The Renzo range from So Easy Blinds is a made-to-measure vertical blind offered in 6 colourways, starting from £51.57. Vertical blinds hang as a row of fabric louvres that tilt to control light and draw to one side to clear the window, which makes them a practical fit for wide windows, patio doors and conservatory runs. Renzo is a light-filtering cloth, so the louvres diffuse daylight rather than block it, keeping a room bright but screened.
Who it suits
Vertical blinds suit tall and wide openings - sliding patio doors, bi-fold doors and broad conservatory windows - because the louvres draw cleanly aside and tilt for privacy without losing the outlook. Renzo is a good fit where you want soft, even daylight through the day rather than a blacked-out room: a living room, a home office or a conservatory where you are trying to take the edge off glare without sitting in the dark.
The palette is restrained and neutral, which keeps it easy to live with in most schemes. If your aim is a fully darkened bedroom, this light-filtering fabric is not the right choice - a blackout vertical or a blackout roller would handle that brief, while Renzo is built for diffused light and everyday privacy. On a bright conservatory or a wide living-room window, the tilt lets you turn the louvres edge-on to keep the view, or angle them closed to soften midday glare, so the same blind covers both ends of a typical day without ever shutting the room off completely.
The colours
6 colours available
The Renzo palette stays in the cooler neutral zone, spanning grey and white tones - among them Steel and Chalk - with the warmer Armada, Glow, Heat and Maya filling out the spread. That keeps the collection coherent: it is a set of quiet, scheme-friendly shades rather than a wide colour wheel, so it leans towards rooms where the window should recede rather than stand out. Colour on a screen and colour filling a window can differ a fair amount, so order a sample before committing to a full-sized blind, particularly when choosing between the closely related greys.
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The range is offered with a standard fitting from £51.57. Vertical blinds are among the more economical made-to-measure styles for covering a large opening, because one blind spans a width that would otherwise take several rollers, so the cost per window stays sensible on the wide openings these blinds are designed for.
How it compares
Against a roller blind, a vertical adds tilt control and the option to draw the louvres aside, and it scales to far wider windows from a single headrail. Against a venetian, the fabric louvres read warmer and softer than metal or wood slats, though, as with a venetian, light leaks a little where the louvres overlap, so this light-filtering cloth offers no true blackout. Compared with a pleated or cellular blind, the vertical is the simpler and more economical way to dress a very wide opening, whereas the cellular style would add a measure of insulation a vertical does not. For a wide, sunny room where you want adjustable, diffused daylight and easy privacy, Renzo covers the requirement without fuss.
A note on care
Fabric louvres need little upkeep. Dust them with a soft brush or a vacuum on a low setting, and lift surface marks with a lightly dampened cloth rather than soaking the fabric. Because each louvre hangs separately, a single damaged slat can be replaced on its own without redoing the whole blind, which is a practical advantage on a patio door where one louvre may wear faster than the rest.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Orissa 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:
- Swift Direct Blinds from £9.00
- Blinds By Post from £11.93
- Shade & Story from £36.90
- Blinds Direct from £41.87
- So Easy Blinds this page from £51.57
- Wilsons Blinds from £58.90
- Vertical Blinds Direct from £68.50
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.