Other Uses For Shutters Besides Covering Windows in Dover

December 11, 2019

If you installed plantation shutters for your window treatments, you know how easy to maintain, energy-efficient, and striking they are. But did you know the other ways to use shutters -- plantation and otherwise -- that can solve some problems in other parts of your Dover home?

Savvy homeowners will use shutters beyond just covering windows. For us shutter lovers, here are a few inspired ideas for how to get more use from your favorite window treatments elsewhere in your house.

Shutters Can Cover Your Doors

[Polywood|Plantation|Interior ]211] shutters on a sliding glass door in Dover

Plantation shutters have been seen as a perfect window treatment for Dover, but they are also the optimal covering for doors of all types. Shutters are an attractive covering for sliding doors and french doors and offer optimal light control, privacy, and temperature control. Plantation shutters like our Polywood® shutters are very easy to clean and strong enough to hold up to your family entering and leaving on a constant basis.

Shutters can also be a interesting option for otherwise plain interior doors. Change out doors in pantries, closets, or more with shutters. The easy-to-use louvers can keep your closet contents hidden away.

Shutters as a room divider for a showroom

Photo courtesy of Room Resolutions

Shutters can also be used as an accordion door or room divider. You can shut the panels and louvers when you want to create privacy, muffle noise, or stop drafts.

Shutters Can Help With Passthroughs And Cutouts

Interior shutters framing out a room's passthrough

A cutout or passthrough is a novel way to get some openness by creating a window-like opening between rooms. Ideally, the cutout lets dishes and food to pass between rooms. And a passthrough can help open up your decor by opening up the wall just a little.

Plantation shutters can give improvements to your passthrough or cutout. If the passthrough doesn’t have a countertop on the bottom lip, the treatments will frame the cutout like a window. When cooking becomes a bit too noisy, you can just close the plantation shutters to reduce the noise. Closing the plantation shutters also means that the dinner is over!

Ingenious Uses For Shutters

Barn-door shutters outside a flat-screen TV in Dover.

Once you start viewing shutters as a versatile treatment, you can begin finding alternative uses for the coverings. For instance, if you have hung your flat-screen TV, plantation shutters can effectively hide it from sight when not in use. This idea should also work well with other shutters, like barn door shutters. You may even try to install shutters as doors on a cabinet or bar area.

If you love your shutters, talk to your installer about other uses for shutters in your Dover home. They can help you explore ideas to bring the style of plantation shutters to every area of your home.

Need A Hand Finding Shutters To Enhance Your Dover Home?

If you’re inspired to get inventive with shutters in your home, Sunburst Shutters is here to help. Just give us a call at 301-835-1611 or complete the form below to arrange a free in-home consultation. We’ll examine your needs and show you our product lines of premium shutters.

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