Venetian blinds

Venetian blinds have a long reputation as the go-to blind for office settings, and this remains the case. The attraction for office buildings (and, indeed, home offices) is that Venetian blinds allow the amount of light filtering into a room to be adjusted as and when it is necessary. Whereas curtains often block all light or none at all, Venetian blinds can be easily adjusted to both limit the amount of light and alter the direction that it’s entering the room.

This is what makes them an excellent option for kitchens and bathrooms too. As well as the hygienic benefits (see more on this below), they allow for light control in rooms where constantly drawing and undrawing curtains or turning the light on and off would be impractical and a waste of energy – both your energy and the planets.