The Metropolitan wooden venetian from Blinds 2go is a 50mm real-wood slat blind, finished with co-ordinated decorative tapes, in 12 combinations from £18.36. The 50mm slat is the broad, shutter-like width that suits larger windows, and the tape detail - a fabric ladder running down the face of the blind - lifts it from a plain venetian into something more considered. It is a range for a room where the venetian is meant to be a feature.
Who it suits
Living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms and studies - the dry rooms where real wood belongs. Wood brings a warmth of appearance that aluminium and even faux wood don't quite match, and the wide 50mm slat gives a clean, architectural line that suits larger windows and period or contemporary rooms alike. The co-ordinated tapes add a tailored, finished look and a little extra light blockage where the cords would otherwise show.
The important limitation is moisture. Real wood warps and discolours in humidity, so this is not a blind for bathrooms or steamy kitchens - for those, a faux-wood or aluminium venetian is the right choice. Real-wood slats are also heavier than faux or aluminium, so a very wide window's blind will be substantial to raise.
The finishes
12 colours available
The finishes pair a slat colour with a tape: Snow and Parchment, Classic Oak and Oatmeal, Midnight and Onyx, Thunder Grey and Stone. The wood tones run from pale (Snow, Vanilla) through natural oak to dark (Midnight), each matched to a tape that either blends or gently contrasts. The oak-and-oatmeal and snow-and-stone combinations are the warm, natural choices; midnight-and-onyx is the dramatic one. Because each option is a slat-and-tape pairing, the choice is as much about that combination as the wood colour alone.
Price by your dimensions
Made to measure from £18.36. Check Blinds 2go for the price at your exact window size.
At £18.36 to start, Metropolitan is priced as a real-wood venetian - above aluminium, in line with quality wood ranges. Venetian pricing climbs with both width and drop, and real wood adds weight and cost at size, so a large window will sit well above the entry figure. Enter your width and drop for the price at your size; it rounds up to the next standard size as Blinds 2go quotes it.
How it compares
Against a faux-wood venetian, real wood looks warmer and more genuine but costs more, weighs more and cannot go near moisture - where faux wood is cheaper, lighter and humidity-tolerant. For a dry living room or bedroom where appearance leads, real wood is the better choice; for a bathroom or kitchen, faux wood wins on practicality.
Against an aluminium venetian, the gap is wider still: aluminium is the functional, budget, moisture-proof option, where this is the decorative, warm, dry-room one. And against a fabric blind, the venetian's slat-angle control is the distinguishing feature - fine adjustment of light that a roller or roman can't offer.