The ACCC Report into the National Electricity Market (Oct 16, 2017) recognised “that price increases over the past 10 years are putting Australian businesses and consumers under unacceptable pressure”. ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said...
“Residential electricity prices have increased by 63% on top of inflation since 2007-08.”
So, while the politicians play the blame game and duck for cover over the energy crisis, how can Veneta Blinds help you reduce your energy costs?
Honeycomb Blinds are made with a unique cellular structured fabric that traps air within their cells to create layers of insulation (similar principle to double glazed windows).
Veneta Honeycomb Blinds will protect your home against heat loss in winter and unwanted solar heat gain in the hot summer months, creating a comfortable indoor living environment all year round and reducing reliance on heating and cooling appliances. This diagram shows how Honeycomb Blinds trap air within the cells, preventing unwanted warm or cool air.
Honeycomb Blinds will significantly reduce your annual home heating and cooling energy costs and lessen your carbon footprint by reducing your energy consumption. Honeycomb Blinds with a blockout fabric are the most energy efficient product in the Veneta range.
This diagram shows how Veneta’s Honeycomb Blinds work to keep your home warmer in winter and cooler in summer. In the winter months, the blind keeps warm air in and cool air out and in the summer months blocks heat from entering the home and keeps cool are inside.
It is important to understand the appliances that keep your home cool in summer and warm in winter generally use the most electricity in your home or office (on average 40% of your total energy usage).
As well as appliances, heat transfer through windows and glass doors contribute to a high level of energy loss, severely reducing the effectiveness of heating and cooling your home or office. The impact on your comfort and costs can be considerable, for example:
In winter, up to 40% of your home's heating energy can leak out through your windows
In summer, up to 87% of heat gain can be caused through uncovered glass windows and doors
In the summer month's, heat gain through an uncovered window can be 100 times greater than an uncovered insulated wall in the same location
The above statistics provided by the Australian Government Department of Environment and Energy, show why it is important to take appropriate measures to insulate your windows and glass doors to reduce rising energy costs. Choosing suitable window coverings that will help to protect your home all your round, can help you save up to 34% on your energy bills.
Veneta SmartGlide Vertical Honeycomb Blinds:
Contemporary Style, Energy Saving and Very Versatile
“Wow” is the reaction all over Australia to our new “SmartGlide” Vertical Honeycomb Blinds. Especially suited to large door openings (up to 6 metres) they provide a sophisticated and more functional alternative to roller blinds or old school vertical blinds. Designed with a contemporary slimline head rail with no floor tracks Veneta’s “SmartGlide” Vertical blinds recede into a very discrete stack when fully open. The best part of all is they are effortless to open and close any time of the day or night allowing easy access for all sliding or bi-folding doorways.
Wide spans (upto 6m) available for large doors
Energy efficient reducing your power bills
Child safe with no external cords or chains
Perfect for sliding glass doors
Excellent sound absorption and acoustic properties
Unique honeycomb structure keeps your home cooler in summer and warmer in winter
Did you know? As much as 50% of your homes heating and cooling energy may be lost through your windows. Solar heat passes through windows in summer and indoor heating escapes through the windows in winter. Installing Veneta’s Honeycomb blinds in your home will significantly cut your heating and cooling energy costs and reduce your carbon footprint.
We thank all our customers who have kindly shared their experience through these review websites to help our future customers understand what they can expect when shopping with Veneta Blinds. Click on the icons below to see what our customers are saying about Veneta Blinds or to leave a review yourself.
SURPRISED AT THE QUALITY
5 out of 5 - reviewed on Dec 11, 2016
I found the whole process of choosing , buying and installing very easy as Veneta Blinds provided all the information and their customer service is excellent. The quality and look of the honeycomb blinds is exceptional. Would recommend as they also provide 5 years warranty and are very reasonably priced.
Perfect DYI honeycomb blinds
5 out of 5 - reviewed on Aug 08, 2016
I ordered 2 honeycomb blinds that arrived within 2 weeks and were super-easy to put up.
The quality is great and they work beautifully. They were priced well too.
The service was great
5 out of 5 - reviewed on Jul 23, 2016
The service was great from start to finish and the delivery time was amazing. I was a little nervous buying blinds online but it exceeded my expectations. The honeycomb blinds look great and they were very easy to install. I will definitely be coming back for more.
You can buy with confidence!
5 out of 5 – Jul 16, 2016
I've had two orders now for honeycomb blind, and both have been perfect. Installation was a breeze. You can buy with confidence!
Good price. Good product. Excellent service.
5 out of 5 - reviewed on Jul 15, 2016
Honeycomb blinds delivery on time, very well pack, excellent workmanship, make to what I wanted, clear instructions, very easy to install. Excellent communication and followup. I'll shop again definitely. Thanks!
Very happy with Veneta service and product.
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Jun 21, 2016
Excellent service (thanks Karen) - helped me get the measurements right for honeycomb blinds. Recommend the free samples - we changed our minds on style and colour after seeing these. Good installation instructions - easy to do, work beautifully and look great. Way less than half the cost of a conventional supplier and quality seems at least as good. Very happy with Veneta service and product.
Great product & service
5 out of 5 - reviewed on Jun 03, 2016
We ordered a number of honeycomb blinds from Veneta Blinds. The online purchase process was easy to use and responsive. The follow up service during the production and delivery processes were excellent. The product that arrived (ahead of time) was perfect for our needs and exactly what we had expected. Measurements were spot-on and the product very easy to install.
It looks great, works well and fits well
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Nov 27, 2015
Using the website was easy and instructions for measuring and installing were very clear. They sent out samples so I could check the colours and the blind arrived when they said it would. We're very happy with the blind itself. We got a honeycomb blind - it looks great, works well and fits well.
Would recommend anyone to purchase blinds from Veneta
5 out of 5 - reviewed on Nov 26, 2015
Came exactly as ordered, very easy to install. Well packaged and they were delivered within the specified time frame.
The company and Jeremy are great to deal with, and very responsive to any questions. Very pleased with follow-up calls from Jeremy.
Would recommend anyone to purchase blinds from Veneta.
Great Blinds Excellent service
4 out of 5 - reviewed on Nov 19, 2015
Excellent quality, value for money,customer service & communication. The honeycombs good insulation & easy to install. What did let them down in the supply chain was their contracted transport company. Poor delivery performance, blinds didn't arrive together 20 days between 1st blind & last blind delivered. When I rang to chase the last blind they didn't call back as promised.
Couldn't be happier.
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Oct 07, 2015
I was looking for honeycomb blinds for my renovated home. Veneta Blinds was not only great value but had excellent customer service throughout the whole process. I would definitely recommend Veneta Blinds for a great looking product backed up by quality. Couldn't be happier.
The quality of the blinds is excellent
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Oct 01, 2015
After shopping around for inexpensive honeycomb blinds I ordered them from Veneta blinds. I saved over 50% compared to suppliers here in WA. The process was straight forward and if you follow the instruction on the website, you can't really get it wrong. I measured my window and terrace recesses and ordered accordingly. The few questions I had were answered promptly and the blinds arrived incredibly well packed and labelled within a week. The quality of the blinds is excellent and the installation was straight forward as well. I generally don't write reviews, but this was an excellent experience I wanted to share. Thank you, Steve, for following up with your friendly phone calls.
Absolutely love my Honeycomb blinds!!
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Sep 11, 2015
Absolutely love my Honeycomb blinds!! Customer service was excellent and Olivia was very helpful. Blinds arrived within 2 weeks and were very well packed. Very easy to install and they look fantastic, exactly what I was hoping for.
Would definitely recommend this company and especially honeycomb blinds!
Good quality, range and style
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Sep 04, 2015
As with the other seven honeycomb blinds we had previously purchased from Veneta, we have been impressed with the quality of both the blinds and the service. The frequent emails and tracking number informing us of the progress of the order have been very helpful.
Installation is fast and simple and they look amazing! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this company to anyone looking for good quality, range and style.
Excellent customer service in EVERY respect
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Aug 31, 2015
Recently ordered 14 Honeycomb Blinds of various sizes, for installation in bedroom, study, lounge, dining and bathroom. Great selection of colours and different fabric types. Excellent customer service in EVERY respect. We had a couple of small issues, and these blinds were replaced within a couple of weeks with fabulous communication throughout. Easy installation, no fuss. They not only look fabulous, but they really block out the minus 10 degrees outside temps. Far cheaper than other brands. Very happy with my purchase and would definitely recommend to others. Thank you !!!
Very happy with the goods received
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Aug 30, 2015
The blinds we ordered were a perfect fit, service exceptional & delivered on time. Very happy with the goods received, we ordered the honeycomb blinds and they are fantastic. Would use Veneta again if needed.
Quality was good and so was the price
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Aug 17, 2015
Just purchased a Honeycomb blind to replace an old vertical in our ensuite. Simply measure the window, choose a style and colour and thats it. Turned up quickly and was notified along the way as it was being made, shipped etc. Quality was good and so was the price. Happy to recommend.
Look fantastic and keep the room much warmer
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Jul 23, 2015
We saw honeycomb blinds at a friends new house, and thought that they were exactly what I needed for my study window to keep the heat and cold out. Found them on Veneta Blinds website and followed the easy directions to order them. They arrived in Adelaide in just over a week and were easy to install. Look fantastic and keep the room much warmer.
Great customer service, free samples in the post and easy to fit DIY
5 out of 5 – reviewed on Apr 29, 2015
Really amazed with the quality of the honeycomb blinds we ordered. Manufactured and delivered in 6 days, when blind fitters were quoting a minimum of 8 weeks!
Great customer service, free samples in the post and easy to fit DIY. We couldn't be happy.
Exactly as described and easy to install
5 out of 5
The honeycomb blinds we ordered have been excellent - exactly as described and easy to install. The light filtering ones in particular let a really lovely soft glow into the room while maintaining privacy and reducing heat from the sun. Veneta have also been great to deal with. I had made a mistake in the size measurements on two of my blinds when ordering and Karen at Veneta was extremely helpful in re-ordering them to the correct size at cost price. Highly recommended.
Brilliant product, brilliant service, brilliant price. Couldn't be happier with our new honeycomb blinds - will be buying more as we work our way through the house. Karen was awesome - I spent about 3 weeks asking her all sorts of pernickity questions before I was willing to commit, and she very patiently helped us make the right decisions for our windows. Thanks!
Order process very easy
5 out of 5
I found the order process very easy through the Veneta website. They were in constant contact letting me know via email at every step of order, manufacture and delivery, and were super swift with delivery. I also received a courtesy call just now to see if blinds had arrived and if we were happy. Cost was reasonable - and comparable to a local shop order we did last year for our bathroom which took about 10 weeks for manufacture/delivery and installation. Installation by us with the Veneta blinds was simple (helped that I was replacing blinds so already had screw holes in our window frame). And the blinds themselves (cellular blockout) are high quality, and look fabulous in our 1914 built home with its odd sized large timber windows. We'll be ordering the next room's windows from Veneta soon.
5 out of 5
We ordered Honeycomb Blinds just before Christmas, they arrived 2 weeks before they said they would. Very happy with the quality and price, they were less than 1/2 the price of the competitors. Easy to install ourselves.
Over 70 fabrics to choose from...
Ranging from gentle soft tones to designer patterns
Fabrics are made of polyester
The blockout fabrics have a foil lining for insulation
Cells are designed to bounce back into shape
Transparencies include Light Filter, Blockout and Sheer(day) fabric. Light Filter fabrics offer a great amount of light into the room while maintaining privacy day and night. Blockout fabrics offer maximum light prevention and exceptional insulating properties. The picture below illustrates the variation in transparencies...
Sheer(day) Colours for Day&Night Blinds
Points to note:
Blockout fabric has a room darkening effect which varies with certain conditions including fabric type, mounting method and does not make the room pitch black.
The reverse side (window side) of the fabric is 'Snow White' for Blockout fabrics and 'Snow Drift' for Light Filter fabrics.
The 'Day' colour for Day&Night blinds is located at the Top of the blind by default, however you have the option to change this on the order page.
Slight colour variations will occur between different monitors and screens and even printed brochures compared to the actual colour of the blind. If the accuracy of the colour is important to you, we recommend ordering a free colour sample to ensure you will be satisfied with your selection.
To order a free colour sample simply move your mouse over the colour you like and click 'Order Free Sample'. Then 'Checkout' by clicking 'Cart' located at the top right of every page and your samples will be posted out the same day or next business day.
Single Cell (45 or 62mm)
750 to 3000mm
600 to 3000mm
Depth Required for inside mount
77mm (min 65mm)
Manufacturing Tolerance Width
Manufacturing Tolerance Height
Width Deductions we take (inside mount)
Width Deductions we take (outside mount)
Height Deductions we take (inside mount)
3mm (note fabric is 13mm shorter for bottom brackets)
Height Deductions we take (outside mount)
0mm (note fabric is 13mm shorter for bottom brackets)
Points to note:
'Depth Required' is the clearance required from the front to the back of your window/door frame for uninterupted operation of the blind. Please also take into account any handles or other obstructions that may interfere with the blind.
For blinds installed on the inside of the window/door frame, please provide the inside window/door frame size. The factory will take the relevant deductions to ensure the blind fits nicely into your window/door frame.
For blinds installed on the outside of the window/door frame, please provide the exact measurements you would like the blind to be manufactured to.