net. Designer moves up to polyester-linen and polyester-faux-silk blends, with a small Eco woven natural subset for buyers who want a jute or bamboo-linen look. Premier ships as two parallel sub-lines, Premier Light Filtering with an engineered diffusion backing and Premier Blackout with an opaque backer rated for full light block. The Bali satellite covers natural woven and printed options at a slight premium over Designer.

The fiber story splits across the sub-collection ladder, not across one SKU. No single Select Blinds shade competes head-to-head with Liz on a like-for-like fiber match. The closest analog is Designer in a linen blend, which lands roughly $109 to $129 net after the typical 45 percent sitewide sale. Two Pages collapses this entire ladder into one configurator with one blend.

Sizing & Configurator

Two Pages Liz Configurator: 18 to 71 Inches, One SKU

On the configurator side, Two Pages front-loads width, length, and backing on the product page. The total recalculates live as you adjust. Width runs 18 to 71 inches. Length runs 12 to 90 inches. Every order is custom-to-window. Mount option (inside or outside) toggles at checkout. No sub-collection choice, no tier hop, no anchor reset.

Across the 38+ colorway catalog, 18 warmlines, coolines, and greys carry the daily traffic. Sand Beige 1908-3 is the colorway most cross-shopped against Select Blinds Designer faux linen Natural. The warm-leaning neutrals push the same shopper from both sides of the comparison.

Select Blinds: Four Configurators Stacked Across Sub-Collections

On the Select Blinds sub-collection ladder, the sizing rule changes per tree. Classic covers 19 to 71 inches wide × 24 to 86 inches long. Designer and Premier stretch wider and longer at 12 to 96 inches wide × 12 to 108 inches long. Bali sits in the middle at 16 to 78 inches wide × 24 to 96 inches long. Configurator depth scales with sub-collection price. The shopper picks a tree first, then the configuration inside it.

The friction is real for first-time custom buyers. You take one of four trees with overlapping price brackets and partially overlapping size grids. The Designer tree is the closest size-and-fiber analog to Liz. Two Pages cuts the tree choice: every order routes through one SKU and one fiber blend with one configurator.

Lift Systems & Safety

Two Pages: Cord Lift Default, Cordless Siblings

Two Pages Liz ships with a loop cord lift and safety buckle included by default. The configurator backbone is shared across sibling SKUs, so cordless routes through Isabella, Cloe, or Andy, top-down/bottom-up through Andy, and motorized through the Alvin sibling line. The shopper picks the lift by picking the sibling SKU, not by toggling a dropdown inside Liz.

The safety buckle on Liz cord lift meets the standard adult-window spec, but the cord still exists. For nursery and toddler rooms, default to a cordless sibling rather than treating the buckle as a substitute for cord-free.

Select Blinds: Classic Cordless Default, Four Lifts Inside Designer / Premier

On Select Blinds, Classic ships cordless default since the 2018 Window Covering Manufacturers Association safety standard. Designer and Premier configurators offer cord, cordless, TDBU, and motorized as four selectable lift options inside the same SKU. Motorized lands inside one cart with battery or hardwired choices. The kid-room default is the cordless sub-collection, not a toggle inside one tree.

Motorized is the differentiator on Select Blinds. Premier Motorized starts roughly $189 to $249 net after typical sale with battery, app pairing on select fabrics. Two Pages routes motorized through the Alvin sibling line as a separate SKU with a separate review. If you want motorized in one cart with the rest of your roman shade order, Select Blinds wins that specific path.

The Window Covering Safety Council recommends cord-free systems in rooms accessible to children under 8. Both brands meet this standard if you spec correctly, which is to say: pick a cordless sibling on Two Pages, or pick Classic / a cordless toggle on Designer or Premier on Select Blinds.

Linings & Light Control

Two Pages Liz: Three Backings, No Standalone Blackout

The Two Pages Liz configurator offers three backing tiers. Unlined lets daylight bounce through the body for a sheer effect at mid-day. Light-filtering backing reduces direct sun and softens the room while keeping the daylight feel. G51 room-darkening backing delivers significant light reduction without crossing into true blackout territory. There is no standalone Liz blackout SKU; the true blackout job routes through the Atlanta Room Divider Blackout drape line on the Two Pages catalog instead.

Select Blinds: Lining Splits Across the Ladder

Across the Select Blinds sub-collection ladder, lining choice depends on which tree you picked. Classic ships unlined or light filtering only. Designer adds blackout as a configurator option. Premier ships as two parallel sub-lines: Premier Light Filtering with an engineered diffusion backing, and Premier Blackout with an opaque backer rated for full light block. Bali covers light filtering and room darkening across the natural woven subset. If true blackout is the brief, Premier Blackout is the dedicated line and competes against the Atlanta drape route on the Two Pages side rather than against Liz directly.

Lead Time & Logistics

Two Pages: 10 to 12 Business Days, Made-to-Order

On the Two Pages production calendar, the Liz Linen configurator commits to 10 to 12 business days production before shipping. Ground transit adds another ~5 days. Swatches ship in 3 to 7 days at $1 to $2 each, refundable on first order. The workroom runs weekly batch cuts, so order timing inside the week matters less than the cut cadence.

Select Blinds: 7 to 14 Business Days, Plus SureFit Remake Cycle

On Select Blinds, production runs 7 to 14 business days across Classic, Designer, Premier, and Bali. Ground transit adds 3 to 5 days. Free samples up to 10 per order ship in roughly 5 to 7 days, no first-order condition. If SureFit is invoked after a measurement miss, add a second production cycle of 7 to 14 days to the calendar; the remake is free but not instant.

The calendar windows overlap. A roman shade ordered the same day on both sites lands within roughly the same calendar week. Two Pages does not lose this dimension. The differentiator is sample-shipping cost (refundable $1-$2 vs free up to 10) and the SureFit do-over insurance on Select Blinds.

Price & Promo Psychology

Two Pages Liz: Transparent $59.99 Base, Code JULY at Checkout

On Two Pages, the price discipline is flat. Entry $59.99 base at 30 inch by 48 inch unlined. Mid-tier 48 inch by 72 inch with light-filtering backing ~$129. Generous 71 inch by 90 inch with G51 room-darkening ~$185 to $220. Code JULY applies 20 percent at checkout. Free shipping over $300. Posted price is the price you pay after the code, not before, so the configurator number you see is the number on your card.

Select Blinds: List vs Net After Typical 45-55 Percent Sitewide Sale

On Select Blinds, list prices are anchors, not net. Classic 30 inch by 48 inch list $69, sale 50 percent off net $34.50. Designer light filtering list ~$199, sale 45 percent off net ~$109. Premier Blackout list ~$269, sale 45 to 50 percent off net ~$135 to $149. Bali natural woven list ~$259, sale 40 to 45 percent off net ~$143 to $155. The 40 to 55 percent sitewide cadence resets every 2 to 3 weeks, which means the “real” price depends on which week you checked the homepage.

The price discipline tells you what you actually pay. Two Pages Liz $59.99 base undercuts Select Blinds Designer light filtering and matches Classic on net at sale. The Designer light filtering tier is the closest fiber match to Liz with backing and sits roughly $109 to $129 net. If you also have Home Depot’s Levolor Custom on the shortlist, the Home Depot roman shade comparison maps that branch.

Warranty & Service

Two Pages: Workmanship Defect Refund, 14-Day Window

Two Pages runs online-only. Email and chat support. Refundable swatches at $1 to $2 each. Returns on custom shade go final-sale once production starts. Refunds on workmanship defects require photo evidence within 14 days of delivery. There is no measurement-error remake guarantee on the Two Pages side; if you mis-measure, the workroom does not absorb the cost.

Select Blinds: 5-Year Limited Warranty Plus SureFit Free Remake

Select Blinds also runs online-only, but the warranty packaging is the structural Select Blinds advantage. Phone, email, and chat support. Free samples up to 10 per order. 5-year limited warranty on materials and workmanship. SureFit guarantee ships a free remake within 30 days if the buyer mis-measures. 100 percent satisfaction guarantee opens a 30-day return window even on custom shades, an industry-loose standard that most custom workrooms do not match. The package is the reason a first-time custom roman shade buyer often picks Select Blinds even at a slightly higher net per shade.

The warranty gap is real if you are measuring custom for the first time. The fiber-consistency gap is real if you are placing a multi-window order and want the same blend across every window. Both observations are true at the same time; the verdict is about which one shapes your risk tolerance more.

FAQ

Are Two Pages roman shades better than Select Blinds roman shades?

They optimize for different shopper anxieties, so “better” depends on what you fear most. Two Pages Liz is a single custom-to-window SKU with a 90 percent polyester / 10 percent linen blend body at roughly 90 gsm, configurable from 18 to 71 inches wide, shipping in 10 to 12 business days from a transparent $59.99 base with code JULY applied. Select Blinds bundles four roman shade sub-collections under one cart : Classic (polyester, $34.50 net at sale), Designer (blends, $65 to $129 net at sale), Premier Light Filtering / Premier Blackout ($85 to $169 net at sale), and the Bali satellite ($99 to $209 net at sale). The structural differentiator is the 5-year limited warranty plus SureFit free-remake guarantee on Select Blinds, which softens the risk on a first custom order. Two Pages wins on fiber consistency across multi-window orders and on transparent pricing.

What’s the real price difference between Two Pages Liz and Select Blinds roman shades after sale discounts?

On a like-for-like 30 inch × 48 inch standard kitchen window unlined, Two Pages Liz lands near $59.99 to $80 with code JULY applied transparently, while Select Blinds Classic at 50 percent sitewide sale lands near $34.50 off a $69 list. Scale to a 48 inch × 72 inch living-room window with light-filtering backing : Two Pages reaches roughly $129 to $149, Select Blinds Designer reaches $109 to $129 net at 45 percent sale, Premier Light Filtering reaches $135 to $159 net at sale. The Classic tier undercuts Two Pages on price floor. The Designer and Premier tiers overlap with Two Pages on net after sale, and Two Pages wins on fiber consistency.

Is the Select Blinds SureFit guarantee worth the price difference?

For a first custom order, often yes. SureFit ships you a free remake within 30 days if you mis-measure, plus the 100 percent satisfaction return on custom shades within 30 days, plus a 5-year limited warranty on materials and workmanship. Two Pages refunds workmanship defects with photo evidence within 14 days but does not offer a measurement-error remake. If you have measured custom window treatments before and your geometry is straightforward, the SureFit insurance is mostly redundant. If this is your first custom shade, or your window is bay, arched, or off-square, SureFit shifts the risk away from your wallet.

Is the Two Pages 90/10 poly-linen blend better than Select Blinds Designer linen blend?

They sit close in fiber engineering and reads. The Two Pages 90/10 blend is calibrated for fold memory consistency, crisper fold crown after months of daily lift, and OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 certification on the Liz collection. Select Blinds Designer linen blends use a comparable polyester-linen ratio at the visible weave layer with a heavier hand on Premier-tier backers. Owner reviews on both sides report similar daily care behavior. The differentiator is shopping experience : Two Pages collapses the choice into one fiber and one configurator, Select Blinds spreads the choice across sub-collections with different default backers.

How fast does Two Pages ship a roman shade compared to Select Blinds?

Both run a custom workroom calendar in the same window. Two Pages Liz roman shade is made-to-order with a 10 to 12 business day production lead time before shipping, plus ~5 days ground transit. Select Blinds ships in 7 to 14 business days production across Classic, Designer, Premier, and Bali sub-collections, plus 3 to 5 days ground transit. Sample shipping adds ~5 to 7 days on either side. If SureFit is invoked on Select Blinds after a measurement miss, add a second production cycle (7 to 14 days) to the calendar. Same-day-ordered shades from both brands typically arrive within the same calendar week.

Can I get cordless roman shades from both Two Pages and Select Blinds?

Yes, but the configurator path differs. The Two Pages Liz roman shade is corded by default with a safety buckle included. Cordless requires switching to the Isabella, Cloe, or Andy sibling SKU in the Two Pages catalog (each near $79.99 base for the cord-free version). Select Blinds Classic ships cordless default since the 2018 Window Covering Manufacturers Association safety standard. Designer and Premier configurators offer cordless as one of four lift options in the same SKU. For nurseries and rooms accessible to children under 8, the Window Covering Safety Council recommends cord-free systems regardless of which brand you choose.

The Verdict

Select Blinds wins when the warranty package matters, when SureFit free-remake insurance softens a first custom order, when you want one cart for four sub-collections and four lift systems, or when a 50 percent sitewide sale aligns with your timing. Two Pages Liz wins when you want a single fiber blend across multi-window orders, a transparent $59.99 base that does not depend on a promo cycle, a 90/10 poly-linen body engineered for fold memory consistency, and a ceiling under $220 even at 71 inches wide with room-darkening backing. Both ship samples. Both build custom in 1 to 2 weeks. The decision is structural: warranty net and catalog breadth, or fiber consistency and configurator transparency.