The Faux Suede Roman Blind from 247 Blinds is a made-to-measure Roman available in 17 colourways from £18.51. The appeal of the range sits in the fabric surface - a faux-suede finish gives a slightly napped, softly textured appearance that reads more richly than a plain polyester, without the care complications or price premium of actual suede or velvet. The range covers a wide spread of colours from austere neutrals through to saturated brights.

Who it suits

Roman blinds in a textured fabric like this are a natural choice for living rooms, sitting rooms, and bedrooms where the window treatment is meant to contribute to the room's character. The soft folds of a Roman and the surface quality of a faux-suede weave both lean decorative rather than utilitarian.

The opacity of the Faux Suede is not stated, so if light control is a primary requirement - for a child's bedroom, for a bedroom where you need to sleep during daylight, or for a home cinema - confirm the fabric's light-filtering grade with 247 Blinds before ordering. A Roman blind in a heavier textured fabric will block more light than a lightweight polyester, but without an independent opacity test it is not possible to say whether it qualifies as dimout or blackout.

The faux-suede fabric and the Roman format are both unsuited to bathrooms or kitchens. Moisture, steam, and grease are problematic for fabric Romans generally; an aluminium or faux-wood venetian, or a wipe-clean roller fabric, is a more appropriate choice in rooms where those conditions apply.

The colours

17 colours available

The sixteen colourways span three distinct groups. The neutrals - Natural, Parchment, Latte, Mocha, White - give the more understated options, ranging from warm off-white through to mid-brown. The greens and teals - Duckegg, Olive, Bottle Green - offer a naturalistic accent group that works well in rooms with earthy or botanical schemes. The bolder end of the range includes Aubergine, Brick, Navy, Black, Charcoal, Purple, Red, and Pastel Pink, covering most of the primary and jewel-tone ground. There is a useful spread here between colourways that will sit quietly in a neutral room and those that will carry the window as a focal point. No variants are listed as premium, so the from-price applies across all sixteen colourways.

Price by your dimensions

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The from-price is at the lower end for a made-to-measure Roman blind in a textured fabric, making this a reasonable option for larger rooms where running multiple blinds would otherwise push the total cost up quickly. Pricing scales with width and drop, so the from-price applies to the smallest available size; use your actual measurements to establish what the blind will cost at your window dimensions.

How it compares

The faux-suede finish is what distinguishes this range from a standard plain-weave Roman. If the texture doesn't matter to you and you are primarily after a plain coloured Roman at a low price, a standard polyester Roman will typically be available at comparable or lower prices across the same or broader colour ranges. If texture is the goal, the faux-suede finish is more cost-effective than going to a velvet or a heavyweight natural-fibre Roman, which will cost considerably more for a similar visual effect.

For rooms where blackout is the priority, a purpose-built blackout Roman with an opaque lining - or, more reliably, a blackout roller with a coated fabric - will outperform an unspecified-opacity textured Roman. Roman blinds in general do not give complete darkness even with a heavy fabric, because light enters around the edges of the stack. For pure light-blocking performance, a roller with side channels is a more reliable solution.