The Turin venetian from Swift Direct Blinds is a 25mm aluminium-slat blind in an eye-catching palette - 80 finishes from £8.74, 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

80 colours available

Turin 25mm Striped Cool Blue
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Striped Cool Blue from £8.74
Turin 25mm Metallic Pewter Grey
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Metallic Pewter Grey from £8.74
Turin 25mm Gingerbread Brown
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Gingerbread Brown from £8.74
Turin 25mm Brushed Teal Blue
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Brushed Teal Blue from £8.74
Turin 25mm Brushed Aluminium
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Brushed Aluminium from £8.74
Turin 25mm Gemstone Jet Black
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Gemstone Jet Black from £18.11
Turin 25mm Shimmer Pearl White
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Shimmer Pearl White from £18.11
Turin 25mm Perforated Cream
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Perforated Cream from £19.32
Turin 25mm Shimmer Graphite
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Shimmer Graphite from £19.32

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

Made to measure from £8.74. Check Swift Direct Blinds for the price at your exact window size.

At £8.74 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.