Horizontal slats you steer by the degree at any height: full view, filtered light, or full privacy from the flats across the street. Timber suits an original sash window; aluminium suits a renovated kitchen or bathroom.
A venetian blind is the most adjustable interior treatment there is — horizontal slats that tilt to steer light rather than simply raising or lowering. On the upper slopes here, where the sun swings from a low winter angle to a high summer one over the same window, that hour-by-hour control matters more than it does on a flatter street.
Fitted inside the window reveal, a venetian blind is a furnishing decision on an original sash frame — the frame itself stays exactly as it is. That's worth knowing if you're weighing options for a home where the facade is protected: the blind changes nothing a heritage rule is concerned with.
A roller is open or closed by degrees; a venetian steers light direction — tilt up for glare-free daylight, tilt down for privacy from a double-storey neighbour or the sectional-title block across the road, close flat for dark. On streets where an original terrace sits beside a three-storey renovation, that privacy control from above is often the deciding factor.
Timber slats are heavier than aluminium, so a very wide window sometimes needs splitting or ladder-tape support rather than one continuous run. We'll tell you honestly at the measure if that applies to your opening.
We measure and fit venetian blinds across Tamboerskloof and the rest of the City Bowl — Oranjezicht, Higgovale, Gardens and Vredehoek.
Ready when you are
A free in-home measure, a written quote per window, and one of our expert consultants managing the rest.