Shutters - three design choices
When choosing shutters, one of the first things you'll need to decide upon is your preferred style.
This question relates as much to the structural design of your new wooden shutters as it does to their colour or shade.
Our featured supplier offers a choice of three shutter designs, which between them offer all the benefits you could wish for in respect of both appearance and functionality.
Full height shutters
Probably the type that first comes to mind when you consider the possibility of buying shutters for your home, the "full height" option delivers exactly what the name suggests - full coverage of your window or door opening area.
When closed, these shutters provide full privacy, only allowing light to enter or leave the room through their angled slats.
This popular design combines the benefits of a classic look with simple functionality. They're available from our featured supplier in a further choice of three materials and associated finishes, including as both wood stained and painted shutters.
Café style shutters
Add a touch of continental inspired design to your home with café style shutters, which offer a compromise between light and privacy when closed.
Available in the same choices of wood and colours, these shutters cover as much of the lower portion of the window or door opening as you wish.
When closed, the shutters cover the lower section, affording you privacy from prying eyes. The top area is always uncovered, so that light can enter the room unobstructed.
This fashionable look enables you to enjoy the best of both worlds, whilst also adding a good dose of classic style to any room.
Tier on tier shutters
Saving the most versatile and flexible option for last, tier on tier shutters is a fancy way of referring to two sets of shutters - one set to cover the bottom section of an opening and a second set to cover the upper part.
It's a similar principle to a stable door, except that both sections are made up of two "doors", each of which can be opened or closed separately. This configuration of wooden shutters gives you the maximum possible amount of flexibility.
As shown in the picture (left), one option is to open the top, but leave the bottom pair closed, giving you a mix of light and privacy.
Tier on tier shutters are again available from our featured supplier in a choice of three materials - two natural timbers and one composite - and painted white or neutral or in various shades of woodstain.
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