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Window Shutters In Georgian And Victorian Home

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Window shutters are a solid and stable form of window covering. Shutters are highly practical and were once popular in Georgian and Victorian homes. Their ability to be made in all sorts of shapes and sizes makes them perfect for the windows that are usually awkward to find coverings for.
A shutter consists usually of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails. There are a number of different types of shutters with different material set within the frame. Some of these include solid panels, fabric, glass or louvers. The louvers may be both operable or fixed, horizontal or vertical.
There are a number of practical advantages of having shutters within the home. You can use them to control the amount of light that comes into a room, or the airflow into a room. They can create further privacy and can protect your furniture and belongings from the UV rays of the sun. …show more content…

On some buildings you can often see some shutters to cover not only windows but also some doors.
Complete Blinds has a great range of shutters available for the interior decoration of a building. These interior shutters are usually hinged on either side of a window opening. These will then swing inwards to allow access to the window behind the shutter, or to allow light into the room. Shutters with operable louvres allow you to control light, visibility and airflow with slats that rotate open or closed.
There are multiple ways the shutters can be configured. You can configure them in a single tier unit that has one shutter top to bottom or they can be configured with multiple tiers. With a multiple tier shutter unit you can open the top shutters independently from those at the bottom. This style of shutter looks particularly good on bay windows. Another type of shutter is the caf© style shutter. These shutters only cover the lower portion of a

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