The Ombre range from Blinds 2go is a made-to-measure roman blind offered in 4 colourways, starting from £20.84. A roman blind gathers into soft horizontal pleats as it is raised and hangs as a flat panel of fabric when lowered, giving a more upholstered, decorative look than a roller. The Ombre fabric carries a graded, fading tone across the cloth rather than a single flat colour, and every colourway is a standard light-filtering fabric, so it softens daylight rather than blocking it.
Who it suits
Roman blinds suit rooms where the window is part of the decor - living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms and studies. The folds of fabric add warmth and softness that a flat blind does not, and the graded Ombre colour makes the most of that, since the tone shifts across the gathered pleats as the blind is raised. It is a good choice where you want the window to feel finished and considered rather than purely functional.
Because a roman is fabric that folds against itself, it is less suited to steamy kitchens and bathrooms, where a wipe-clean roller or an aluminium venetian copes better with moisture. As a light-filtering fabric, Ombre filters daylight to a soft glow and gives daytime privacy, but it does not black a room out - some light passes through, and a little extra escapes around the folds. For full darkness in a bedroom, a blackout fabric would serve better.
The colours
4 colours available
The four colourways each grade a tone across the fabric: Sunset reaching into warmer shades, Teal in a blue-green, Midnight at the deeper end and Storm as a darker, cooler grey-toned option. That leans towards cooler, deeper colours overall, with Sunset providing the one warmer choice. Because the colour grades across the cloth, the effect changes as the blind gathers into its pleats and as the light shifts through the day, so each window reads a little differently from a flat-dyed roman. Colour on a screen and colour filling a window can differ considerably, particularly with a graded fabric, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind.
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The figure shown is for the standard fitting, the only fitting offered in this range. Roman blinds are priced by the finished width and drop, so a wide window costs more than a small one - the price-by-size figures above reflect your own measurements rather than a fixed starting point. A roman uses more fabric and a more involved mechanism than a roller, which is why it typically sits a little above a roller of the same size.
How it compares
Against the roller version of the same Ombre fabric, the roman is the softer, more decorative choice - it gathers into fabric folds rather than rolling flat, which suits a living room or bedroom over a utility space. Against a venetian, the roman gives no tilt control but a warmer, more textile look and a quieter window. Against a heavier curtain, a roman takes up less wall space and frames the glass more neatly. As a light-filtering fabric it filters rather than blocks, so for a true blackout you would step to a blackout-lined roman or a blackout roller instead.
A note on care
Roman blinds need gentler handling than a wipe-clean blind. Dust regularly or use a vacuum with a soft brush attachment on a low setting to lift surface dust from the folds, and treat the occasional mark by blotting gently with a damp cloth and a mild detergent solution rather than rubbing. Keep romans away from prolonged damp so the fabric and folds stay crisp, and let any treated patch dry fully before raising the blind again.