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Are wooden blinds out of style? Definitely not. Do not confuse the enduring appeal of something that looks great and does what it is supposed to do with it being out of date, friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wooden blinds<\/a> have a simplistic, classical design that has changed little over the course of their history, and this means that they don\u2019t tend to age badly, look dated as tastes change, or go in and out of fashion as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asking \u201care wooden blinds out of date\u201d is a bit like asking if the little black dress is no longer a thing; it\u2019s timeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wooden blinds are the little black dress of the blinds world, only large, often white, and a blind. But other than that, identical\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are wooden blinds old fashioned?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Luxury<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wooden blinds are a good example of the type of design that is innately functional but also visually appealing. While there are a few different aspects of a wooden blind you can style to suit (such as the colour and finish, width of the slats, and use of ladder tapes or nah) that\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that wooden blinds from a decade or more ago still don\u2019t look out of date or unfashionable now, even if the room around them has been revamped a couple of times since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, depending to an extent on your colour and finishing choices, a wooden blind works well within more or less any type of interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People choose wooden blinds for all sorts of homes, ranging from modern, minimalistic penthouse apartments to country cottages, and even slightly more unusual applications like beach huts, log cabin chalets, and in one case that we got particularly excited about, a converted windmill! How cool is that\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do wooden blinds originate from?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Real<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wooden blinds are a type of Venetian blind, and if you think I\u2019m about to say \u201cand they originated in Venice,\u201d well, surprise: no. They actually originated in Persia (modern-day Iran), so far back in the mists of time that we don\u2019t actually know how long they\u2019ve been around for altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we do know is that they were later exported out through Europe and quickly caught on, to the point that they really picked up steam in terms of popularity when they hit fashionable Venice and the European courts in the 1700s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This gives you an idea of how long wooden blinds have been around for, as they were already firmly established in Persia and had been for centuries by the point the Western world got in on the act some 400 or so years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the benefits of wooden blinds?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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So, what are the benefits of wooden blinds and how come they\u2019re still popular today? There are several elements to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n