5 Reasons to get Plantation Shutters in your home

Our lives are centered around our homes, its the hub of our memories, our private space to unwind and escape from our day-to-day work and activities. As a shutter company, The Shutter Studio has been supplying and installing high-quality wooden shutters in homes throughout Kent, Surrey and South London for over 10 years.

We are proud to have helped many homeowners transform a house into a home with made-to-measure window shutters. No matter the shape, size or style of your window or door we can help you dress your windows to suit your home needs and interior design. Although we specialise in Plantation Shutters we do also supply and fit blinds of all styles. In this post, we are going to discuss with you 5 reasons why you should get Plantation Shutters in your home.

1) Wooden Shutters are bespoke so will fit any window size and shape.

All of our Plantation Shutters at The Shutter Studio are custom made for your home, Measuring shutters expertly for your windows and/or doors and discuss with you the ideal styles, materials and features that will suit your home during one of our free home consultations with our surveyors m. As we are carpenters at heart we are able to design and manufacture shutters to dress windows of any shape, our most popular window shapes being arched, circular and triangular.

Our most popular range of shaped shutters are our sunburst shutters for arched shutters

2) Plantation Shutters increase the value of your home

As wooden shutters are a permanent fixture they become part of your homes ‘structure’ and increase the value of your home. Having Plantation shutters installed means you or any future tenant will never have to worry about the window dressing again as the shutters are designed to last at least 25 years, as long as they are cared for and handled with care.

3) Window Shutters can increase the security of your home

Protect your home from break in’s with full-height shutters on your ground floor windows such as the dining room and living room. Louvred Shutters create an additional obstacle that deters thieves from attempting to get into your home. As our ranges are hardwood and poly PVC, the shutters wouldn’t be able to create quite the noise and delay on someone attempting to climb through your windows. To increase the security in further you can also upgrade to key and lock shutters.

4) Long term savings on your energy bills!

Here in the UK our homes are designed and built to keep heat in, but sometimes our windows can allow heat to escape depending on the age of the window. If you are looking for ways of how to save on energy bills then opting for hardwood shutters can help trap heat in your home and block the cold air out. Wood is a natural insulator due to air pockets within its cellular structure, this means it is able to absorb heat and radiate it back into your home, reducing the time needed to have your heating on in the winter.

So you’re thinking, wouldn’t that mean your home would be TOO hot in the summer? Not at all, shutters equally shade your home from the harsh sunlight in the summer, which keeps your home cool throughout the day.

5) White Shutters can make a room feel more spacious

Wooden blinds in any shutter style with a white paint finish are the most popular choice amongst our customers, this is for a number of reasons. Our white silk finish is able to bounce light back into any room, this gives the illusion of a brighter and more spacious room. Another reason white shutters are the most popular is simply white blends seamlessly with any interior colour scheme.

The Shutter Studio offers free home consultations and quotations so you have nothing to lose by booking in! Call us on 0208 662 0126 or request a free call back on our contact page.

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