The Hayworth Blackout Vertical Blinds from So Easy Blinds are a made-to-measure blackout vertical range available in 11 colours, with prices starting from £51.57. The retailer describes the fabric as blackout - designed to block light transmission through the vane material itself - which separates it from the lighter-filtering verticals that dominate office fittings.

Who it suits

Vertical blinds are the natural choice for wide openings: patio doors, French doors, bifolds, and conservatory side-windows where a roller or roman blind would need to stack inconveniently or operate across an impractical width. The Hayworth's blackout designation makes it more useful than a standard vertical in these situations - a conservatory used as a bedroom annexe, a ground-floor room with a garden door where privacy matters after dark, or a living room where a south- or west-facing patio door otherwise floods the space with afternoon glare.

Shift workers or anyone needing genuine daytime darkness will find a blackout vertical more functional than they might expect. The vanes rotate to close fully and, when weighted and chained at the bottom (as most verticals are), hold their position without the billowing that plagues lighter fabric in draughts.

Where it won't suit: a typical bedroom window is better served by a roller or roman blind with blackout fabric - the vertical's vane gaps and track ends allow more edge-leak than a snug-fitting roller cassette, and the visual weight of a vertical track on a standard-sized window can feel over-scaled.

The colours

11 colours available

The 11 finishes split into three broad groups. The cool neutrals - Mist, Shadow, and Whisper - are the quietest options, tending towards light grey and off-white tones that recede against most wall colours. The warmers - Warmth, Honey, and Heritage - lean into cream, caramel, and earthy mid-tones that complement timber flooring and warm-white walls. The stronger colours - Sky, Harmony, Fern, Empire, and Midnight - allow the blind itself to become a feature: Sky and Harmony read as mid-blue, Fern reads as sage or olive green, Midnight is a deep navy or near-black, and Empire sits in the warm heritage-tan category the range name suggests.

The palette is broader than many blackout vertical ranges, which typically offer only neutral greys and whites. The inclusion of Midnight and Fern in particular gives the range a point of difference for anyone wanting a vertical blind that doesn't immediately suggest a 1990s office fit-out.

Price by your dimensions

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Starting from £51.57 for the smallest sizes, the Hayworth sits at a reasonable entry point for a made-to-measure blackout vertical. As with most blinds priced by dimensions, the cost rises with width more sharply than with drop - wide patio-door widths will push the price up noticeably, so check the grid against your specific measurements before assuming the from-price applies to your opening.

How it compares

Against other blackout verticals, the Hayworth's colour range is a genuine advantage: most budget blackout verticals offer three to five neutrals; eleven colours including greens and blues is a wider offering. If your requirement is strictly a white or light-grey vane in a utility space, there are cheaper options, but the Hayworth's colour breadth makes it worth considering for living spaces where aesthetics matter.

If light control is the primary goal but the room isn't a wide opening, a blackout roller with a cassette header and side channels will seal edges more completely than any vertical - worth noting if you're choosing between blind types for a bedroom. For a conservatory side window or patio door, the Hayworth is a reasonable shortlist option.

Fitting and operation

Vertical blinds are fitted to a headrail mounted above the opening, either to the ceiling of the recess (top fix) or to the wall face above. For a patio door, face-fitting is more common as the recess is often too shallow. The vanes are clipped in and can be removed individually - useful if a vane is damaged or needs spot-cleaning. Most vertical vanes can be vacuumed with a brush attachment; for fabric vanes, avoid soaking.

Likely the same fabric, at other retailers

Hayworth 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 from £11.00
  • So Easy Blinds this page from £51.57

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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