The Odin range from Blinds By Post is a made-to-measure vertical blind offered in 4 colourways, starting from £12.65. It is a light-filtering louvre blind built around a tight, dark-leaning palette, suited to rooms that want a defined, contemporary look rather than a pale, airy one.
Who it suits
Vertical blinds hang as a row of fabric louvres that tilt to angle the light and draw to one side to clear the glass, which makes them a natural choice for wide windows, patio doors and conservatories where a single fabric panel would be hard to handle. Odin's deeper palette gives a more dramatic finish than the typical pale neutral, so it suits living rooms, home offices and feature windows where a darker frame to the glass is the intended look.
Because each louvre tilts independently of the draw, you can let in angled daylight while keeping some privacy, then pull the blind aside for the full view. On a bright window the tilt control is the main draw, letting you temper glare across the day without shutting the window off entirely.
Darker louvres also frame a view differently from pale ones: against a bright outdoor scene they read as a clean, recessive border to the glass rather than drawing the eye themselves, which can suit a room where the window itself, or what is beyond it, is meant to be the focus. In a conservatory or across patio doors, where the blind covers a large area, a deeper tone reads as a calm block rather than a large pale expanse, and the draw-to-one-side action keeps the whole span clear when you want it open.
The colours
4 colours available
The Odin palette is a small, dark-toned run: Midnight, Solas, Sea and Myth give four deeper colourways rather than a broad spread of brights and neutrals. It is a focused collection, so the choice is about which of these darker tones best frames your room rather than picking from a long chart. Darker fabrics in particular can read very differently in a window than they do on a screen, with the cast shifting under daylight, so it is worth requesting a sample before committing to a full-sized blind.
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Price down 3% since 8 Aug. (our checks since 12 Jun)
Vertical blinds are among the more affordable made-to-measure styles, and Odin sits at an accessible entry point. Only the standard fitting is offered in this range, so the from-price is the straightforward starting point and the cost rises with the size of the window rather than with the fitting you choose.
How it compares
As a fabric louvre blind, Odin is a light-filtering style: the louvres reduce and soften daylight rather than block it, and the overlaps between slats always admit a little light, so even in these darker tones this is not a blackout option. It is worth being clear on that point, because a deep colour can give the impression of greater light control than the fabric actually provides - the depth of the shade and the opacity of the cloth are separate things. For a fully dark bedroom, a roller or pleated blind in a blackout fabric would be the better fit.
Against a roller, a vertical blind trades the single flat panel for tilt-and-draw flexibility that suits wide spans and doors, where a roller is happier on standard upright windows. Against a horizontal venetian, the vertical louvres handle tall or door-height windows more gracefully and clear to the side rather than stacking at the top, and the soft fabric reads warmer than a venetian's hard slats. Within Blinds By Post's own vertical ranges, Odin's role is the darker, more dramatic option where most vertical palettes lean pale and neutral.
A note on care
Vertical louvres are simple to keep tidy. Dust them with a soft brush or a vacuum on a low setting, and spot-clean marks with a damp cloth rather than soaking the fabric. A practical benefit of the style is that an individual louvre can be replaced if it is damaged or stained, so one mishap need not mean a whole new blind. Draw the louvres flat and tilt them open before cleaning so you can reach the full face of each slat.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Odin 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 £12.65
- Blinds Direct from £15.62
- Vertical Blinds Direct from £25.74
- Wilsons Blinds from £25.74
- So Easy Blinds from £54.65
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.