The Arona range is a made-to-measure vertical blind sold exclusively through Blinds By Post, available in 16 colours starting from £11.00. It sits in the mid-market for fabric verticals, covering a palette broad enough to handle most interior schemes without stretching to specialist pricing.

Who it suits

Vertical blinds are the natural first choice for wide openings - patio doors, bifolds, and conservatory side windows where a roller or roman would either stack badly or require multiple drops side by side. The Arona suits those situations well: the vane-on-track format handles spans that would be unwieldy with any other blind type.

The range also works for home offices and rooms where you want to adjust the angle of incoming light without fully raising the blind. Tilting vanes let you cut screen glare while keeping the room lit - something a roller simply cannot do.

It is less suitable for bedrooms where genuine blackout is a priority. Vertical blinds leave gaps at the vane edges and between vanes at the headrail ends; even with the vanes fully closed, some light enters. If darkness is the main requirement, a blackout roller with a close-fitting recess installation will perform better.

The colours

16 colours available

The 16 finishes divide roughly into neutrals and accents. The neutral group - Ash, Pebble, Stone, Brulee, Warmth - gives you the warm creams and cool greys that work in most living rooms and offices without requiring a rethink of the existing decor. Stone and Pebble read as mid-grey in most lighting; Ash sits slightly cooler; Brulee and Warmth lean towards warm off-white.

The accent group is more varied than most fabric vertical ranges at this price. Naval and Space sit at the darker, cooler end - both read as deep blue-navy or near-black depending on the light, which suits a scheme where you want the blind to read as a feature rather than a background. Zest and Siren introduce stronger colour - a yellow-gold and a warm red-orange respectively - while Verde and Wave bring green and blue-teal options. Jewel, Impact, Ray, Stark, and Vela fill in the mid-spectrum. The overall spread means there is a workable option for most room schemes without needing to mix ranges.

Price by your dimensions

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Starting from under £12, the Arona sits at the accessible end of fabric verticals. As with all made-to-measure verticals, the price rises with width rather than drop in the first instance - a very wide patio door will cost proportionally more than a standard window. The price-by-dimensions grid above shows the full matrix; use it to get a realistic figure for your specific opening before ordering.

How it compares

Against other fabric vertical ranges in this bracket, the Arona's main strength is colour breadth - 16 finishes is more than many comparable ranges, which tend to offer six to eight neutrals and stop there. If your room calls for a neutral grey or warm white you will find that in almost any vertical range; where the Arona earns its place is if you want a stronger accent colour without moving to a premium-priced range.

If blackout is more important than colour choice, a purpose-built blackout roller in a similar tone will outperform any fabric vertical. Equally, if the window is standard-sized rather than wide, a roman or roller gives a softer, more domestic look than vertical vanes - verticals read as slightly commercial in smaller rooms, which may or may not suit the scheme. For the wide-opening use case the Arona is built for, though, the combination of price, colour range, and retailer reliability makes it a straightforward choice to consider.

Fitting and operation

Vertical blinds operate via a pull-cord to draw the vanes across the track and a separate tilt-cord or wand to rotate them. Most modern fabric verticals include bottom weights and a linking chain to keep vanes hanging straight and reduce swing in draughts. Blinds By Post supplies the Arona as an inside or outside recess fit; if your recess is shallow, outside fitting will give better edge coverage.

Measure carefully: for a vertical blind, getting the drop right matters as much as the width. Vanes that sit too short above the floor let light in at the base; vanes that brush the floor will drag and wear.

Likely the same fabric, at other retailers

Arona vertical 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 £9.56
  • Blinds By Post this page from £11.00

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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