Devine, Lima, Paradise, Salva, Utopia. Kashi's shade card tells you almost nothing, and that is the most distinctive thing about it. Where other ranges name their colours after stone and weather, this Blinds By Post plain roller opts for pure mood - words that promise somewhere better without ever mentioning a hue. The practical facts are more forthcoming: 5 colourways from £12.37, one of the more approachable from-prices among the shop's rollers, and both cassette and motorised make-ups on the menu. A blind for buyers who choose with their eyes, priced for buyers counting several windows at once.
Who it suits
Kashi's natural buyer is the one at the start of something: a first made-to-measure order, a rental smartened up room by room, a whole floor of windows that needs covering without the total running away. An accessible from-price matters most when it is multiplied by five windows, and this is exactly the range that kind of arithmetic favours. It also suits anyone allergic to over-thinking. Five shades is a shortlist, not a library; you can hold the whole range in your head at once and decide in an evening.
None of which makes it bare-bones. The cassette make-up gives the roll a closed headrail and a finished top line for blinds on show, and the motorised option is one of the less painful ways into automated windows - the motor stings less when the cloth underneath is keeping the total sensible.
The colours
5 colours available
Abstract names put all the work on your eyes, which is honest in its own way. Lima might lean green if you read it as the bean, or dusty and urban if you read it as the city; Paradise and Utopia promise a feeling and leave the hue entirely to the swatch; Devine and Salva are names first and descriptions never. The upside of naming like this is that nothing anchors your expectations before you look, so browse the grid above cold and let the shades argue their own case. The one non-negotiable is samples: with no name to steer you, and screens flattening texture the way they do, ordering a couple of swatches is the difference between choosing a colour and guessing one.
Price by your dimensions
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Price down 7% since 7 Aug. (our checks since 6 Jun)
The from-price is a large part of Kashi's appeal, but it still describes the smallest window in the standard make-up. Your own figure comes from your width and drop, with the cassette and motorised versions adding their usual steps, and the table above does that sum for your measurements. On a multi-window job it is worth pricing every window individually - the totals stay honest and the odd awkward size stops being a surprise at the end.
How it compares
The Kashi name is sold beyond this shop: Blinds Direct, Roller Blinds Direct and Wilsons Blinds all list a range under it, each cut and priced by the retailer selling it. A modest from-price can lull you into skipping the cross-check, and that is precisely the mistake: the gaps between shops apply at the affordable end just as they do further up, and across a whole house of windows the difference compounds. Our Kashi roller comparison shows the live line-up for the same measurements, and takes less time than choosing between Paradise and Utopia. Within Blinds By Post, Kashi's role is the value plain with options: step up the shop's roller ladder for wider palettes or specialist cloths, but for straightforward colour at a friendly figure, with cassette and motor on the menu, this is a sensible place to stop.
A note on care
Care is the same short list as any plain roller, and it keeps an affordable blind looking new for years. Dust the face with a soft brush or a gentle vacuum; lift marks with a barely damp cloth, blotting rather than rubbing; and never roll the blind away damp - let it hang fully open until dry. Give the cassette's slot an occasional wipe so the fabric feeds cleanly, and run a motorised blind through its full drop from time to time so the mechanism stays exercised. That is the whole regime; a range this affordable should not demand expensive upkeep.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Sio roller 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 £9.72
- Blinds By Post this page from £12.37
- Roller Blinds Direct from £16.70
- Blinds Direct from £18.35
- Wilsons Blinds from £18.99
- Shade & Story from £32.00
- So Easy Blinds from £60.29
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.