The Cyrus Crushed Velvet range from 247 Blinds is a made-to-measure roman blind offered in 9 colourways, starting from £16.00. It is a decorative, textured range: crushed velvet gives a soft sheen that shifts with the light and the angle you view it from, so the same colour can read deeper or brighter across the day. Roman blinds fold into soft horizontal pleats as they raise, which suits the fabric well.
Who it suits
This is a range for rooms where the blind is meant to be a feature rather than a quiet backdrop. The crushed velvet texture and gentle sheen suit living rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms, where a touch of richness and tactility adds to the scheme. The fold of a roman blind shows the fabric off, so the texture is part of the point here in a way it would not be on a flat roller.
Romans are less suited to steamy kitchens and bathrooms, and that goes double for a velvet pile, which holds moisture and marks more readily than a smooth wipe-clean fabric. For those rooms a venetian or moisture-resistant roller is the practical choice. The range carries a standard opacity rather than blackout, so it filters and softens daylight rather than blocking it - good for general privacy and a warm filtered light, less so where you need a room fully dark.
The colours
9 colours available
This is a small, considered palette built around the velvet texture. The neutrals cover a warm cream (Latte, Cream), a soft grey-brown set (Glint, Moonlight, Shimmer, Twilight) and a Bright Silver, while two colours give the range its character: Rose, a soft pink, and Deep Purple, a richer jewel tone. On crushed velvet, colour and texture work together - the sheen lifts the neutrals out of flatness and gives the rose and purple real depth. Because the pile catches light differently depending on direction, colour on a screen and colour filling a window can differ considerably, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind to see how the sheen behaves in your own light.
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The range is offered in two fittings, and the choice affects the price. The standard fit starts from the range from-price, while a no-drill option starts from a higher figure - that fitting clamps to the window without screws, which suits renters or uPVC frames you would rather not drill, but it carries a clear premium over the screw-fixed standard fit. Final cost depends on the width and drop of your window, so use the figures above for your own measurements.
How it compares
Against a plain roman fabric, Cyrus trades a quiet neutral look for texture and sheen - the trade-off is that velvet shows dust and marks more and asks for gentler care. Against a roller blind, it offers the softer pleated fold and a far more tactile surface, but gives up the roller's easy wipe-clean simplicity. Within 247's roman ranges, Cyrus is the decorative, texture-led option rather than the practical one; if you want a darker room, a blackout-lined roman would suit better, since this range is standard opacity.
A note on care
Crushed velvet needs careful handling. Dust regularly with a soft brush or a vacuum on a low upholstery setting, brushing in the direction of the pile to keep the texture even. Spot-clean marks gently with a barely damp cloth rather than rubbing or soaking, which can crush or watermark the pile, and keep the blind out of constant steam and splashes, which a velvet roman is not designed to withstand.