The Henlow is a fabric vertical blind sold by Blinds By Post, available in 12 colours and starting from £43.00. It sits at the practical end of the market - straightforward vane-and-track construction with a palette that spans neutrals, mid-tones, and a few bolder accents.

Who it suits

Vertical blinds are at their most useful across wide openings: patio doors, bay windows with wide panels, and large conservatory glazing where a roller or roman blind would be impractical to span. The Henlow fits that brief. The vanes rotate to admit light at an angle without raising the blind, which suits a room where you want to reduce glare on a television or screen without losing all daylight.

For a standard bedroom window, a roller or roman blind will likely give a cleaner result - vertical vanes have a distinctly functional look that not every bedroom suits. Conservatories and living rooms with wide glazing are the natural home for this type. If moisture is a concern, check with the retailer whether these vanes are fabric or PVC; fabric vanes are generally not recommended for bathrooms or kitchens where condensation is heavy.

The colours

12 colours available

The 12 finishes cover a useful range without being extravagant. The neutrals - Astor, Sand, and Shell - give the lightest, most versatile options and suit rooms where you want the blind to recede rather than feature. Honey adds a warm mid-tone. On the cooler side, Dusk, Marine, and Midnight shift toward blue-grey, with Midnight being the deepest. Nori provides a muted green-grey. The darker end of the range - Graphite, Shadow, and Chilli - offers more visual presence; Shadow and Graphite read as charcoal-family tones, while Chilli brings in a warmer reddish hue. Ballet is the most distinctive option, sitting in the mid-pink territory. Taken together, the palette is broadly neutral-biased but offers enough variation to find a match across most common interior colour schemes.

Price by your dimensions

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The entry price of £43.00 puts this at the accessible end of made-to-measure vertical blinds. As with most made-to-measure products, the price increases with width and drop, so larger patio-door spans will cost noticeably more than a standard window. Check the grid above for the size closest to your own measurement.

How it compares

Within the vertical blind category, the Henlow is a competitively priced fabric option. If light control is the main priority, a 127mm vane typically covers the same opening with fewer gaps between vanes than an 89mm equivalent - worth checking which vane width Blinds By Post supplies with the Henlow. For rooms where thermal performance matters more than light management, a cellular or honeycomb blind would outperform any vertical, but those are not suited to the wide patio-door spans where verticals excel. If the look of vertical vanes is not to your taste, a wide panel blind covers similar openings with a flatter, more contemporary profile - though these are a more specialist product and less widely stocked.

Fitting and operation

Vertical blinds hang from a top track and operate by rotating the vanes and sliding them along the track to open. Most vertical blinds are suitable for both inside-recess and face-fix installation; confirm the minimum recess depth with Blinds By Post before ordering an inside-recess fit, as the track head needs adequate clearance. Vanes are weighted at the bottom and linked with a chain to keep them aligned and reduce swing in draughts. Replacement vanes are generally available individually if one is damaged.

A note on care

Fabric vanes can be vacuumed with a brush attachment to remove dust, and spot-cleaned with a damp cloth and mild detergent for marks. Avoid soaking the fabric. Individual vanes on most vertical blinds can be unclipped from the track for more thorough cleaning; confirm this with the retailer before ordering if easy maintenance is important to you.

Likely the same fabric, at other retailers

Henlow 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 £43.00
  • So Easy Blinds from £48.44

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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