A new home or a home being refurbished will invariably include work on the window coverings too. While there is a vast range of options available, nothing beats Louvre shutters in terms of functionality, beauty and energy saving.
Louvre shutters are a fantastic product and have been a functional and beauty element of modern home design for many decades. Architects and interior decorators use louvre shutters as an important architectural feature not only refining the aesthetics of a home or building but also helping protect the environment by reducing the carbon footprint of the home or building that uses louvre shutters.
Louvre shutters protect your home interiors from the harsh sun, reduce sun glare, keep your interiors cool thereby reducing your electricity bills. In the winter they do the opposite – keep the cold elements outside while preventing heat loss through the windows thereby once again, reducing your electricity bills incurred on heating the house or building. Apart from the shade, privacy and insulation properties, operable louvered shutters also provide protection from stormy weather. Louvered shutters are therefore a fantastic product for window covering.
From a functional point-of-view, Louvre Shutters & Louvre Shutters Cranbourne can be installed on the wall itself or to the frame of your windows. Depending on the décor, louvre shutters can be made as bi-folding or multi-folding system for larger openings. They could be a single sash or double sash in fact, there is hardly any restriction as to its design. The design of the louvre shutters you need, is typically an amalgam of the function you require and the décor. For example, louvered PVC shutters can be used to great effect as bathroom doors with colour that matches rest of the decor. Solid wood louvered windows and doors help to deflect sound – an important advantage for homes and buildings located near noisy streets and arterial roads.
Even if you have a large colonial style home with oversized arched windows, you can install custom-made louvered shutters for true “wow” factor apart from the functionality they offer. In fact, custom shutters elevate the décor of any room or home because they look more like they are a part of the architectural element than a separate window treatment.
We came across a large home in Alice Springs that had these amazing latticework of louvered shutters that drew in air while shading the home from the harsh sun. The home owners were an elderly couple and unfortunately, they could not remember the name of the architect who designed it. The beauty of this type of latticed louvered shutters is that air flow is triggered by the significant temperature difference between the shaded and non-shaded sides. This method of natural ventilation is ideal for Alice Springs especially due to the substantial difference between daytime and night time temperatures.
Louvre Shutters Croydon can be used on the outside as well as inside the house. In fact, in another home also at Alice Springs, louvered shutters were used as an elegant room divider! They were used to separate the bedroom from the en-suite. The louvered shutters could be closed for privacy and opened to maximise use of natural light (an effect they magnified with the help of large mirrors). So louvered shutters are not just a fantastic product for window covering, in fact, this design we saw at Alice Springs proved that louvered shutters can also be used to great effect to make a visual connection between rooms and give the home a feeling of space and also promote continuous air flow.
