The Andromeda is a made-to-measure roller blind sold by 247 Blinds, available in 10 colourways with prices starting from £5.08. It covers a tight but considered palette - a neutral cream, a cool mid-tone, and a deep near-black - making it a practical choice for rooms where you want to treat the window without the blind itself becoming the main event.

Who it suits

The three colourways position the Andromeda as a living-room and bedroom workhorse. Estate Cream works well in south-facing rooms where you want to soften direct sunlight without plunging the space into darkness. It provides visual warmth against white or off-white walls and pairs with light wood floors or neutral furnishings without fighting for attention.

Mercury - a cool grey tone - sits comfortably in home offices and kitchens where a neutral, unobtrusive blind is the goal. Grey has become the default choice for anyone fitting out a modern interior, and this shade is restrained enough to work across a wide range of kitchen units, painted walls, and worktop finishes.

Black Twilight is the colourway to consider for bedrooms, particularly if the room faces east or gets strong early morning light. A deep, near-black roller reduces light transmission significantly compared with lighter fabrics. However, 247 Blinds does not explicitly publish an opacity rating for this range - if genuine blackout performance is a firm requirement, confirm the fabric specification with the retailer before ordering. A fabric that reads as dark is not always certified blackout, and edge leakage around the bracket area is always a factor regardless of fabric opacity.

The range is less suited to bathrooms unless the fabric is confirmed as moisture-tolerant. Standard polyester roller fabrics handle occasional condensation reasonably well, but a prolonged damp environment can affect any fabric over time, so it is worth checking with 247 Blinds if the blind is intended for a bathroom window.

The colours

10 colours available

The three finishes span the neutral end of the spectrum: Estate Cream sits at the warmer end, Mercury is a cool, near-neutral grey, and Black Twilight provides a deep tonal anchor. Taken together, the palette is deliberately understated - these shades are designed to work alongside existing decor rather than to set a decorative direction. That restraint is a feature for some rooms and a limitation for others.

If you are fitting out a room with strong existing colours and want the blind to recede, these tones do that job well. If you are after something more characterful - a printed fabric, a bolder accent colour, or a texture with visual interest - this is probably not the range to reach for. The Andromeda does not try to be decorative; it tries to be correct.

Price by your dimensions

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At a starting price of £5.08, the Andromeda sits at the entry-level end of 247 Blinds' made-to-measure offering. As with all made-to-measure rollers, the final price depends on your specific width and drop - the grid above shows how the cost scales with size. For a standard window, the total remains accessible. Larger widths and longer drops will push the price higher, as they do with any made-to-measure blind.

How it compares

Within the roller-blind category, the Andromeda's strength is its simplicity: three well-chosen neutral tones, available to your measurements. If your priority is a wide colour selection, a range with more variants would serve you better. If you need a documented blackout rating - for a young child's room or a bedroom where sleep quality depends on genuine darkness - it is worth finding a range where the retailer explicitly lists the opacity class rather than inferring it from colour depth alone.

For rooms where light control is less critical and style is the priority, Roman blinds in natural-fibre or textured fabrics offer a softer, more decorative look. That comes at a higher price point, and Roman blinds stack at the top when raised, taking up some of the window. For a practical, unfussy roller that covers the window and stays out of the way, the Andromeda covers the ground it sets out to cover.

Fitting and operation

Roller blinds in this category are typically fitted inside the recess or face-fixed to the wall above the window. Inside recess fitting gives the cleanest result and requires enough depth behind the front face of the frame to clear the bracket and tube - check your recess depth before ordering. Face-fixed fitting is a useful fallback for shallow recesses and also improves light-block at the edges, since the blind overlaps the wall rather than sitting within the opening. Operation is standard chain-pull; the retailer's listing will confirm whether motorised versions of this range are offered.