The Palermo is a blackout roller blind sold by 247 Blinds, available in 16 colour variants starting from £8.93. The range sits in warm and earthy territory - Mustard, Zest, and Dusted Brown - which makes it a reasonably distinctive choice in a blackout category that tends toward greys and neutrals.

Who it suits

The Palermo's blackout classification makes it a natural fit for bedrooms, particularly for anyone who finds early-morning light a problem - an increasingly common concern once British clocks move forward in spring and dawn arrives well before most people want to be awake. Shift workers and light sleepers will find the opacity useful year-round. Note that a blackout fabric blocks light through the material itself, but light will still bleed around the edges unless you fit the blind with side channels or use a face-fit installation with adequate overlap.

It's less well suited to living rooms or home offices, where a dimout or light-filtering fabric is usually more practical - full blackout in a daytime working space tends to feel oppressive. The warm tones also sit oddly in kitchens or bathrooms, where moisture resistance and easy cleaning matter more than colour character; a PVC-backed roller or aluminium venetian would serve those rooms better.

Children's rooms are worth a mention: the blackout performance is appropriate, and the earthy palette is neutral enough to work in a range of children's spaces. Bear in mind UK cord-safety regulations - make sure the blind is fitted with a compliant cord management device or specified as cordless if ordering for a child's room. The relevant regulations require sellers to include a cord-safe solution; confirm this is included when you order.

The colours

16 colours available

The three finishes form a cohesive warm palette rather than separate directions. Mustard is a mid-depth yellow with golden undertones; Zest sits closer to a burnt orange-yellow; Dusted Brown is a muted warm brown. All three sit in the same tonal family, which means the range is a strong fit for interiors working with earthy, natural, or warm-contemporary colour schemes, and less so for cool, grey, or blue-leaning rooms.

The palette is small but consistent. If your room already leans warm - natural wood furniture, terracotta accents, or similar - the Palermo has a readymade answer. If you need something more neutral or cooler, this particular range won't give you that.

Price by your dimensions

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With a from-price below £10, the Palermo sits at the entry level of the made-to-measure blackout roller market. As with all made-to-measure blinds, the price rises with width and drop; the grid above shows how it scales across standard dimensions. Larger windows will cost more, but the starting point is low enough that the range is accessible for smaller windows and single-room projects.

How it compares

Within the blackout roller category, the Palermo's main distinction is its warm colour palette. Most competing blackout rollers default to neutral greys, whites, and blacks, so if your room calls for warmth, the Palermo fills a gap that broader ranges don't. The trade-off is limited choice within the range itself - three finishes gives you less flexibility than a wider collection if the earthy palette doesn't quite match your room.

For rooms where thermal performance matters beyond simple blackout - a cold north-facing bedroom, or anywhere with significant heat loss through older glazing - a cellular or honeycomb blind would outperform any single-layer roller on insulation, including this one. The Palermo is a straightforward blackout fabric; it won't replicate the sealed-air-pocket insulation of a cellular construction.

If the colour is right, this is a functional, low-entry-price option in a category where warmth is hard to find.