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It is not often we have scorching hot days in the UK, but when they do come, most of us don’t know how to cope with them. As our homes are not built to remain cool in soaring temperatures, they can heat up quickly, making them uncomfortable and stuffy places to be.  Wooden window shutters […]

Whilst there is no accounting for taste, particularly when it comes to interior design, a recent opinion piece that collected the views of interior designers on solid wooden shutters made some claims about the popular louvred shutter design that seemed to be misinformed. The article in Homes & Gardens has a lot of interesting viewpoints […]

Much has been said about the growth of panel shutters as a design trend, with louvred shutters in particular providing an elegant, hard-wearing alternative to Venetian blinds or curtains. A key question for many homeowners hasn’t been whether or not to get them but whether they should be fitted to the inside or the outside […]

What often surprises people looking to install solid wood shutters onto their windows is just how many practical benefits come with the beautiful aesthetics. Alongside rather obvious benefits like improving the curb appeal of a house, plantation shutters are excellent at controlling light into a room and thus making it more comfortable, more intimate and […]

If you want a light, beautiful window covering, there are few choices that have become more popular than the louvred wooden shutter. Also known as plantation shutters, louvred shutters have become the look of the moment, because they provide a particularly bright addition to a room and allow for both carefully controlled privacy and a […]

Desire is often a strong enough motivation to have beautiful wooden shutters fitted to your home.  They often brighten the look of a home both inside and out, and seeing them revitalise a nearby property can be enough of an incentive to get them fitted. However, beautiful, timeless aesthetics aside, sometimes louvred or solid shutters […]

If you have shutters or blinds in your current windows, you may have chosen them based on a range of factors that made these the best choice for your home. However, if you are moving, that choice will need to be made again – and it may be that what you have now is not […]

Window dressing is so often seen as a binary choice; you either have solid wood shutters, blinds or curtains, with no room for a mix of materials and styles. There can be some cases where a combination does not work; Venetian blinds and plantation shutters are somewhat redundant even if they could be practically fitted […]

Over the past few years, there has been a growing trend towards more solid window covers, away from curtains and even blinds in favour of solid wood shutters with adjustable louvres. These shutter systems are popular because they look fantastic, fit a wide range of different interior design styles, at once fit traditional and modern […]

With much of Britain being blanketed in snow this month, now may seem a strange time to be thinking about a world getting warmer. But to focus on a few flurries in what is, after all, the middle of winter to the exclusion of all other evidence would be highly unwise. Although the record-breaking global […]