The Roslin range from 247 Blinds is a made-to-measure roman blind offered in 7 shades, starting from £13.00. It is a blackout fabric throughout, so every colourway in the range is built to block daylight rather than soften it. The palette is a touch broader than a pure-neutral range, leading with greys but adding a blue, a brown and a cream so there is a little more colour to choose from.
Who it suits
A roman blind folds up into soft horizontal pleats as it raises and hangs as a flat fabric panel when lowered, giving a softer, more upholstered look than a roller or venetian. That makes the style a natural fit for living rooms and bedrooms, where the fabric finish is part of the room. Because the Roslin cloth is blackout across every shade, the range suits bedrooms and nurseries especially well, or any room where cutting daylight is the priority - the deeper tones in the range reinforce that darkening brief.
The soft, folded construction is less suited to steamy kitchens and bathrooms, where moisture can settle in the pleats and the fabric is harder to clean than a flat roller or an aluminium slat. For those rooms a wipe-clean style would serve you better; for a bedroom or a sitting room that needs to be dark, the blackout cloth and the warmer-edged palette work well together.
The colours
7 colours available
Grey leads the palette, with Dark Grey, Koala Grey and Lunar Grey spanning deeper through to softer, cooler tones. Around them sit a few warmer and more colourful options - a Tranquil Blue, a Hazelnut brown, a Monroe Bisque and a French Stone cream - which give the range a slightly broader reach than a strictly neutral collection. It is still a measured palette rather than a bold one, but the blue and the warm browns mean you are not limited to grey if the room wants a little more warmth or colour. Colour on a screen and colour filling a window can differ considerably, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind, particularly when matching one of the greys or the cream to an existing scheme.
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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 in the same room, a Roslin roman gives a softer, more decorative finish - folded pleats rather than a flat panel - at the cost of a little more upkeep and a fabric that is harder to wipe clean. Against a venetian, the contrast is sharper: a venetian offers tilt control but always admits some light at the slat gaps, whereas this blackout roman presents an unbroken fabric face built to shut daylight out. Within the roman category, the appeal of Roslin is the blackout cloth combined with a palette that runs a little wider than grey alone, giving bedrooms and living rooms a darkening blind with a touch more colour choice.
A note on care
Roman blinds need gentler handling than wipe-clean styles. Vacuum the folds occasionally with a soft brush attachment to lift dust from the pleats, and spot-clean any marks with a damp cloth and a mild detergent rather than soaking the fabric. Avoid hanging a roman in a consistently damp room, since moisture trapped in the folds is slow to dry, and raise the blind fully now and then so the pleats settle evenly rather than holding a permanent crease.