The Florence Blackout Roller Blind is a made-to-measure polyester roller from Blinds 2go, sold in 18 colours and described by the retailer as blackout. With a from-price of £8.60, it sits at the accessible end of the blackout roller market while offering an unusually varied palette that spans muted neutrals, cool blues and teals, and a handful of bolder accent shades.

Who it suits

The Florence is primarily a bedroom blind. Blackout fabric blocks most light through the material itself - so it works well for shift workers, young children, or anyone dealing with early summer dawns when the sun rises before 5am. Heavier fabrics also hang more cleanly than light-filtering alternatives and flap less in a draught. As with any blackout roller, some edge-leak is unavoidable unless you combine it with side channels or use a perfect-fit fitting - the fabric only does so much on its own.

In living rooms the Florence is less obviously right. Blackout tends to flatten a room in the daytime, and most people living with street-level windows or south-facing glazing prefer a dimout or light-filtering fabric that lets some light in while giving privacy. That said, for a west-facing sitting room that gets direct afternoon glare, a blackout roller is sometimes exactly what's needed.

The Florence is a standard roller type and should work in a recess or face-fixed outside it. It is not described as a Perfect Fit blind, so anyone with UPVC windows wanting a no-drill install should check fitting options with Blinds 2go directly.

The colours

18 colours available

The Florence palette runs to 18 finishes across a genuinely broad tonal range. The cooler shades - Aegean, Pastel Blue, Dusky Teal, Turquoise, Aquamarine, and Mineral Blue - form the largest group and will suit contemporary kitchens, bathrooms, or feature-wall bedrooms. Among the neutrals, Eggshell, Toasted Almond, and Crisp White are the workhorses: forgiving in any room, easy to pair with existing decor. Quicksilver and Smoky Grey offer softer alternatives to stark white for rooms that still want a light feel without going clinical.

The warmer and more accent-focused end includes Fuchsia, Amethyst, and Dusky Mauve - useful for children's bedrooms or a room that needs a deliberate colour note. Pink Lemonade, Rosewater, and Antique Rose are softer blush tones that have been popular in recent years and will work in bedrooms where the brief is calm rather than bold.

No variants are listed as premium-priced, so the from-price applies across the full set.

Price by your dimensions

Made to measure from £8.60. Check Blinds 2go for the price at your exact window size.

The from-price of £8.60 puts Florence at the entry-level end of the made-to-measure blackout roller market. As with all made-to-measure blinds, price rises with width and drop - wider, longer blinds use more fabric and cost more. Measure your recess width accurately; if fitting inside, allow for the recommended deduction that Blinds 2go specifies for this product.

How it compares

Within the blackout roller category, the Florence competes on colour breadth. Most blackout ranges at a similar price point offer a narrow neutral palette - stone, white, grey - and that is often enough. Where the Florence earns its place is for anyone who wants a specific tone rather than just something functional: a teal bedroom, or a crisp white that is genuinely blackout rather than a heavy dimout.

If the goal is edge-to-edge darkness rather than fabric darkness, a perfect-fit blackout roller is worth investigating instead - those clip directly into UPVC window frames with no edge gap. The Florence, as a standard roller, will leave the small gap at the sides that all standard fittings share. For a bedroom where complete darkness genuinely matters, pairing any standard blackout roller with side channels or a face-fix fitting that overlaps the recess edges will make a more noticeable difference than fabric weight alone.

A note on care

Polyester roller fabrics are low-maintenance: vacuum regularly with a soft brush attachment and spot-clean marks with a damp cloth and mild soap. Avoid soaking the fabric. Check Blinds 2go's care instructions for this specific range before attempting any deeper clean.

Fittings for this fabric

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

  • Standard from £8.60 fixed with drilled brackets
  • Perfect Fit from £33.62 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.