Sunday, November 29, 2009

Which Are Better: Blinds Or Shutters?

By Tess Reardon

When you buy or move into a new home, the windows are usually bare and you need to make a big decision. Do you go with blinds or window shutters throughout the house or maybe a combination of the two? Most people automatically order blinds because shutters are not as popular and dont get the advertising publicity that blinds do.

While interior shutters are often more expensive than blinds, in most cases they are more elegant looking. Blinds still remain the obvious choice for most people but as more people are exposed to shutters, they realize there is a difficult choice to be made. So many houses have plain blinds on them that if you choose interior shutters instead, your house will stand out from the others.

In a room such as a kitchen, caf shutters work very well to let light in from the top of a window while providing much needed privacy at eye level. Many people use a combination of shutters and blinds throughout their house as they install blinds on the upper floors and have the more stylish shutters on the main floor. Caf shutters work well in any room where you want to let light in but also want some privacy from people peering in your house.

Another option is plantation shutters that will also add more elegance to your home than blinds can. People put in plantation shutters as an alternative to blinds because they look classier than blinds. Folks are discovering that shutters add more style to the home than most kinds of blinds and they do pretty much the same thing.

If you want cheap plantation shutters, you should do some searching online to find where you can get the best price. Looking online for shutter will reveal that there are many different web sites that sell shutters and will have them shipped to your door. If you don't want to order them over the Internet then your options will be more limited and you will have to see what you can find in your local area. Ordering them online will mean you have to install them yourself so if you want someone else to do it, your best choice is to buy them from a local store in your area.

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