The Tradechoice range from Blinds By Post is a made-to-measure faux wood venetian blind offered in 15 finishes, starting from £7.24. It is a decorative tilt blind built around the warmer, heavier look of timber-style slats, but in a faux-wood material that copes far better with damp and steam than real wood does. The finishes stay deliberately neutral, concentrating on whites, a whitewashed oak grain and greys, with several offered alongside a contrasting tape option.
Who it suits
A faux wood venetian suits rooms that want the warmth and texture of a wooden blind without the upkeep or the moisture worry. Because the slats are faux wood rather than real timber, the range is a sensible choice for kitchens, bathrooms and other damp-prone rooms where a real wood blind would be at risk of warping over time. The slats tilt to set the light and privacy you want and draw up out of the way when you need the full window, so this is a practical everyday blind as much as a decorative one.
The neutral palette here is its main strength for matching an existing scheme - the whites and whitewash oak read light and airy, while the greys sit more quietly. If your priority is total darkness in a bedroom, a venetian is the wrong tool in any finish: the gaps between the slats always admit some light, so a roller or pleated blind in a blackout fabric would serve you better.
The colours
15 colours available
The range is built almost entirely around whites and a whitewashed oak grain, with a smaller set of greys. Several finishes carry a wood grain texture (Brilliant White Grain, Snow White Grain, Grey Grain, Whitewash Oak Grain) that adds the look of timber to the slat, and a number are paired with a decorative tape - cotton, arctic, dove or lunar - that runs down the face of the blind and changes the look more than the slat colour alone. So the same base white or grey can read quite differently depending on whether you take it plain or with tapes. The spread is narrow but practical: there is a clean bright white, a softer snow white, a warm whitewash oak and a pair of greys to cover most neutral rooms. Colour on a screen and colour filling a window can differ, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind, particularly to judge how a tape option looks against your walls.
Price by your dimensions
Enter your window size. We round up to the next standard size, which matches how the retailer actually quotes you.
The lowest price we have seen since we began checking (12 Jun).
The range sits at an accessible entry point, consistent with faux wood venetians more broadly and generally more affordable than equivalent real-wood blinds. There is a single standard fitting across the range, so the price you see is driven by the size of your window rather than the finish or the tape option you choose.
How it compares
Against a real wood venetian, this faux wood range is cheaper and far more tolerant of damp and steam, at the cost of a little of the authentic feel and weight that solid timber gives. Against an aluminium venetian, the faux wood slats read warmer and more decorative, where aluminium is cooler and more utilitarian. Against a roller blind, a venetian trades a little upkeep - the slats need individual wiping - for the tilt control a roller cannot offer. For a neutral, timber-look blind in a room that sees moisture, this range covers the brief straightforwardly.
A note on care
Faux wood slats are easy to keep clean and forgiving of the odd splash. Wipe each slat with a damp cloth; a mild detergent solution handles grease in a kitchen. Tip the slats fully open to a horizontal position before wiping so you can reach the whole face without straining the ladder cord, and take a little extra care around any decorative tapes, which are best dusted or gently wiped rather than scrubbed. Because the material is faux wood rather than real timber, the occasional damp wipe will not raise the grain or warp the slat.
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.