Kitchen Blinds

Venetian Blinds Are Perfect For The Kitchen

If you know you need a blind for your kitchen but you’re lacking the courage or inspiration to go ahead and place an order, you’re in the right place.

Shading your kitchen can be rather tricky – it’s one of those few rooms where you work in and so it needs to be practical as well as aesthetically pleasing.

You get things done in your kitchen and any blind will be subjected to pretty extreme conditions, from jungle-like humidity to desert heat to arctic conditions (we’re talking the equivalent temperatures here unless you’re installing it in a globe-trotting caravan). The conditions change rapidly and they can soon take a toll on the wrong kind of blind.

Think about it: if you get the kitchen blind wrong you risk fire, excessive heat in the Summer, an overworking fridge and freezer, spoilt fruit and even mould. And who said blind shopping was easy?

A kitchen blind ideally needs to be fire-retardant, capable of providing shade when you need it, but equally easily manoeuvred to allow in light. It blocks harmful sun rays that will shrivel up your fruit bowl’s occupants quicker than you can say ‘avocado’.

Too much heat in the kitchen causes your appliances to work harder to keep the contents cool. As a result, the harder your fridge has to work, the hotter the exterior and this will, in turn, heat up your kitchen (and probably the world if you think about it). It will also cost you more in energy bills.

Ok.

I may have got a little carried away with that one. Stick with me.

One thing you really need to consider when buying a blind for your kitchen is where it is going to be fitted. If you have a window above the kitchen sink as do most people, you probably want a durable, water-resistant blind. Steam and moisture are enemies of the fabric roller blinds – unless it’s PVC – so steer clear of this. White fabrics are also not a good idea as they’ll be stained when the sauces start to fly at the height of your culinary creativity.









So that moves us towards the venetian blind. Real wood blinds won’t fare so well in the moist conditions, but faux wood and aluminium are right at home. Faux wood is water resistant and actually comes recommended for moist areas.









Aluminium venetian blinds are surprisingly capable too. I’ve been living with one in my kitchen for the past two years and it’s managed heroically. Mind you, not much can go wrong when your cooking capabilities never extend beyond a lasagne microwave meal for one…









Venetian blinds can be easily adjusted to block direct sunlight but let in enough light to see by. They can be raised and lowered across the window and are easy to clean. They will also wipe clean easily and remain looking great for years to come.

Shop for your kitchen blind right now.