{"id":7758,"date":"2023-04-09T12:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T11:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7758"},"modified":"2023-04-09T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T11:28:13","slug":"how-can-you-tell-if-blinds-are-real-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/ask-an-expert\/how-can-you-tell-if-blinds-are-real-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you tell if blinds are real wood?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/luxury-light-real-wooden-blinds-with-tapes-in-living-room.jpg\" alt=\"Luxury light real wooden blinds with tapes in a living room window\" class=\"wp-image-7799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/luxury-light-real-wooden-blinds-with-tapes-in-living-room.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/luxury-light-real-wooden-blinds-with-tapes-in-living-room-600x306.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/luxury-light-real-wooden-blinds-with-tapes-in-living-room-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/luxury-light-real-wooden-blinds-with-tapes-in-living-room-940x479.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The price, appearance, feel, and even sound the blinds make will all let you know whether or not a blind is made of real wood; but today\u2019s modern faux-wood blinds are designed to look and even feel very similar to real wood, and so you might find it hard to tell if you don\u2019t have any point of comparison!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog post will tell you all of the ways you can tell you if blinds are made from real wood or not, whether you\u2019re looking to find out about blinds in your own home (which may have been in situ when you moved in) or if you want to know what sort of interiors choices next door made in their redecoration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-can-you-tell-if-blinds-are-real-wood-based-on-their-appearance\">How can you tell if blinds are real wood based on their appearance?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-with-tapes-in-bedroom.jpg\" alt=\"Real wooden blind with tapes in a cosy bedroom window\" class=\"wp-image-7806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-with-tapes-in-bedroom.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-with-tapes-in-bedroom-600x306.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-with-tapes-in-bedroom-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-with-tapes-in-bedroom-940x479.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Appearance alone is probably the worst way to try to tell a real wood blind from a faux-wood one, because modern faux-wood blinds can be made to be almost indistinguishable from the real thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/wooden-blinds\/real-wood\/\">real wood blinds<\/a> may have some degree of variation in colour across the slats, and there may be other natural variations and imperfections, such as knots. Faux-wood blinds may be grained to appear like real wood, but this will tend to be more uniform than in real wood blinds and totally smooth to the touch, plus the slats will lie perfectly uniformly and straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the slats of real wooden blinds are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/ask-an-expert\/how-thick-are-wooden-blind-slats\/\">quite fine and narrow<\/a>, which means that when the blind is opened or raised, they will concertina into a neat, compact stack. Faux-wood blind slats are a little chunkier and wider, so they\u2019ll form a somewhat larger stack when open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-can-you-tell-if-blinds-are-real-wood-by-touch\">How can you tell if blinds are real wood by touch?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/woman-looking-out-of-faux-wood-blinds-at-the-sun.jpg\" alt=\"Woman opening wood blinds with her hands\" class=\"wp-image-7808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/woman-looking-out-of-faux-wood-blinds-at-the-sun.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/woman-looking-out-of-faux-wood-blinds-at-the-sun-600x306.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/woman-looking-out-of-faux-wood-blinds-at-the-sun-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/woman-looking-out-of-faux-wood-blinds-at-the-sun-940x479.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Touch is a more reliable way to tell real wood from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/wooden-blinds\/faux-wood\/\">faux-wood blinds<\/a>; even shiny real wood blinds will have a natural kind of texture and depth to the feeling them, and are comparatively warm to the touch, as they absorb heat from the room they\u2019re in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faux-wood blinds tend to feel very smooth and potentially, even plastic-y, and may be a shade cooler in temperature as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-you-tell-if-blinds-are-made-of-real-wood-by-the-smell\">Can you tell if blinds are made of real wood by the smell?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/closeup-of-closed-honey-real-wooden-blinds-in-a-sunny-window.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup of closed honey real wooden blinds next to flowers\" class=\"wp-image-7810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/closeup-of-closed-honey-real-wooden-blinds-in-a-sunny-window.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/closeup-of-closed-honey-real-wooden-blinds-in-a-sunny-window-600x306.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/closeup-of-closed-honey-real-wooden-blinds-in-a-sunny-window-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/closeup-of-closed-honey-real-wooden-blinds-in-a-sunny-window-940x479.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Possibly! Natural wood, even once it\u2019s been treated, will tend to have a natural scent up close. However, this will fade over the longer term, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/wooden-blinds\">wooden blinds<\/a> may also absorb strong or persistent scents from the room they\u2019re in (such as that from a scented diffuser, or from cigarette smoke) which can be an indicator that they\u2019re real in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faux-wood blinds won\u2019t have any sort of scent of their own, and they don\u2019t pick up scents from the room they\u2019re in either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-can-you-tell-if-blinds-are-real-wood-by-the-sound-they-make\">How can you tell if blinds are real wood by the sound they make?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-samples-in-different-colours-and-grains-1.jpg\" alt=\"Real wooden blind samples in different colours and grains\" class=\"wp-image-7812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-samples-in-different-colours-and-grains-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-samples-in-different-colours-and-grains-1-600x306.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-samples-in-different-colours-and-grains-1-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/real-wooden-blind-samples-in-different-colours-and-grains-1-940x479.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the one that takes many people aback! If you tap or knock on the slats of a real wood blind, you\u2019ll get that sort of reverberating hollow sound you would expect from wood. Faux-wood blinds will make a more one-dimensional flat sound, which will usually be more tinny and muted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-couple-of-other-contextual-indicators-to-look-out-for-too\">A couple of other contextual indicators to look out for too\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/pine-real-wood-venetian-blinds-in-lounge-bay-window.jpg\" alt=\"Pine real wood venetian blinds in a lounge bay window\" class=\"wp-image-7814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/pine-real-wood-venetian-blinds-in-lounge-bay-window.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/pine-real-wood-venetian-blinds-in-lounge-bay-window-600x306.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/pine-real-wood-venetian-blinds-in-lounge-bay-window-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/pine-real-wood-venetian-blinds-in-lounge-bay-window-940x479.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re shopping for blinds either online or in a store and the blinds you\u2019re looking at don\u2019t indicate clearly whether they\u2019re real or faux-wood, the price might give it away. Real wood blinds are almost always a step <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/ask-an-expert\/are-faux-wood-blinds-cheaper-than-real-wood-blinds\/\">more costly than faux-wood blinds<\/a>, in reflection of the cost of the raw materials\/foresting and harvesting the wood sustainably, as well as the labour required to turn them into blinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the room that the blinds are in can give the game away in some cases! Real wooden blinds aren\u2019t waterproof, and will become damaged over time if used in wet or humid rooms. This means that if you\u2019re looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/kitchen-blinds\">blinds in a kitchen<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/bathroom-blinds\">bathroom<\/a>, these will almost certainly be faux-wood blinds; unless said room is generally very dry and arid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the flipside of that, real wooden blinds used in a wet environment might give themselves away over time due to warping or damage caused to the slats due to exposure to humidity or water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price, appearance, feel, and even sound the blinds make will all let you know whether or not a blind is made of real wood; but today\u2019s modern faux-wood blinds are designed to look and even feel very similar to real wood, and so you might find it hard to tell if you don\u2019t have any point of comparison!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25],"tags":[1229,1230],"class_list":["post-7758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-an-expert","category-geek-central","tag-how-can-you-tell-if-blinds-are-real-wood","tag-real-wood-or-faux-wood"],"yoast_head":"<title>How Can You Tell If Blinds Are Real Wood? 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