Slats built for a valley where the light changes by the hour
Timber slats for the farmhouse-style rooms this estate is known for, aluminium for wet rooms — tilted for glare-free daylight, closed flat for total privacy.
Why a valley of moving light suits a tilting slat
A roller blind is open or closed by degree. A venetian steers the direction of the light itself — a genuine advantage on a property that watches the sun cross an open ridge from sunrise to sunset with nothing standing in the way. Tilt the slats up in the morning for glare-free daylight over the vineyard rows, angle them down through a hot afternoon, or close them flat once the low sun starts hitting the glass directly. The same blind does all three without ever being raised.
Timber for the farmhouse-style rooms, aluminium for wet ones
Kanonberg's Cape Dutch-inspired and farmhouse-style interiors are exactly where a 50mm timber slat earns its keep — exposed beams, stone fireplaces and a study lined in real wood all take a timber venetian better than a synthetic finish. In bathrooms, kitchens and anywhere near a pool deck, aluminium is the better call: powder-coated slats shrug off steam and splash in a way lacquered timber eventually won't, and a wood-look aluminium finish gets close enough to the real thing that most rooms don't need the trade-off at all.
Fitted into a reveal, not just a window
New-build homes on this estate tend to run deep window reveals and, on the double-storey sections, genuinely tall glazing. Wide spans get split or fitted with ladder-tape support so the slat stack doesn't sag under its own weight, and motorised tilt is worth considering on anything above stair height or over a stairwell void where a wand simply can't reach.
Most Kanonberg venetian orders start as a bedroom brief and end with a request for the study too, once the client sees how differently the same blind reads at 8am and 5pm.
On-site measure, KanonbergSlat material, and what it does to the price
Rates are quoted for each square metre, fitted. Aluminium slats in 25mm or 50mm come in around R1,000 to R1,500 per square metre; real timber is R1,600 to R2,600, both for the material itself and because the added weight wants a stronger headrail and better ladder tape behind it.
Motorised tilt lifts aluminium to R2,500 to R3,600 per square metre and timber to R3,000 to R4,500, the gap being how much mass the motor has to turn. Either material, a small bathroom or landing pane attracts the minimum charge. Nothing here is a quote: the exact figure per opening is written after the free measure, once we have seen the reveal and held the slat against your own frames.
- 50mm timber slats for farmhouse-style and Cape Dutch-inspired rooms
- 25mm or 50mm aluminium, incl. wood-look finishes, for wet rooms
- Tilt for daylight direction, close flat for full privacy
- Ladder-tape support and split options for tall, wide reveals
- Motorised tilt for stair voids and double-volume glazing
Not sure timber or aluminium suits your room?
We'll bring samples of both to the free measure.
