The Soma range from Roller Blinds Direct is a made-to-measure roller blind offered in 3 colourways, starting from £21.70. A roller is the simplest blind style there is - a single flat panel of fabric on a tube that pulls straight down and rolls back up - and Soma keeps to a tight, tonal palette, with the colourways sitting in the grey family. It is a small, focused collection aimed at rooms that want a contemporary, neutral grey at the window rather than a wide spread of colour.
Who it suits
A roller in a grey tone suits almost any modern room that wants a quiet, neutral window. Grey reads as a soft middle ground that works against white woodwork, natural timber and bolder accent colours alike, so it is an easy choice for schemes that change over time. The flat fabric face takes up very little space when rolled up, sits neatly inside or outside a recess, and works on its own or layered behind curtains. Both light and darker greys in this collection are light-filtering rather than blackout, so they soften and diffuse daylight rather than blocking it - a comfortable fit for living rooms, kitchens, home offices and hallways where you want privacy and a gentler light.
If your priority is true darkness in a bedroom or nursery, this range is not the right tool: a standard light-filtering fabric will still admit a noticeable amount of light, and a blackout roller would serve you better. For everyday rooms where the aim is privacy, softer glare and a clean neutral tone during the day, the greys here do that job simply.
The colours
3 colours available
The Soma collection runs to three colourways - Regal, Graphite and Steel - sitting in the grey family. The spread moves through tone rather than across different colours, so the choice is about how light or deep a grey you want: a lighter, cooler grey keeps a room feeling open and airy, while a deeper, more charcoal tone adds weight and a more defined frame to the window. Because grey is particularly prone to shifting under different lighting - reading warmer or cooler depending on the daylight a room gets - it is worth requesting samples before committing to a full-sized blind so you can judge each tone on your own window.
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The Soma range is offered with a standard fitting from £21.70, and the price depends on the width and drop you measure for. Rollers are generally among the more affordable made-to-measure blind types, since the mechanism is straightforward and the fabric is a single panel, so a small grey roller of this kind tends to sit at an accessible entry point compared with pleated, cellular or wood venetian alternatives.
How it compares
Against a venetian or a pleated blind, a roller like Soma is the plainest option - there are no slats to tilt and no folds to gather, just a clean fabric face that rolls up out of the way. That simplicity is the appeal: less to dust, less to adjust, and an unbroken grey surface that suits minimal, contemporary interiors. Against a blackout roller, the light-filtering Soma fabric trades total darkness for a softer, diffused daylight, so it is the better choice where you want privacy and glare control rather than a fully dark room. Against a roman blind, it reads more contemporary and takes up less stacking space at the top of the window.
A note on care
Roller fabrics are among the easiest blinds to keep clean. Dust the face regularly with a soft brush or a vacuum on a low setting, and spot-clean marks with a barely damp cloth, working gently so you do not press a mark deeper into the weave. Let the fabric dry fully rolled down before raising it again. Avoid soaking the fabric or using harsh solvents, which can dull the tone or leave watermarks, and keep the tube and brackets free of dust so the blind rolls smoothly over time.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Soma roller 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:
- Swift Direct Blinds from £13.73
- Blinds By Post from £14.57
- Make My Blinds from £18.12
- Roller Blinds Direct this page from £21.70
- Blinds Direct from £23.81
- Wilsons Blinds from £25.53
- Shade & Story from £45.00
- So Easy Blinds from £68.15
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.