The Cairo range at Blinds By Post is a made-to-measure vertical blind cut in 18 colourways from £16.80, and it carries one of the broader palettes on the shop's vertical shelf. The breadth matters less than where it reaches: Cairo runs into genuinely warm territory - Burgundy, Mustard, Chocolate - which vertical blinds almost never visit. The style has spent decades dressed in office whites and greys, so a louvre chart with a proper red, a proper yellow and a run of browns in it changes who the blind is for. The expected neutrals are all present too, with Beige, Cream and Black anchoring the chart and Blue, Green and Dusk covering the cooler ground.
Who it suits
Vertical blinds earn their keep on wide glass. The louvres tilt to set how much light comes in and draw to one side to clear the opening entirely, so they suit patio doors, conservatories and any window too wide for a single pull-up blind to manage gracefully. They handle tall drops without complaint as well, since the slats hang rather than stack.
What Cairo adds is a palette for rooms decorated warm. A Burgundy or Chocolate louvre sits naturally against terracotta walls, timber floors and brass fittings, where a standard grey vertical would read as borrowed office furniture, and Mustard gives a dining room or study a deliberate lift without committing a whole wall to the colour. Opacity can vary between cloths in a chart this size, so check the listing for the shade you choose before giving it bedroom duty; a vertical's overlapping slats will always let a little more light past than a sealed blind does in any case.
The colours
18 colours available
Eighteen colourways split into three rough camps. The warm cluster is the range's signature: Burgundy, Mustard, Chocolate and Brown, all shades that are scarce on louvre charts. The neutral spine - Beige, Cream, Black - covers the safe ground, and the cooler notes of Blue, Green and Dusk keep the range honest for rooms that want restraint, with Dusk reading as the muted, twilight end of the chart. With warm colours especially, order samples before committing: a Mustard that glows in a sunlit swatch can turn far browner on a north-facing window, and Burgundy shifts character between daylight and lamplight more than any neutral will.
Price by your dimensions
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The from-price buys the smallest make-up, and the bill climbs with width and drop; a full patio door uses several times the cloth of a modest window, and verticals are priced accordingly. Even so, the style remains one of the more economical ways to cover a large area of glass, because the fabric is light and the mechanism simple. Use the table above to price your own measurements rather than judging the range by its headline figure.
How it compares
Against a roller, a vertical gives you tilt as well as draw - you can feather the light without clearing the window - and it scales to widths no single roller covers comfortably. Against a venetian, the fabric slats read softer and quieter, though they will not wipe down as readily. Within Blinds By Post's own vertical offering, Cairo is the chart to reach for when the room is warm-toned; much of the shop's vertical shelf stays narrower and cooler.
The name travels, too. Cairo also appears at 1Click Blinds and English Blinds, and the same colour at the same measurements is priced independently by each shop, with gaps that move as sizes change. Our Cairo comparison lines the three up at your dimensions; it is a two-minute check worth making before ordering.
A note on care
Verticals ask for little. Run a soft brush or a vacuum on low suction down each louvre every few weeks, and lift marks with a damp cloth rather than soaking the fabric - dye-rich shades like Burgundy deserve a cautious dab in a hidden corner first. Keep the bottom chains connected where fitted, as they hold the louvres in step through daily use. And if one slat fades or stains beyond rescue, it can usually be replaced individually, which keeps the whole blind in service for years.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Cairo 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:
- Blinds By Post this page from £16.80
- 1Click Blinds from £56.12
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.