Why Everyone Seems to be Falling Back in Love with Venetian Blinds

There was a period, possibly around the mid 2000s, when Venetian blinds were seen as a marker of budget and budget-only. The skinny aluminium ones that came with every rented flat, rattled in the wind and bent at the slightest attempt to look at them. If that is your reference point for Venetians, it is easy to see why you wrote them off. But something has changed, and it is worth paying attention to.

The Venetian blind that is being reached for now is a very different thing. Wide slat wooden and faux wood Venetians in warm, considered tones have become one of the most requested blind styles in interior design circles, and it is well deserved when looking at what is happening in home decor more broadly. There is a real appetite right now for natural materials, warm neutrals, texture and things that feel considered rather than disposable. A wide slat wooden Venetian ticks all of those boxes in a way that a lot of other window dressings simply do not.

They also do something that very few other blinds manage quite as well, which is give you really precise control over the quality of light in a room. Not just how much, but the direction of it, the angle, the mood. Tilt the slats one way and you get soft indirect light bouncing off the ceiling. Tilt them the other and you get warmth across the floor. It sounds like a small thing, but in practice it makes a room feel genuinely different at different times of day, and that kind of flexibility is something people are increasingly looking for.

Faux wood Venetians have also improved enormously in quality over the past few years. The gap between real wood and a good faux wood product is much smaller than it used to be, and the practical advantages of faux wood, particularly in kitchens and bathrooms where real wood would struggle with moisture, make them an easy recommendation for almost any room in the house.

There is also something to be said for the sheer range of finishes and colours now available. Venetians have moved well beyond white and cream. Warm taupes, rich mid browns, soft greys, black. There is a finish to complement almost any interior, and that variety is a big part of why they have found their way back into homes that a few years ago would never have considered them.

If you dismissed Venetians a decade ago, they are genuinely worth a second look. Our made-to-measure wooden and faux wood Venetian blinds are measured, made and fitted for your windows - get in touch to see the finishes in your own home.