The Ombre Velvet range from 247 Blinds is a made-to-measure roman blind offered in 5 shades, starting from £17.00. It is a velvet-look fabric in a light-filtering weight, so rather than blocking daylight the cloth filters it, softening the light that comes through while keeping the room private during the day. The palette is small and centred on cool tones, with a couple of blues alongside a neutral and a grey.
Who it suits
A roman blind folds into soft horizontal pleats as it raises and hangs as a flat panel when lowered, and the velvet-look cloth here leans into that decorative quality - the texture catches light differently across the pleats than a flat-woven fabric would. That makes the range a good fit for living rooms and bedrooms where the look of the window dressing is part of the room, rather than purely functional spaces.
Because the fabric is light-filtering rather than blackout, it suits rooms where you want softened daylight and daytime privacy rather than a fully darkened room - a sitting room or a dining space more than a nursery that needs to be dark for daytime naps. The folded construction also makes the style less suited to steamy kitchens and bathrooms, where moisture can sit in the pleats; for those rooms a wipe-clean style would serve you better.
The colours
5 colours available
The palette is small and cool-leaning. Two of the shades are blues - Sky and Vivid Blue - running from a softer, paler tone to a stronger, more saturated one, with a Cloud neutral and a Silver grey rounding out the spread. It is a focused range rather than a broad one, built around a few coordinating tones rather than a wide colour spectrum, so it works best when you already know the kind of cool, soft palette you are after. Colour and texture on a screen rarely match the same fabric filling a window, and that is especially true of a velvet-look cloth where the pile changes how each tone reads, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind.
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The range starts at an accessible entry point with the standard fitting. A no-drill fitting is also available, which clips into the window frame without screws, and that option starts higher - so if you want to avoid drilling, expect to pay more than the headline figure. Use the widget above to see the price for your own window in either fitting.
How it compares
Against a roller blind, an Ombre Velvet roman gives a softer, more textured finish - folded velvet-look pleats rather than a flat panel - at the cost of a little more upkeep, since the cloth is harder to wipe clean than a flat roller fabric. Against a venetian, the difference is greater again: a venetian offers tilt control and a wipe-clean surface but always leaks some light at the slat gaps, whereas this roman presents an unbroken fabric face that filters daylight evenly. Within the roman category, the draw here is the velvet-look texture and the cool, coordinating palette, aimed at decorative living and sleeping spaces rather than rooms that need full blackout.
A note on care
A velvet-look roman needs gentle handling. Vacuum the pile lightly with a soft brush attachment to lift dust, working in the direction of the nap, and spot-clean marks with a barely damp cloth rather than soaking the fabric, since velvet-look cloths can mark if over-wetted. Keep the blind out of consistently damp rooms so moisture does not sit in the pleats, and raise it fully from time to time so the folds settle evenly rather than holding a set crease.