The Bella is a blackout roller blind sold by So Easy Blinds, covering 48 colour options under the retailer's blackout model designation. From £68.15, it occupies the middle of the market for a dedicated blackout roller, and what sets it apart is not the mechanism or the fit but the names - Havana, Tropez, Mambo, Amalfi - a colour palette that reads more like a travel wishlist than a standard blind catalogue.

Who it suits

The Bella's blackout construction makes it most useful in bedrooms. The retailer describes the entire range as blackout, which means the fabric blocks light through the material itself - though, as with all roller blinds, edge-leak around the sides and bottom is a separate matter. Fitting into a close recess or using side channels will reduce that further. For parents of young children, shift workers, or anyone dealing with early UK summer sunrises, a blackout fabric is the right starting point.

It is less well suited to living rooms unless you specifically want a room that can be blacked out in the daytime - for most living areas, a light-filtering or dimout fabric keeps the room more usable during the day. Similarly, bathrooms would need the fabric to be moisture-resistant; the retailer's product page is the place to confirm this before ordering.

If the Bella is going into a children's room, confirm the cord-safety configuration with So Easy Blinds. UK regulations since 2014 require a cord-safe solution on domestic blinds; cordless or wand operation is the usual recommendation for rooms used by children. The same principle applies to any room accessible to young children, regardless of the primary occupant.

The colours

48 colours available

Forty-eight colours is a wider choice than most dedicated blackout ranges offer, and the naming convention leans away from the generic. Neutrals are well represented - Vellum, Hessian, Modesty, Grey Whisper, Cashew - alongside deeper tones like Noir, Bullet, Nato, and Sloe. Warmer shades include Havana, Heat, Cocoa, and Ruby; cooler options cover Duck Egg, Placid, Mineral, and Glade. A further 8 finishes exist beyond those listed, so the full palette is broader still.

No finishes carry a premium price mark-up within this range; the from-price applies across the collection. That consistency means you can choose on colour alone rather than working around price tiers.

Price by your dimensions

Made to measure from £68.15. Check So Easy Blinds for the price at your exact window size.

At £68.15 from-price, the Bella sits in the mid-range for a made-to-measure blackout roller. Price will rise with the width and drop of your window, as is standard for made-to-measure orders. Wider and longer windows cost more; use the dimensions tool above to check the cost for your specific recess before committing.

How it compares

Compared with a plain blackout roller in three or four standard colours, the Bella's breadth gives decorators more to work with. If the room needs a specific tone that basic ranges don't carry, the 48-colour selection is genuinely useful.

Where the Bella does not have an advantage is versatility across rooms: every variant is blackout, so it is not the range to choose if you want the same palette for both a bedroom and a living room. For living areas, a light-filtering or dimout version of a similar colour would be a better match - the same retailer's Splash range shares much of the Bella's colour vocabulary in a light-filtering fabric, making cross-room pairing straightforward.

For maximum thermal performance, a cellular or honeycomb blind outperforms any roller fabric, but the Bella is not marketed on thermal grounds - it is a blackout-first product with a wider colour choice than its category average. If pattern or texture is the priority rather than plain colour, a printed roller range would offer more visual variety.

Fittings for this fabric

The same fabric and blind type is sold in more than one fitting:

  • Standard from £68.15 fixed with drilled brackets
  • Perfect Fit from £125.90 a clip-in frame for UPVC windows and doors

No-drill and clip-in fittings suit UPVC windows and renters, but they cap out at the largest window sizes - check the maximum drop before ordering for a tall window.