The Roma is a made-to-measure vertical blind sold by 247 Blinds in 42 colours, with prices starting from £6.62. It is a fabric-vane vertical covering a wide palette - from neutrals through blues, greens, and a handful of bolder tones - aimed at buyers who want reasonable colour choice without moving into a premium-tier product.

Who it suits

Vertical blinds are at their best on wide windows and patio doors where a roller or venetian would become unwieldy. The Roma is well suited to conservatory glazing, bi-fold door apertures, and full-height windows where the vanes can stack neatly to one side or split to the middle. In a living room or kitchen diner with a large rear window, they handle the span comfortably.

They are less suited to narrow standard windows, where the track head can look oversized, and less at home in traditionally decorated rooms where the vane format reads as commercial or office-like. Bedrooms are a mixed case: vertical blinds can reduce light when vanes are closed, but they rarely seal as tightly as a blackout roller with side channels, so if complete darkness is the priority, a different blind type will serve better.

The fabric vanes suit most family environments and are straightforward to operate. The vane-bottom weights and linking chain that most vertical blinds include help to reduce swing in a draught, which matters in conservatories and rooms with underfloor heating creating gentle air movement.

The colours

42 colours available

The Roma palette runs to 42 options. Neutrals make up the core: Oxford Cream, Warm Cream, Natural, Mushroom, Smoke Brown, and Polar cover the warm end, while Athens Grey, Fuscous Grey, Grey Nickel, Rhino Grey, and True Grey give a thorough run of cool neutrals. Anthracite sits at the darker end of that grey family.

The blues are notably well represented - Aqua Haze, Deep Blue, Horizon Blue, and Night Blue give four distinct readings from pale coastal to near-navy. Green options are Sage and Evergreen, with Lime for a sharper tone. The palette rounds out with Aubergine, Indigo, Dawn, and Thunderbird, which between them cover purple, soft orange-pink, and a terracotta-adjacent warm red.

Across 247 Blinds ranges of this type, colour pricing is often uniform at the base tier; none of the 23 colours is priced as a premium, so all appear to sit at the same from-price.

Price by your dimensions

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The from-price of £6.62 places the Roma firmly in budget-friendly territory for a made-to-measure vertical blind. As with all sized-to-order blinds, the price climbs with width and drop, so the widget above is the practical reference - the from-price reflects a small starting size. Measuring accurately before ordering avoids the most common cause of a blind that does not quite fit.

How it compares

Within vertical blinds, the Roma's main differentiator is its colour breadth: 42 finishes is a generous count for a single range at this price point, meaning most buyers can find a match to existing wall or floor colours without moving to a different product altogether. Ranges with fewer colours often compensate with textured or patterned vanes; the Roma sticks to plain fabric throughout.

If the primary need is light control rather than coverage of a wide span, a dimout roller would give cleaner edge sealing and a wider fabric choice. For rooms where thermal performance matters - a poorly insulated conservatory, for instance - a cellular or pleated blind fitted to individual panes would outperform any vertical in insulation, though at higher cost and without the ability to cover a full-width opening as a single unit.

For buyers who want a practical, colour-flexible vertical blind without a high entry price, the Roma is a reasonable starting point. The palette breadth means it is not a blind you are likely to dismiss simply for lack of a matching shade.

A note on care

Fabric vanes on a vertical blind are best maintained with a vacuum on a low brush setting, working top to bottom along each vane. Spot marks respond to a damp cloth with mild detergent, applied with light pressure rather than scrubbing to avoid disturbing the fabric stiffening. Most fabric vertical vanes are not designed for machine washing.