The Aluminium Venetian range from Blinds By Post is a made-to-measure slat blind offered in 2 finishes, starting from £7.68. It is a compact, focused range built on the Filtra cloth rather than a sprawling colour collection, so it is best thought of as a straightforward, practical aluminium venetian rather than a place to hunt for an exact shade match.

Who it suits

Aluminium venetians are a practical first choice for kitchens and bathrooms. The slats wipe clean easily, tolerate moisture and cooking steam, and give precise light control through tilt adjustment - you can admit angled daylight without opening the blind fully. That combination of damp tolerance and easy cleaning is what sets aluminium apart from fabric blinds and from wood, and it is the main reason to reach for this style in a room that gets wet or greasy.

For a kitchen with strong natural light, the tilt control is the main draw, letting you redirect bright midday glare without losing daylight altogether. If your priority is blackout in a bedroom, a venetian is the wrong tool in any finish - the gaps between slats always admit some light, so this is a light-filtering blind rather than a room-darkening one - and a roller or pleated blind in a dimout or blackout fabric would serve you better.

The colours

2 colours available

This is a small, focused range rather than a broad colour library: the finishes here are built on the Filtra slat, so the choice is about the practical aluminium look rather than picking from a wide palette. That keeps specification simple where the aim is a clean, functional blind for a working room. Where a wider spread of colours or specialist gloss and metallic finishes is wanted, the larger material-family venetian ranges elsewhere will offer more variety; the strength of this range is its straightforwardness. Colour on a screen and colour filling a window can still differ, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind.

Price by your dimensions

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The range sits at an accessible entry point, consistent with aluminium venetians more broadly - among the more affordable made-to-measure blind types. The final price depends on the finished width and drop, since a wider blind uses more slats and a longer ladder cord; the price-by-dimensions figures above reflect your own window rather than a single headline rate.

How it compares

Against wood and faux-wood venetians, this aluminium range is cheaper, more moisture-tolerant and lighter, but it reads cooler and more utilitarian - the wood and faux-wood options give a warmer, more textured look if that is what the room wants, with faux-wood tolerating damp better than real timber. Against a roller blind, an aluminium venetian trades a little upkeep, since the slats need individual wiping, for tilt control the roller cannot offer - you can angle the slats to redirect glare without clearing the window, which a flat roller panel cannot do. Against a vertical blind, the horizontal slats suit a standard or smaller window better, where a vertical comes into its own across wide patio doors. For a damp, frequently cleaned room where function comes first, this range covers the requirement directly.

A note on care

Aluminium slats are among the easier blind types to maintain. Wipe each slat with a damp cloth; a mild detergent solution handles grease from kitchen use. Avoid abrasive cloths that could scratch the finish, and tip the slats fully open to a horizontal position before wiping so you can reach the full surface without straining the ladder cord. The damp tolerance that makes aluminium suit kitchens and bathrooms also means an occasional wipe is usually all the upkeep the blind needs.

Likely the same fabric, at other retailers

Wooden Venetian 50mm venetian 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:

  • Make My Blinds from £5.01
  • Unbeatable Blinds from £5.24
  • Swift Direct Blinds from £5.49
  • Blinds By Post this page from £6.72
  • Wooden Blinds from £7.68
  • 247 Blinds from £8.00
  • English Blinds from £8.01
  • Terrys Fabrics from £8.70
  • 1Click Blinds from £9.57
  • Blinds Direct from £9.98
  • Blinds 2go from £10.04
  • Wilsons Blinds from £10.04
  • Blinds4You from £12.28
  • Order Blinds from £17.00
  • Shade & Story from £25.00
  • New Blinds from £27.02
  • So Easy Blinds from £27.51
  • Lifestyle Blinds from £28.94

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.

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