The Santiago range from 247 Blinds is a made-to-measure roman blind offered in 4 colourways, starting from £17.00. It is a light-filtering fabric, so rather than blocking daylight it softens the light coming through while keeping the room private by day. The range is a compact set of four named colourways - Mambo, Rumba, Salsa and Zambra - presented as distinct options within the one Santiago cloth.
Who it suits
A roman blind folds into soft horizontal pleats as it raises and hangs as a flat fabric panel when lowered, which gives it a softer, more decorative look than a roller or a venetian. That suits living rooms and bedrooms where the window dressing is part of the room rather than purely functional. Because the Santiago fabric is light-filtering rather than blackout, the range fits rooms where you want softened daylight and daytime privacy rather than a fully darkened space - a sitting room or a dining room more than a nursery that needs to be dark for daytime sleep.
The folded construction makes the style less suited to steamy kitchens and bathrooms, where moisture can sit in the pleats and the fabric is harder to wipe down than a flat roller or an aluminium slat. For those rooms a wipe-clean style would serve you better; for a calmer living or sleeping space, a light-filtering roman is well matched.
The colours
4 colours available
Santiago is a small, focused range of four colourways - Mambo, Rumba, Salsa and Zambra - each a named option within the same cloth rather than a wide spread of separate tones. Because it is a compact collection, it works best when you have seen the colourways in person rather than choosing blind from a screen, since a small range gives less room to hedge between near tones. The grid above shows each option as it is offered; use it to compare the four side by side. Colour on a screen and colour filling a window can differ considerably, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind, which matters all the more in a range this size where the choice comes down to a handful of options.
Price by your dimensions
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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, a Santiago roman gives a softer, more decorative finish - folded 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: 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, Santiago is a compact, light-filtering option for living and sleeping spaces rather than a broad palette or a blackout cloth, so it suits buyers who want a small, considered choice over a wide one.
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.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Santiago roman blinds are sold under the same name by more than one UK retailer, and the price scales identically across window sizes - a strong sign it is the same fabric from the same supplier:
- 247 Blinds this page from £17.00
- Blinds Direct from £34.11
- Wilsons Blinds from £34.26
- Blinds By Post from £37.27
We match these on the shared name and an identical price curve, not an independent inspection, so treat it as likely the same fabric rather than confirmed - and check the specification and colour at each retailer before buying.