Quickstick is Blinds By Post's metal venetian line, and its headline is breadth: 131 colourways from £12.79, which puts it among the widest slat palettes we cover from any retailer. Metal venetians are the practical end of the slatted-blind family - crisp, wipeable, happy in steam - and this range's job is to offer that practicality in whatever colour a room can think of, from sensible neutrals to shades named Candyfloss, Atomic and Flame.
Who it suits
A metal venetian suits the rooms where fabric struggles. Kitchens and bathrooms are the classic homes - the slats shrug off humidity and wipe clean where a fabric blind would stain or sag - and the tilt control earns its keep anywhere privacy and daylight need balancing by degrees rather than all-or-nothing. Tilted up, the slats bounce light at the ceiling and keep the room bright but private; tilted down, they cut glare on a screen without shutting the world out entirely.
The trade-offs are honest ones. Venetians block light well when closed but never completely - a bedroom that must be dark wants a blackout roller or curtains in front - and metal slats carry a little more noise in a draught than fabric. They also ask for a shallow discipline: the more often a blind is raised fully rather than just tilted, the more the slats get handled, and handling is what eventually kinks a slat. Day to day, tilting covers almost every need, so in practice a venetian gets raised far less than you might expect.
The colours
131 colours available
This is the rare range where the palette is the product. The neutrals cover every practical brief - whites, silvers, greys and creams for kitchens and offices - while the personality end runs through emeralds, corals, lilacs and metallic tones that treat the window as part of the colour scheme rather than a background. Names like Glam, Jazz and Lusso signal finishes with shine; the matt tones sit quieter. With a palette this wide the screen-to-slat gap matters more than usual: order a sample of the exact shade before committing, particularly for the brighter tones and anything with a metallic finish.
Price by your dimensions
Made to measure. Check Blinds By Post for the price at your exact window size.
The lowest price we have seen since we began checking (6 Jun).
Metal venetians price low against fabric blinds at the same window, and Quickstick's entry point reflects that. Width and drop move the figure as always - the table above shows the range made to your measurements, which is the number that matters.
How it compares
Within Blinds By Post's catalogue, Quickstick is the colour-first slat option; the wood and faux-wood venetian ranges trade the palette for warmth and heavier slats. Against other retailers' metal venetians the range competes on choice - most stop at a few dozen shades - so if your scheme needs a specific colour, this palette is a strong first place to look. For the category more broadly, our aluminium venetian guide compares the strongest metal-slat options across retailers, and the venetian guide weighs metal against wood if the material is still an open question.
A note on care
Metal slats are the easiest blind surface to keep presentable. Tilt the slats flat and run a duster or a soft vacuum brush along them, then tilt the other way and repeat; a barely damp cloth lifts kitchen film, and a drop of washing-up liquid handles the rest. Support slats with your free hand while wiping - a kinked slat is the one blemish that does not clean off - and check the tilt mechanism now and then by running it end to end, which keeps the ladder strings even and the close crisp.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Wooden Venetian 50mm venetian 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:
- Make My Blinds from £5.01
- Unbeatable Blinds from £5.24
- Swift Direct Blinds from £5.49
- Blinds By Post this page from £6.72
- Wooden Blinds from £7.68
- 247 Blinds from £8.00
- English Blinds from £8.01
- Terrys Fabrics from £8.70
- 1Click Blinds from £9.57
- Blinds Direct from £9.98
- Blinds 2go from £10.04
- Wilsons Blinds from £10.04
- Blinds4You from £12.28
- Order Blinds from £17.00
- Shade & Story from £25.00
- New Blinds from £27.02
- So Easy Blinds from £27.51
- Lifestyle Blinds from £28.94
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.