The Andromeda is a vertical blind range sold by 247 Blinds, available in 10 colours and priced from £6.00. It is a made-to-measure range built around a neutral palette, with a spread of whites, creams and greys plus a single deep black, so most buyers fitting a wide window or patio door will find something that sits quietly against their existing scheme.
Who it suits
Vertical blinds are the practical answer for openings that are too wide for a single roller or roman to manage comfortably - conservatories, patio doors, bi-folds and large living-room windows. The vanes rotate together so you can tilt the louvres to angle daylight through the day, and the whole track draws back to clear the doorway when you want the glass fully open. If your priority is light control across a big span without a heavy fabric panel, the Andromeda covers that brief.
The louvre tilt is the real selling point here. You can keep the blind closed for privacy while still letting a soft, angled light into the room, which suits a kitchen-diner or a home office where you want to cut glare on a screen rather than black the room out. It is less suited to a bedroom where genuine darkness matters, because vertical vanes leave gaps at their edges even when fully turned, so edge-leak is unavoidable. For wide, daytime-living spaces, though, this is one of the most usable formats you can fit.
The colours
10 colours available
The range leans neutral, which is what makes it easy to live with. The whites and creams - Breeze White, Imperial Cream, Estate Cream and the warmer Sand - give you a choice between a cooler, crisper look and a softer, warmer one, which matters because a pure white can read cold in direct sun next to magnolia walls. The greys run from light to deep, with Dusky Grey, Grey Dusk, Kent Grey, Storm Grey and Mercury covering most of that ground, and Black Twilight sits at the dark end for anyone after more contrast against pale frames. With this many close tones, it is worth ordering a couple of samples before you commit, since cream against grey is the kind of decision that looks obvious on screen and far less so in your own room light.
Price by your dimensions
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The from-price reflects a small or entry-level size, and the total will scale with width and drop as it does for any made-to-measure blind. Vertical blinds at this end of the market are among the more affordable coverings per square metre, which is part of why they make sense for conservatories and large windows where the area adds up quickly. Use the calculator above with your own measurements rather than the from-price, because a wide patio-door span will land well above the starting figure.
How it compares
Across the wider market, vertical blinds are a practical, everyday product rather than a statement one, and the Andromeda fits that mould with a broad neutral choice rather than bold colour. If you want tighter light control on a narrower window, a day-and-night roller gives you more flexibility in a smaller format. For a conservatory where summer heat is the main complaint, a pleated blind with a thermal coating will outperform any vertical on insulation. But for sheer width - patio doors and bi-folds where panels need to slide clear of the opening - verticals remain the most sensible choice, and a 10-colour range gives you more room to match an existing scheme than many competing ranges manage.
A note on care
One advantage of vertical blinds is that each louvre comes out for cleaning. The individual vanes unclip from their carriers at the top and unhook from the bottom chain, so you can take down a marked or dusty louvre on its own, sponge it down or hand-wash it flat, and clip it back without disturbing the rest of the blind. Avoid soaking the fabric or scrubbing hard, since that can mark the finish, and let each vane dry fully before rehanging so it keeps its shape. Done now and again, this keeps a wide run of blind looking even, which is harder to manage with a fixed fabric panel.