The Turin venetian from Swift Direct Blinds is a 25mm aluminium-slat blind in an eye-catching palette - 85 finishes from £6.71, including metallics, brights and a few striped options. The 25mm slat is the slim, fine-control width, and aluminium keeps it light, practical and moisture-tolerant. It is the range to look at when you want crisp light control in a damp room, with more finish choice than the usual plain white venetian.
Who it suits
Kitchens, bathrooms and utility rooms first. Aluminium is non-porous and wipe-clean, so it handles the steam and splashes that warp real wood - one of the more practical venetian choices for a wet room. The 25mm slat gives fine-grained tilt: angle the slats for light from above while keeping privacy, or close them fully for shade.
It also suits home offices, where tilting the slats cuts glare on a screen while keeping some daylight. The metallic and bright finishes mean Turin can be a deliberate accent rather than a purely functional fitting, which broadens where it sits comfortably.
Two honest limitations apply to all thin aluminium venetians: the slats can be bent by rough handling, and metal offers essentially no insulation. For a high-traffic window or one where warmth retention matters, factor that in.
The finishes
85 colours available
The palette is unusually varied for an aluminium venetian: metallics (Brushed Aluminium, Shimmer Bronze, Metallic Pewter Grey, Shimmer Gold), a strong run of blues (Classic, Cobalt, Navy, Powder, Metallic), brights (Flame Orange, Persian Red, Saffron Yellow, Emerald Green), neutrals (Dairy Cream, Gloss Stone, Grain Natural) and even a few striped finishes (Striped Grey, Striped Taupe, Striped Yellow). For a kitchen or bathroom that should stay quiet, the metallics and neutrals are the steady choices; the brights and stripes are there to make the venetian a feature.
Price by your dimensions
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At £6.71 to start, Turin is inexpensive for a made-to-measure venetian. Venetian pricing rises with both width and drop, so a large window sits above the entry figure. Enter your width and drop for the price at your size; it rounds up to the next standard size as Swift Direct Blinds quotes it.
How it compares
Against a faux-wood or real-wood venetian, Turin is cheaper, lighter and moisture-proof, with a far wider colour range - where wood brings warmth of appearance and a little insulation. For a kitchen, bathroom or a window that wants a colourful accent, aluminium wins; for a dry living room where the venetian is decor, wood is the warmer choice.
Against 247's Spectrum aluminium venetian, the two are close in concept; Turin leans harder into metallics, brights and stripes, where Spectrum offers a broad spread of mostly solid tones. Compare them on the specific finish you want.