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Laura Ashley Blinds Resale Value

Used Laura Ashley blinds are typically worth £10 to £55 (approximately $13 to $73), against £10 to £55 for blinds generally. Laura Ashley divides sharply. The original vintage era — the prints, the fabric and the furniture from the label’s own decades — has a committed collectors’ market, while later licensed homeware prices as ordinary high street.

Laura Ashley blinds: price by condition

ConditionTypical
New with Tags£55 (~$73)
Like New£47 (~$62)
Good£36 (~$48)
Fair£25 (~$33)
For Parts£14 (~$18)

Seller-declared grades, sterling with an approximate US dollar equivalent at £1 ≈ $1.33 (July 2026). What each grade means.

What holds its value across Laura Ashley

  • Original-era prints and fabrics, which collectors buy by pattern name and which cannot be reproduced
  • Vintage furniture from the label’s own production, which was properly made and is sought out by people restoring a period room
  • Complete curtain pairs in a recognised pattern, which are what someone needs to finish a room
  • Uncut lengths of original fabric, which are bought by restorers and are worth more than made-up items in the same print

What pulls Laura Ashley resale value down

  • Sun-bleached and faded prints, which on a pattern-led brand removes the entire reason for buying
  • Later licensed homeware, which has none of the vintage market behind it and prices as high street
  • Cut and altered curtains, which no longer fit any standard window and lose the collector’s interest as well
  • Damp and musty storage smell in stored fabric, which buyers cannot assess remotely and will assume the worst about

Identifying and dating yours

  1. Name the pattern if you can, because collectors search by pattern name rather than by item
  2. Photograph the selvedge or the label on any fabric, which is where the era and the print name are printed
  3. Measure curtains flat and give the drop, width and heading type in centimetres

What lifts any blinds, whatever the label

Blinds are made to a specific window, so exact measurements decide whether yours are worth anything to anyone else.

  • Standard sizes that suit common windows
  • Complete with brackets, fixings and wands
  • Wooden and quality fabric blinds
  • Undamaged slats and cords

And what pulls one down

  • Cut-to-size blinds fitting only one window
  • Missing brackets and fixings
  • Bent or broken slats
  • Tangled or frayed cords

Working out what yours is worth

  1. Measure the exact width and drop
  2. Confirm all brackets and fixings are present
  3. Test the mechanism raises and lowers cleanly

What to state in the listing

  • Exact width and drop in centimetres, and whether that is the blind or the recess
  • Type — roller, venetian, roman, vertical or pleated
  • Whether it is corded or cordless, and what safety device is fitted
  • Whether brackets and fixings are included

Type and exact size: “Roller Blind, 120x160cm, Blackout, White”. Width and drop are the search and blinds are far less forgiving than curtains — a few centimetres out and it does not fit. Say roller, venetian, roman or vertical, which are entirely different products.

Preparing and photographing it

  1. Check whether the blind has a cord or chain, and whether a breakaway connector or cleat safety device is present.
  2. Measure the exact width and drop, and note whether the measurement is the recess or the blind itself.
  3. Test the mechanism through its full travel and check the slats or fabric for creases and sun damage.
  1. The blind hung or extended fully, whole
  2. The mechanism, cord or chain, including any safety device
  3. A tape measure across the exact width
  4. The brackets and fixings, plus any bent slat, stain or fray

When it sells best, and handing it over

Steady year round with a spring and autumn lift around redecorating. Common recess sizes sell fastest because they fit standard windows.

Roll rather than fold, and post in a tube or long box. A folded roller blind keeps the crease permanently and a bent venetian slat cannot be straightened.

What buyers ask

Is vintage Laura Ashley worth more than the newer homeware?

Considerably, in the right patterns. The original-era prints and furniture have collectors; later licensed products behave like ordinary high-street homeware.

Should I cut down a large pair of curtains to fit?

No — uncut is worth more. A restorer can always shorten fabric, but nobody can put it back, so sell them at full size and give the measurements.

How much are Laura Ashley blinds worth?

Roughly £10 to £55 depending on condition, against £10 to £55 for blinds generally. The identification points above are what move a listing to the top of that range.

What the fees would take elsewhere

At the mid-range £32 for Laura Ashley blinds, against what the commission marketplaces would deduct:

PlatformFeeYou keep
Poshmark−£6£26
eBay−£4£28
Mercari−£3£29
Etsy−£2£30
WishThrift−£0£32

Seller-side rates verified 26 Jul 2026, percentages only — the per-order and processing charges those platforms add are excluded, so the real gap is wider.

Listing is free and there is no commission — read how to sell blinds for the title, handover and timing, or the general blinds value guide if yours is not a Laura Ashley.

See also: all Laura Ashley value guides · value guides by brand · buying blinds · Home & Garden · condition grades.