The Unishade range is a made-to-measure vertical blind collection from Blinds By Post, available in 27 finishes from £11.11. Like the broader Unicolour range, Unishade offers several of its colours in both standard 89mm and wider 127mm vane widths - a practical option if you want to match the vane scale to the proportions of a large window or patio door.

Who it suits

Vertical blinds are the standard choice for wide window openings, patio doors, and conservatory-style glazing where the blind slides along a track rather than rolls. Unishade fits comfortably in these settings.

The fabric opacity across this range is not specified at range level by Blinds By Post, so if you are buying for a bedroom and need confirmed blackout performance, check each finish individually with the retailer before ordering. For living rooms, kitchens, and home offices - where the priority is typically privacy and diffused light rather than full darkness - the standard light-control performance of a stiffened polyester vertical fabric is usually adequate.

Vertical blinds have a neat, functional appearance that works well in modern and open-plan spaces. For rooms with a softer decorative scheme, roman or roller blinds tend to sit more comfortably with upholstered furniture and traditional finishes.

The colours

27 colours available

The 19 finishes span a useful range of tones. Beige, Cream, and White cover the pale end of the palette in both 89mm and 127mm widths where available. Ash (in both widths) provides a cool, light grey option. At the deeper end, Black (127mm only), Mulberry, and Lapis introduce stronger colour without moving into saturated territory. Kara and Naro sit in the mid-grey range. Rayon, Batik, and Atmosphere bring a degree of texture or pattern into the otherwise plain-coloured selection.

The split between 89mm and 127mm availability is uneven: some finishes - Kara, Naro, Rayon, Beige, Cream, Ash, and Mulberry - appear in 89mm; others are 127mm only (Atmosphere, Batik, Lapis, Luna, Morello, Beige, Black, Cream, Kiwi, Ash, White). A few appear in both. Check the vane width against the finish name carefully when ordering, as the two widths are listed as separate finishes rather than options within a single colour.

Price by your dimensions

Made to measure from £11.11. Check Blinds By Post for the price at your exact window size.

The from-price of £11.11 puts Unishade in a similar bracket to other mid-tier Blinds By Post vertical ranges. Pricing steps up with window size, and the 127mm vane finishes may carry a slightly different price point - confirm with the retailer at order time. As with all made-to-measure blinds, measure width and drop in millimetres before entering your dimensions.

How it compares

Unishade sits alongside Unicolour and Splash as one of several vertical blind ranges at Blinds By Post. Unicolour offers a broader colour selection (26 finishes versus 19 here) and a similar dual-width structure; Splash offers more bold accent tones but is concentrated in 89mm vanes with only two 127mm premium options.

Unishade's distinction is a contained, manageable palette that covers the key neutral and accent tones without overwhelming the selection. That can be an advantage if you want to make a decision quickly without wading through dozens of near-identical options.

If you need confirmed opacity ratings - blackout for a bedroom, or light-filtering for a home office where glare is the issue - a range where each vane is explicitly labelled gives clearer buying information. Unishade does not provide that level of detail at range level, so the usual advice applies: request a sample or clarify the opacity with Blinds By Post before committing if the light-control class matters for your room.

For thermal performance, vertical blinds of any kind are not the right tool - that need is better addressed by a cellular or honeycomb blind, which provides a sealed air pocket between fabric layers. Vertical blinds in a conservatory can help with direct glare by rotating the vanes, but they do not reduce heat gain in summer or heat loss in winter in any meaningful way beyond reducing draught convection slightly.