The Real Wood venetian from Make My Blinds is a genuine-timber slat blind in 42 finishes, from £7.20 - a notably low entry price for real wood. Where most affordable venetians are aluminium or moulded faux wood, this is the actual material: timber slats with the grain, warmth and weight that come with it. It is the range to look at when you want a real-wood venetian and don't want to pay a premium for the privilege.

Who it suits

Living rooms, bedrooms, studies and dining rooms - the dry rooms where real wood belongs. Timber brings a depth of appearance that aluminium and even good faux wood can't fully match: real grain, a natural variation in tone, and a quality feel in the hand. The slat-angle control that defines a venetian lets you tilt for light from above while keeping privacy, or close fully for shade.

The limitation is moisture, and it is firm: real wood warps and discolours in humidity, so this is not a blind for bathrooms or steamy kitchens. For those rooms, faux wood or aluminium is the correct choice. Real-wood slats are also a touch heavier than faux, so a very wide blind will be more substantial to operate - though at typical window sizes this is no issue.

The finishes

42 colours available

The six finishes cover the natural wood range: warm oaks (Golden Oak, Scandinavian Oak), a reddish Cedar, soft neutrals (Delicate Fawn), and cooler greyed tones (Grey Pearl, Grey Ash). The oaks are the classic, warm choice that suits most rooms; the grey-toned finishes (Grey Pearl, Grey Ash) are the contemporary option, giving the wood a cooler, more muted reading that sits with modern greys. Each is a genuine timber finish, so the grain and slight natural variation come as part of the material.

Price by your dimensions

Enter your window size. We round up to the next standard size, which matches how the retailer actually quotes you.

At £7.20 to start, this is genuinely affordable for real wood - often the point at which faux wood and real wood are close enough in price that the real material becomes the obvious choice for a dry room. Venetian pricing climbs with width and drop, and real wood adds weight at size, so a large window will be well above the entry figure. Enter your width and drop for the price at your size; it rounds up to the next standard size as Make My Blinds quotes it.

How it compares

Against a faux-wood venetian, real wood looks warmer and more genuine, and at this entry price the cost gap is smaller than usual - the case for faux wood then rests almost entirely on moisture tolerance. For a dry living room or bedroom, real wood is the better choice here; for a bathroom or kitchen, faux wood remains the only sensible option.

Against an aluminium venetian, the difference is character: aluminium is functional, light and moisture-proof, where this is warm, natural and dry-room-only. And against a fabric blind, the venetian's slat-angle control is the distinguishing feature - light adjustment a roller or roman can't offer.

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 this page from £7.20
  • Swift Direct Blinds from £10.00
  • 247 Blinds from £10.25
  • Wooden Blinds from £10.58
  • Blinds 2go from £10.66
  • Blinds By Post from £10.93
  • English Blinds from £12.97
  • So Easy Blinds from £42.43

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.

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