Other Uses For Shutters Beyond Your Windows in Baltimore

December 11, 2019

If you have already hung plantation shutters on your windows, you know how easy to clean, energy-efficient, and charming they are. But did you know the other uses for shutters -- plantation and otherwise -- that will benefit other areas of your Baltimore home?

Innovative homeowners will use shutters beyond just window coverings. If you love plantation shutters, here are some new ideas for how to get more use from your favorite window treatments in different ways in your home.

Shutters Can Hide Your Sliding Glass Doors

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

While homeowners in Baltimore adore their plantation shutters on their windows, they are also the perfect treatment for doors of all types. Shutters can fully cover sliding doors and french doors and can give you light control, privacy, and energy efficiency. Plantation shutters like our Polywood® shutters are still easy to clean and durable enough to hold up to your family using the door on a constant basis.

Plantation shutters can also be a nice alternative for otherwise drab interior doors. Change out your doors in closets, nooks, or pantries with plantation shutters. The easy-to-operate louvers can keep your clothes or food private.

Plantation shutters as a room divider for a business

Photo courtesy of Room Resolutions

You can also set up your plantation shutters as an accordion door in large rooms. You just straighten the panels and louvers during the times you need privacy, muffle noise, or block drafts.

Shutters Can Help With Passthroughs And Cutouts

Shutters framing out a cutout between the kitchen and living room

Sometimes when a house doesn’t have a fully open concept, it will have a passthrough or cutout connecting the kitchen and a dining or family room. Functionally, they allow dishes and food to flow from one room to the next. And they can help open up your decor by opening up the wall just a bit.

Plantation shutters offer some enhancement to your passthrough or cutout. If the cutout doesn’t have a countertop associated with it, your shutters can frame the cutout as if it was a window. When cooking gets a bit too rambunctious, you can just shut the shutters to stifle the offending sound. Closing the shutters also might mean that the dinner is over!

Other Shutter Uses

Barn-door shutters outside a flat TV in Baltimore.

The more you look at shutters outside of a window-only treatment, you should begin thinking up other uses for the treatment. For instance, for a hanging flat-screen TV, plantation shutters can help hide it from sight when you’re done watching your shows. This concept can also transfer over to other shutter products, like barn door shutters. You can even try to use shutters as doors on a cabinet or bar area.

If you love your shutters, consult your shutter rep about other uses for shutters in your Baltimore home. They will help you find ways to bring the advantages of plantation shutters to new areas of your home.

Need Assistance Choosing Shutters For An Innovative Use In Your Baltimore Home?

If you’re all set to get inventive with shutters in your home, Sunburst Shutters can help. Just give us a call at 301-321-7998 or fill out the form below to book a free in-home consultation. We’ll listen to your goals and show you our different choices of all our shutters.

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