Millennium is Unbeatable Blinds' big venetian collection: 115 slat colourways from £8.15, running from sensible matt neutrals through gloss and metallic finishes. It is the catalogue's answer to almost any slatted-blind brief - the palette reads like a paint chart with a metallic section bolted on - and it starts at one of the lower entry prices we see for a made-to-measure venetian.
Who it suits
Venetians are the blind for rooms that want adjustable light rather than a simple up-or-down. The slats tilt through their whole arc, so the same blind gives a bright, private kitchen at midday and a soft, low-glare sitting room in the evening sun. Slatted blinds also suit renters and frequent redecorators: a neutral slat survives a wall-colour change that would strand a patterned fabric, and the tilt earns its keep on street-facing windows where privacy needs adjusting through the day.
The usual caveats apply. A venetian dims but never blacks out - light finds the gaps between closed slats, so bedrooms that need darkness want a blackout layer as well - and slats collect dust in a way flat fabric does not, which the care section below makes short work of. For a very wide opening, a single venetian gets heavy to raise; a pair of blinds, or a vertical, handles a patio-door span more gracefully.
The colours
115 colours available
The palette organises itself into three moods. The matt tones - whites, creams, beiges, greys and browns in several depths each - are the workhorses, chosen to disappear into a scheme. The gloss finishes (Blue Gloss and Classic Black among them) reflect more light and read as more deliberate, suiting kitchens and bathrooms where a little shine reads as clean. And the metallic run - Metallic Bronze, Metallic Blue, Metallic Brown - gives the window some jewellery, catching low sun in a way flat colour cannot. Blues are a particular strength, stretching from Powder and Pastel through Sky to Navy. As ever with finishes that play with light, a sample tells you what a screen cannot.
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Millennium's entry price sits at the accessible end of the venetian market, and the made-to-measure table above does the real talking - slatted blinds price by width and drop like everything else, and a wide kitchen window lands a different figure from a cloakroom pane, and some colourways price differently from others at the same size, so compare a shortlist rather than one shade. Check your actual measurements rather than judging by the from-price.
How it compares
Within Unbeatable's catalogue, Millennium is the breadth play: the one venetian range to check first, because whatever tone the room needs is probably in it. The wood-effect and real-wood slatted options elsewhere in the catalogue trade this palette for warmth and a chunkier slat, at higher entry prices. Across the market, our venetian guide sets out how the slat materials compare and which retailers lead each lane - worth a read if you are still weighing metal-look finishes against wood - and colour-first buyers can work from the white and grey venetian round-ups.
A note on care
Slats stay smart with a light routine: tilt them flat, run a duster or vacuum brush along the run, reverse the tilt and repeat. Kitchen film and bathroom spots lift with a damp cloth and a drop of mild detergent; support each slat as you wipe so nothing bends. Gloss and metallic finishes show fingermarks a little more readily than matt - a dry microfibre cloth after cleaning keeps the shine even - and running the tilt end to end occasionally keeps the ladder strings true so the blind closes crisply for years.