FAQs About Plantation Shutters
Interior shutters have been a popular window covering for many years, but homeowners who have never tried or lived with shutters often have questions about this durable window treatment. Shelly’s Interior Concepts has the answers! Let’s learn more about this iconic window covering to see if interior plantation-style shutters are right for your home.
What Are Plantation Shutters?
People often associate interior plantation-style shutters with sprawling homes from the past, but interior shutters are also suitable for modern abodes. They feature clean lines like blinds and are mounted inside the frame flush with the wall or outside the frame, which gives them an elegant, uncluttered appearance.
Plantation shutters are available in several materials and finishes, with various louver sizes. Traditional shutters have smaller louvers, where wider louvers are more common for modern spaces. They’re a versatile choice for standard and specialty-shaped windows that offer insulation and noise reduction.
How Do Interior Shutters Work?
Shutters feature panels that mount directly to the window frame or on a track outside of the frame and have adjustable louvers. The louvers tilt to control light and privacy using various options, including the classic front tilt bar or the sleek hidden tilt bar design. You can adjust the louvers without opening the panels or move the panels for abundant fresh air and natural light.
What Are The Benefits of Plantation Shutters?
Plantation shutters aren’t just attractive and user-friendly; they offer several other benefits.
- Light Control: Tilt the louvers to enjoy natural light, or close them for maximum room darkening.
- Privacy: Solid materials, like wood and vinyl, provide complete privacy when the panel and louvers are closed.
- Ventilation: Since the shutter panels remain stationary, you can enjoy a cool breeze without them moving in the wind.
- Increased Home Value: Shutters are the only semi-permanent window covering that can increase the value of your home. Their installation in the window frame makes them a permanent addition.
What Control Options Are Available For Shutters?
Hunter Douglas Wood Shutters & Composite Shutters
- HiddenTilt™: HiddenTilt™ eliminates the tilt bar to provide an exceptional view. By tilting one louver on a panel, you can adjust every louver.
- Front Tilt Bar: A slim bar in the center of the panel moves up and down to adjust the louvers.
- Bi-Fold Track: The panels fold open, and you can hinge up to six panels together. The panels connect to a top track with your choice of tilt option.
- Sliding Shutter Panels: The panels glide smoothly past each other with a bypass track. Sliding shutter panels are great for sliding glass doors and are available with your preferred tilt option.
- Standard Hinged Panels: Panels hinge to the frame or other opening, and open inwards.
Hunter Douglas Vinyl Shutters
Hunter Douglas Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl plantation shutters have the same options as wood and composite shutters, plus two additional control systems.
- PowerView® Automation: Adjust your shutters from anywhere with PowerView® Automation. The feature-rich system allows you to tilt the louvers using the PowerView® App, the handheld Pebble® Remote, or voice commands.
- TruView™ Rear Tilt: A discreet tilting mechanism behind the shutter panel achieves a clean aesthetic and unhindered views. With a single louver tilt, all louvers move in synchrony.
We’ll Answer Your Plantation Shutter Questions
Enhance your windows with interior shutters from Shelly’s Interior Concepts. We are the premier Hunter Douglas resource in the Twin Cities Metro, and bring the showroom to you with our in-home shopping service.
Our portfolio is full of inspiration for every aesthetic. Please take a look, then contact us to schedule your interior design consultation and we’ll answer all your questions.
Shelly’s Interior Concepts is happy to serve Saint Michael, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Otsego, Corcoran, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the Twin Cities Metroplex.