The Sophie Allport roller blind collection at Blinds By Post brings illustrated wildlife and countryside prints to standard made-to-measure roller blinds. With 66 designs available and a from-price of £28.28, the range sits in the lower-to-mid bracket for printed roller blinds, making it accessible for anyone decorating a room around one of the brand's recurring motifs.

Who it suits

The print themes - bees, hares, sheep, elephants, dinosaurs, horses, and similar - read most naturally in children's bedrooms, playrooms, and informal living spaces. The palette tends to soft, muted tones (sage, duckegg, linen, mustard, warm grey) rather than saturated primaries, which means many designs carry across to adult spaces without looking juvenile.

For a child's bedroom, the key practical question is light control. Roller blinds with a dimout or blackout backing address the spring and summer early-morning light problem that affects young children's sleep. The range listing does not specify an opacity class for each design, so you would need to confirm with Blinds By Post whether the backing on a specific finish offers dimout or blackout before ordering for a bedroom.

The collection is less obvious for kitchens and bathrooms. Printed fabric rollers in those rooms can work, but the pattern sits behind any grease splatter or steam moisture, and a plain wipe-clean PVC fabric would be more practical. The retailer does not list a PVC variant here, so if moisture resistance is a priority, a different product line would be a better fit.

The designs

66 colours available

Sophie Allport Whale Stripe Deep Duckegg Motorised Blinds Uk
Motorised
Whale Stripe Deep Duckegg from £104.26
Sophie Allport Elephant Slate Grey Motorised Blinds Uk
Motorised
Elephant Slate Grey from £104.26

All 66 designs are print-based. The naming convention pairs a motif with a colourway - "Bee Duckegg", "Elephant Deep Navy", "Hare Linen" - so you can search for a motif you want and then choose the colourway that suits your room. Recurring motifs across multiple colourways include Bee (Duckegg, Grey, Ochre, Soft Linen), Fairground Ponies (Blush, Teal, Warm Grey, Soft Pink, Gold), Bears (Linen, Sage Green, Bears & Balloons Mint Grey), and Chicken (Natural, Sage Grey, Ochre).

The dominant palette is neutrals and soft naturals: linen, natural, sand, warm grey, and sage appear across the majority of designs. Bolder colourways such as Deep Navy, Duckegg, and Mustard offer more contrast but remain within a broadly muted, country-style register. There are no plain or textured designs in this range - every finish carries a print.

Price by your dimensions

Made to measure from £28.28. Check Blinds By Post for the price at your exact window size.

With a from-price of £28.28, this range is accessible for a printed made-to-measure roller and sits in the lower-to-mid bracket for illustrated fabric blinds. Price increases with width and drop, as it does with any made-to-measure blind, and Blinds By Post rounds non-standard dimensions up to the next standard size for pricing purposes.

How it compares

Against a plain roller blind from the same retailer, you are paying for the print rather than for any functional upgrade - the underlying blind mechanism and fabric construction are broadly the same category of product. If light control, thermal performance, or moisture resistance is the priority, a plain blackout fabric, a cellular blind, or a PVC kitchen roller will serve those needs more directly than a printed design.

Where this range earns its place is in rooms where the print itself is the point - a child's room designed around farm animals, a study that leans into a countryside aesthetic, or a snug where a conversational print on the window is a deliberate decorating choice. The breadth of colourways within each motif means you can usually find a version of the design that fits an existing palette without forcing the room around it.

Visitors who need a single blind to carry a lot of decorative weight in a simply furnished room may find this range does that job well. Visitors primarily concerned with how dark a room gets should confirm the opacity specification before ordering.

A note on care

Printed polyester roller fabrics are typically cleaned by vacuuming with a soft brush attachment and spot-cleaning marks with a damp cloth and mild detergent. Soaking is not recommended and can distort the backing. The retailer's care instructions for a specific finish should be followed over general guidance.

Fittings for this fabric

The same fabric and blind type is sold in more than one fitting:

  • Standard from £28.28 fixed with drilled brackets
  • No-drill (twist-fit) from £39.08 about +£20 on the standard blind clips onto a UPVC frame, no screws
  • Motorised from £104.26 remote or app control

No-drill and clip-in fittings suit UPVC windows and renters, but they cap out at the largest window sizes - check the maximum drop before ordering for a tall window.