Consider why you Want Plantation Shutters for Your home

Shutters offer a level of flexibility that no other window covering can match. However, before you order your shutters, you need to start with the basics....

Consider if you are buying your shutters to be the focal point of your rooms’ decor or if you want the shutters to blend and be part of the overall ‘look’ of your room and home. Are you buying the shutters for practical reasons (eg, to gain privacy or shield your furniture from the sun?). Both of these key questions should help guide you in the direction of the right path of shutter design.

Shutters as a statement

Shutters can form a dramatic centerpiece to a room or blend and help form part of the overall look of your home. Certain factors help dictate which camp your shutters fall into...

Strong, striking colored shutters can look sensational. Vibrant blues and striking reds can look wonderful in the right setting, but if your room already have lots of items in these colors, installing shutters in the same colors could just be overbearing! Similarly if you already have a lot of wood stain furniture in your home and are considering ordering shutters in a wood stain, this could detract from some wonderful furniture in your home.

White shutters and off whites are our best sellers, as they can work with majority of decor preferences in most American homes. That’s not to say that such neutral colors are a boring choice! You can always bring out the accent colors in your home with other soft furnishings

Remember – it’s always easier to repaint a red wall if you get tired of the color. Trying to repaint your shutter store shutters is not easy. It can be done, but you won’t achieve the same fantastic finish.

Read how a custom color for your shutters can make a bold statement or how larger 4 1/2” louvers can make your home something special!

Shutters can be made to work in a host of different ways. Half height shutters may be the ideal solution if you want privacy. You may have a bad view, in which case you’re buying plantation shutters to hide what you see from your home.

What do you want your shutters to ‘do’? Look good? Shield you from prying eyes? Hide an ugly view? Only you can answer that. However, the best thing to do, right now, is look at the window covering you currently have and ask ‘what is it doing’? If you have blinds there and they are often left down, are you really likely to open back the panels of your shutters? If the answer is not, why order lots of small, narrow panels for your shutters? The only benefit to ordering small, narrow shutters is if you intend to fold back the panels on a regular basis. If leaving your shutter panels closed, wider panels work well as they let in more light and help make the room and your home feel more open.

Your shutters – your choice. You decide which options work best for your shutters. If you need help, be sure to contact us. That’s what we’re here for!