Zebra Blinds · South Africa
A zebra blind layers two fabrics in alternating stripes, so a small movement shifts a room from open and bright to private and soft. Custom Blinds® Shutters & Awnings makes that choice easy two ways: order made-to-measure online anywhere in South Africa, or have us measure and fit them for you on the Garden Route.
Shopping anywhere in SA? Order zebra blinds online. On the Garden Route? Book a measure and quote.
Choose your colour, enter your measurements, and we cut each zebra blind to size and ship it to your door, nationwide. Best for confident DIY measuring and fitting. Zebra day-night from R1,770. Translucent double roller from R1,341. Priced live as you enter your sizes.
Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Sedgefield, George and surrounds. We come to you, measure precisely, and fit everything. If an installed blind is ever wrong, we put it right, because the measuring was ours.
Morning, you want the garden and the light. By evening, you want the room to itself. A zebra blind gives you both from the same window, without ever swapping a thing.
“People buy zebra blinds for the look, then fall for how they live. One hand, one small pull, and the room changes character. After 10,000 installations, it is still the blind that makes people smile when they first try it.”Duncan Kane Founder, Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings South Africa
The point of a zebra blind is step-free control of light and privacy from one blind. Instead of choosing between sheer and blockout, you slide between them through the day: open view in the morning, soft privacy at midday, full shade by evening. One fabric, one chain or motor, and a room that adapts as the light does.
This is why the zebra blind, or day-night blind, has become one of the most-asked-about window coverings in South Africa. It answers a real frustration: ordinary blinds force a single setting, while a zebra blind lets the same window behave differently at breakfast and at dinner. Across more than 10,000 installations since 2010, it is the product people most often describe as the one they did not know they needed.
Zebra blinds have three honest trade-offs. They do not give true 100% blackout, because light passes through the sheer stripes and around the edges on an inside fit. The layered fabric is more delicate than a basic roller and needs gentler cleaning. And they cost a little more than a standard single-fabric roller. For bedrooms that need full darkness, pair a zebra blind with a blockout roller or choose blockout outright.
Being straight about this matters more than a sale. In our experience fitting blinds along the Garden Route, the customers happiest with zebra blinds are those who wanted daytime flexibility in living spaces, not pitch-dark bedrooms. If complete darkness is the goal, the honest answer is a blockout fabric, and we will tell you so.
Yes, when specified correctly. Choose cordless or motorised zebra blinds for any home with young children, as loose chains are the safety risk, not the blind itself. Motorised and spring-operated options remove the cord entirely. Custom Blinds South Africa can fit child-safe controls on every zebra blind order, which is the option we recommend for nurseries and family living rooms.
Child safety is one of the most common questions buyers ask about zebra blinds, and the answer is reassuring: the fabric and mechanism are safe; the only consideration is the control. Specify cordless or motorised and the concern is removed. For windows a child can reach, this is worth doing as standard rather than as an upgrade.
Motorised zebra blinds are the upgrade that turns a clever blind into an effortless one. A remote, an app, or a schedule shifts the whole room between view and privacy without touching the blind, which also makes it the safest choice around children. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings can advise on battery and rechargeable motor options that need no rewiring. See motorised options on the shop.
Yes. Custom Blinds South Africa supplies zebra blinds made to your measurements and ships them nationwide, after about 5 to 7 working days production, plus courier transit. You choose the colour, enter your width and drop, and each blind is cut to size before it leaves us. Online ordering suits buyers in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and beyond who are comfortable measuring and fitting their own blinds.
The shop carries the full national zebra and double-roller range. If your windows are wide, awkward, or you would simply rather it was done for you, the Garden Route install route below removes the measuring risk entirely.
On the Garden Route, Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings measures and installs zebra blinds for you, so a Knysna, Plett, Sedgefield or George homeowner never has to measure or drill. We confirm the colour in your own light, measure each window precisely, and fit everything on site. When we install, the fit is our responsibility from first measure to final fit. Order online and you are protected by our Custom Fit Guarantee: if the measurements you supply are out, we cut the blind down free or remake it at a reduced price.
This protects you from the most common zebra blind regret: an inside-mount blind ordered a few millimetres narrow that leaks light down the sides. With 20 years of experience on the Garden Route and over 10,000 installations behind us, we measure for the fit that keeps the stripes doing their job. To start, book a consultation.
Terminology guide: a zebra blind is also called a double roller blind, a day-night blind, or a vision blind. It is not the same as a standard roller blind (one solid fabric), nor a duo or tandem roller (two separate blinds on one bracket). The zebra is a single striped fabric that slides between sheer and solid.
How it compares
Zebra blind vs the alternatives
| Blind | Light control | Privacy | True blackout | Best room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zebra (day-night) | Step-free, view to shade | Adjustable, day and dusk | No | Living rooms, open plan, dining |
| Standard roller | Fixed by fabric chosen | Fixed | Yes (blockout fabric) | Bedrooms, media rooms |
| Sheer roller | Soft, diffused only | Daytime only | No | Lounges, studies |
| Honeycomb | By fabric chosen | Fixed | Yes (blockout) | Rooms needing insulation |
With the lights on at night, the sheer stripes of a zebra blind allow a faint silhouette from outside when the stripes are aligned for view. Offset the stripes to the solid position and privacy is restored. For full night privacy in a bedroom, choose a blockout roller from Custom Blinds South Africa instead, or pair the two.
A standard roller blind is one solid fabric panel that you raise or lower. A zebra blind is a single fabric of alternating sheer and solid stripes that slides between the two, giving view, soft light, or privacy from one blind. The zebra adds step-free control; the roller is simpler and can give true blackout.
Zebra blinds suit living rooms particularly well because daytime needs change there: an open view in the morning, soft privacy by afternoon, and shade in the evening. One blind covers all three without swapping anything. For this reason living rooms and open-plan spaces are where Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings fits zebra blinds most often.
Zebra day and night blinds start from R1,770, and pricing depends on window size, fabric, and whether the blind is manual or motorised. A translucent double roller alternative starts from R1,341. The Custom Blinds South Africa shop shows your exact price on screen the moment you enter a width and drop, so there is no waiting on a quote for standard sizes. Garden Route installs: estimates are complimentary, confirmed at final measurements on site.
Zebra blinds are child-safe when fitted with cordless or motorised controls, which remove the loose chain that is the only real risk. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings recommends child-safe controls as standard for nurseries and family rooms, and can fit them on any zebra blind order placed online or installed on the Garden Route.
Yes. Custom Blinds South Africa delivers made-to-measure zebra blinds to every address in South Africa, including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein. You measure, choose your colour, and we cut and ship each blind to size, after about 5 to 7 working days production, plus courier transit.
Yes. Zebra blinds can be motorised for remote, app, or scheduled control, which suits wide or high windows and is the safest option around children. Battery and rechargeable motors avoid rewiring. Motorisation adds the cost of the motor and control to the blind price, and is available on every zebra blind order from Custom Blinds South Africa.
Custom Blinds South Africa: order zebra blinds online anywhere in the country, or let us measure and install across the Garden Route.
Custom Blinds® is a Garden Route window covering specialist established in 2010, serving Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Sedgefield, George and surrounding areas. We manufacture Custom Lifestyle Awnings™ in our Knysna workshop and manufacture our Custom Lifestyle Shutters™ range in Cape Town, and supply zebra blinds, roller blinds, honeycomb blinds and no-drill blinds nationally via shop.customblinds.co.za. Every order is covered by our Custom Fit Guarantee. Explore more in our roller blinds guide or our guide to blinds in South Africa.
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