24 Facts About Venetian blinds

Vertical Venetian blinds run along a track system which can tilt open and closed and move side-to-side.

Window Venetian blinds can be manoeuvred with either a manual or remote control by rotating them from an open position, with slats spaced out, to a closed position where slats overlap and block out most of the light.

Term window Venetian blinds can be used to describe window coverings more broadly.

Window Venetian blinds generally sold as either ready-made or made to measure.

The advantage of ready-made Venetian blinds is their availability and cost, whereas Venetian blinds that are made to measure will be more expensive but better fit the dimensions of a window.

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Window Venetian blinds can be manually drawn using a cord, or automated through motorization.

Controls for motorized Venetian blinds can be from a wall switch or keypad, remote control, or computer, eliminating the need for cords and allowing control of otherwise inaccessible windows.

Cellular shades or cellular Venetian blinds, sometimes referred to as honeycomb shades, are a type of window blind made of a long and continuous fabric with a cellular structure when opened and fold onto themselves when closed.

Cell shapes in the Venetian blinds hold trapped air and create a barrier between the window surface and the room, thus lessening the transfer of heat.

Roman Venetian blinds can be purchased with a blackout lining on the back to fully block out sunlight.

However, there will always be small light gaps on the edges of the Venetian blinds if mounted on the inside of the window frame or peeking out from behind the blind if mounted on the frame around the window.

Roller Venetian blinds are a type of window blind that is typically made from a polyester fabric wrapped around a plastic or metal roller.

Venetian blinds blind is a type of window blind made from overlapping horizontal slats that are typically lowered and drawn together by pulling a cord.

One of the largest orders for Venetian blinds ever placed was to the Burlington Venetian Blind Co.

In recent years there have been further development and patents of venetian blinds that are integrated directly into the glass panels.

Vertical Venetian blinds became available in flat plastic, fabric, embossed PVC, S-curved slats.

Vertical Venetian blinds were most popular in the UK during the 1990s, since then sales have slowed as they lost popularity with a younger generation.

Stationary vertical Venetian blinds are hung in the doorways of some homes and businesses which generally leave the door open.

In certain areas of the UK window Venetian blinds are used to disguise the fact that offices have PCs in them and are used as a burglary deterrent.

Window Venetian blinds have varying thermal effects: they can block unwanted heat of the summer sun and they can keep in heat in cold weather.

Pinoleum Venetian blinds are made up of small wooden twigs laid horizontally which are joined together by vertical threading.

Current faux wood Venetian blinds are warp resistant, have UV ratings as high as 500 and come in colors that would be hard to find in natural wood Venetian blinds.

Window Venetian blinds slats are held together with cords that allow for tilting slats, raising or lowering, and these are potentially dangerous if loose.

Solid fabric and slat car Venetian blinds have given way to cheaper and more flexible, folding, wire-framed "dark-stocking" synthetic Venetian blinds.