Scotland, UK - Shutter Blind FAQ’s discussed by Select Blinds

Find out everything you need to know about shutters, shutter blinds in our Shutter Blinds FAQ and how they will transform any room in your home or business

What is a shutter blind?

Shutters, also known as plantation blinds and shutter blinds are simple, chic, traditional window coverings that are both stylish and practical. They can blend into the background of a room or really make a statement, depending on the decor and style of your room and what you want to achieve.

They come in various colours and types of wood and materials and give you the best of both worlds with complete flexibility, offering full privacy or partial privacy opening the louvres/slats to allow the natural light to enter a room.

A window shutter is a solid and durable window covering which consists of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails. Set within the frame of the panel can be louvres/slats, solid panels, fabric, glass and much more depending on the look you want to create and their purpose.

Shutter blinds mean that you don’t have to choose between outside shutters and internal blinds as they do both, keeping the warm air out in the summer and the cold air in during the winter.

They are one of the only window covering solutions that offer you varying degrees and options for privacy and light control and they are a stylish, contemporary and long-lasting window covering solution.

How practical are shutter blinds?

Window shutters are incredibly versatile and offer varying levels of light and privacy that curtains and blinds can’t. The style, configuration and louvre/slat you choose will determine the amount of light that can enter and the amount of privacy you have. They allow for full privacy even with a generous amount of natural light still entering a room, as well as a view of the outside from the inside.

The variety of shutter styles available offer a full height shutter or tier-on-tier shutter design allowing you the option of having the lower shutters closed for privacy and the upper shutters open to allow the light to flood the room.

If you have your windows open to allow the air to circulate shutters don’t move like curtains or some blinds can and they are a great option if you like to sleep with your windows open.

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Shutter blinds make it impossible for anyone to see in when the louvres are fully closed or if the bottom tier shutter is closed much like the cafe style shutter and they often deter break-ins.

Shutter blinds are elegant and stylish and if made and fitted well they look chic and expensive.

Good and reputable blind companies will be able to offer you different styles of shutter blinds and different materials and this means they are a perfect solution for bathrooms and kitchens that are sometimes humid.

If you have a smaller room then curtains can sometimes take over and cover the wall space either side of your window when they are open and closed. Shutter blinds don’t take over any of your wall space, making your room look bigger, spacious, light and modern. This can also be the same if you have a lot of windows with curtains, they can overpower the room so the contemporary look of shutter blinds is perfect.

Select Blinds covers; Glasgow, Stirling, Coatbridge, Livingstone, Bathgate, Motherwell, Edinburgh, East Kilbride and the surrounding areas across Central Scotland.

You can read our full FAQ's here: www.selectblinds.co.uk/shutter-blind-faqs/