Shutters are a fantastic feature to add to your home and living space. A good set of plantation shutters is timelessly elegant, and always makes it look like your home’s been given a quality finish.
Expression Blinds are excited to be able to offer shutters alongside our range of blinds and other fantastic products, all across Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, and the North West – because we know how good plantation shutters look when they’re done right.
What are Plantation Shutters?
Plantation shutters are elegant, beautiful window covers made from wood, which can be adjusted to allow light and air in or closed to shut it out. They allow a great amount of light in without compromising on privacy, which makes them ideal for rooms like bathrooms, bedrooms and and dressing rooms.
Although generally associated with period homes, you can add shutters to modern homes and really make a room pop, not only from the inside but from the outside as well, and their neat appearance and versatile functionality means they instantly make a room seem tidier and more modern.
Hand-Crafted To Order
Our plantation shutters are all handcrafted to order, based on measurements taken from your windows by our expert fitters, so regardless of what shape or size your window is, they’ll fit. Our plantation shutters can be fitted to the most awkward spaces and are versatile enough to add great functionality to any window.
If you have a non-standard shaped window that you’d like to cover, and standard blinds won’t be able to do the job well enough, then the sturdier and stronger structure of our wooden plantation shutters will do the trick.
Range of Styles and Colours
Even though shutters are made of wood you may be very surprised in the range of colours and styles that they can come in.
Full Height Shutters
Cover the entire window and when shut will allow complete flexibility and privacy. A middle rail will allow you to move the slats up and down to control the amount of incoming light.
Tier on Tier Shutters
These shutters are split into a top and bottom half and are ideal for those that will be opening their top windows frequently. If you quickly want to open your shutters to see your beautiful view then these are the shutters for you.
Cafe-Style Shutters
You will see this type of shutter frequently as your stroll around the coastal towns in the mediterranean. So bring that bit of the Med back with you with these cafe-style shutters which sit on the bottom half of your windows.
Dim-Out Shutters
If you want shutters that will completely black-out your room then dim-out shutters are solid panes of wood which insulate light, noise and heat.
Shutter-Style Blinds
Alternatively, If you still want the look and style of a shutter over your windows, however have a slightly limited budget, then we can provide shutter-style blinds which look exactly like shutters but at a fraction of the cost
The Advantages of Plantation Shutters
Plantation shutters have a range of benefits that make them a fantastic addition to any home, as part of a blinds or curtains system or simply standalone.
For starters, they’re extremely versatile, and depending on what sort of shutters you choose, you may be able to open and close them in a variety of configurations to suit your changing needs. Since they’re made from wood, your shutters will also function effectively as blackout blinds when completely closed, and will cut down on the amount of unwanted light and noise seeping into a room. If you work nights, live in a noisy or light-polluted area or just like a bit of peace and quiet, then plantation shutters may be exactly what you’re looking for.
Why choose us?
We’re a local, family-run business that is passionate about what we do. We love adding more layers of design to your rooms through beautiful blinds.
Seeing it all come together leaves you happy, and your satisfaction makes us happy.
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