The Sio range from So Easy Blinds is a made-to-measure vertical blind offered in 4 colourways, starting from £48.44. 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. Sio 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. Sio fits a room where you want soft, even daylight rather than darkness: a living room, a home study, or a conservatory where you are easing glare without shutting out the light.
The palette is small and quiet, which makes it simple to settle into 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 Sio is built for diffused light and everyday privacy. On a wide conservatory or living-room window, the tilt lets you turn the louvres edge-on to keep the outlook, or angle them closed to take the glare off midday sun, so a single blind covers both ends of a normal day without ever shutting the room off entirely.
The colours
4 colours available
The Sio palette stays in the soft, neutral grey zone - Pastello, Rosa, Stucco and Charcoal - running from the palest tone through to a deeper charcoal at the dark end. That gives a short, coherent set rather than a wide colour spread, so it leans towards rooms where the window should sit back quietly. 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 you are choosing between the lighter neutrals where the difference is subtle.
Price by your dimensions
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The range is offered with a standard fitting from £48.44, the lowest entry point of the So Easy Blinds verticals reviewed here. 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 low on the wide openings these blinds are made 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 much 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 at a modest price, Sio covers the requirement.
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
Sio 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 £7.12
- Blinds By Post from £11.21
- Blinds Direct from £14.54
- Vertical Blinds Direct from £20.94
- Wilsons Blinds from £23.95
- So Easy Blinds this page from £48.44
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.