Crush names its colours the way a well-travelled friend tells stories: Cornish Blue, Chateau Grey, London Slate, Nordic Mist, Whistler White. Cornwall, France, London, Scandinavia, a Canadian ski town - the shade card is an itinerary, each stop standing in for a colour the way places do in memory. Blinds By Post sells the range in 5 colourways from £23.26, with a motorised make-up for anyone who wants the small pleasure of a blind that moves at the push of a button. Among the shop's plains it opens at a higher entry point than the workhorse ranges, which tells you Crush expects to be chosen on its palette rather than its price.
Who it suits
This is a roller for rooms where the colour is the decision. Sitting rooms, studies and bedrooms that already have a scheme worth serving are Crush's natural home; a coastal blue, a French grey and a rooftop slate all carry enough character to be the deliberate echo of a sofa, a splashback or a painted wall. It suits the buyer who chooses slowly - the one holding paint cards against the skirting board - more than the one kitting out a rental in an afternoon.
The motorised make-up widens the brief. High glass above a stairwell, a window trapped behind a desk, a bedroom blind you would rather operate from under the duvet: anywhere reaching for a chain is a nuisance, the motor earns its keep. And because the palette leans calm and grown-up, it sits happily in the kind of room where a dangling control chain would annoy.
The colours
5 colours available
Place names are the most legible naming convention in fabric, because everyone carries the reference pictures already. Cornish Blue promises the soft marine blue of harbour towns; London Slate the blue-grey of wet rooftops; Chateau Grey the gentle grey of French shutters; Nordic Mist something pale, cool and quiet; Whistler White the blue-white of snow rather than the yellow-white of candlelight. Treat those readings as the names' suggestions - the grid above shows what the cloth actually does, and a sample against your own wall settles any argument between the two. As a set, the five sit close in temperament: cool, muted and easy in each other's company, so mixing two across one room is a safe move rather than a brave one.
Price by your dimensions
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Price around its usual level (checked since 12 Jun).
Roller pricing runs on measurements: width and drop set the figure, the from-price describes the smallest standard blind, and the motorised version adds its own step. Because Crush starts above the budget plains, it is worth pricing your actual windows rather than judging the range by its opening number - on a small window the gap between this and a plainer cloth may be smaller than you expect, and the table above gives the honest figure either way.
How it compares
Crush is a cloth that refuses to stay in one shop. Blinds Direct, New Blinds and Wilsons Blinds all sell a range under the same name, each making it up and pricing it independently, and the spread between four shops on one identical window is often wider than a careful buyer would guess. With a fabric that starts above the entry tier, the stakes are higher in plain pounds: the same percentage gap costs more here than it would on a budget cloth, so the two-minute detour matters more, not less. Our Crush roller comparison lines up the current versions for the same measurements. Within Blinds By Post the choice is simpler: if none of the five places speaks to you, the shop's broader plains cover the neutral ground; if one does, this page and that comparison are the whole of your homework.
A note on care
Nothing about a plain roller demands ceremony. Brush or vacuum the face gently every few weeks, catch marks early with a barely damp cloth, and blot rather than scrub so the surface stays even. Leave the blind hanging fully open until it is bone dry after any cleaning - rolling damp fabric away is how stains set and edges curl. If you chose the motorised make-up, the mechanism is sealed and asks nothing of you; the most useful habit is simply running the blind through its full travel now and then so the fabric never sets a curl of its own.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Willow roller blinds are sold under the same name by more than one UK retailer, and the price scales identically across window sizes - a strong sign it is the same fabric from the same supplier:
- Blinds By Post this page from £22.07
- Roller Blinds Direct from £30.40
- Blinds Direct from £35.31
- Wilsons Blinds from £35.76
- New Blinds from £53.63
- Motorised Blinds from £169.67
We match these on the shared name and an identical price curve, not an independent inspection, so treat it as likely the same fabric rather than confirmed - and check the specification and colour at each retailer before buying.