The 50mm wooden venetian range from Blinds By Post is a made-to-measure slat blind offered in 127 finishes, starting from £10.69. It covers a great deal of ground for one product line: real basswood and bamboo slats, grained eco-wood finishes that imitate timber at lower cost, a long run of practical white, oak and grey tones, and a set of tape-trimmed and stick-on options for windows where drilling is not wanted.
Who it suits
A 50mm slat reads as contemporary without being fussy: it fills a window confidently, and the wider slat means fewer slats overall, giving a tidier stack when the blind is raised. That makes the range a sound fit for living rooms, dining rooms and studies, where the blind spends much of its time fully open or tilted to control light rather than down as a solid screen. Because the range is so broad, it serves quite different briefs from a single product line - quiet whites and oaks for a neutral scheme, warmer walnuts and beiges where the room wants depth, and stick-on fittings for renters or awkward reveals.
Real wood is not the right tool for bathrooms or kitchens where steam or persistent humidity is a factor - the slats can warp over time and the finish may discolour. For those rooms, one of the grained eco-wood finishes in this range is the more durable choice, since the faux-wood slats shrug off moisture that real timber cannot. Bedrooms are workable: closed and overlapping slats give effective coverage, but a slatted blind always leaks some light at the edges and along the ladder cords, so for genuine blackout a roller with side channels remains the more reliable answer.
The colours
127 colours available
The breadth here is unusually wide for a wooden venetian. The largest group is white and off-white - Pure White, Polar Off White, Glacier White and Soft White Basswood among them - followed by a deep bench of greys running from Ash Grey and Kalm Grey through to the darker Carbon Black and Volt Black. Warm tones are well covered too: oaks such as Honey Oak, Tuscan Oak, Narra Oak and Golden Oak Basswood, walnuts and Auburn for richer rooms, and creams and beiges like Perla Cream and Morena Beige for a softer neutral. Across these sit four slat materials - real wood, grained eco-wood, basswood and bamboo (Arcana, Karri, Zaya and the rest) - several offered with cotton or coloured tapes that change the look as much as the slat itself. Stick-on Quickstick finishes mirror the core palette for no-drill fitting. Colour on a screen and colour filling a window can differ considerably, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind, particularly for the grained and bamboo finishes where texture carries the look.
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The from-price of £10.69 is at the accessible end for wooden venetians, helped by the eco-wood and basswood finishes that come in below solid real timber. Real wood, bamboo and the tape-trimmed options sit higher up the band, and larger windows will naturally push the price further; the grid reflects made-to-measure sizing, so the width and drop you enter determine what you actually pay.
How it compares
Against an aluminium venetian, this range trades a little moisture tolerance and a lower price for a warmer, more textured look that suits rooms already using natural materials - the grain and variation in real wood and bamboo read quite differently from a flat metal slat. Against a roller blind, a wooden venetian gives tilt control the roller cannot offer, at the cost of wiping individual slats. The honest internal trade-off is material: the real wood and bamboo finishes look and feel best but want a dry room, while the grained eco-wood finishes tolerate damp and cost less but lack the depth of true timber. With 129 finishes the range usually lets you match an existing scheme rather than approximate it.
A note on care
Real wood and bamboo slats should be dry-dusted regularly; a soft cloth or the brush attachment on a vacuum works well, with the slats tipped flat to reach the full surface. Use a damp cloth sparingly for marks and avoid soaking or leaving the slats wet, since standing moisture is what warps timber. Harsh detergents are not recommended on any of the wood finishes; the grained eco-wood slats tolerate a damp wipe more readily but still do not want abrasive cleaners.
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.