Wooden shutters in bedrooms

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Does anyone have wooden shutters in bedrooms at all? think plantation style. Just wondered if anyone regretted it or had any thoughts about them. Am considering putting them in the house as I like the look and I think they'll make the room look bigger. Thank you

We had them in our previous place and loved them. They helped our bedroom stay much warmer in winter too.

We have and I absolutely love them. We have done various house diy/decorating etc lately and of all the things we have had done I love the shutters the most!

So easy to shut. Keep light out. Love the look of the room with them.

We have a split half way so they can be shut lower half/upper half or all.

Slightly funny story. After we ordered them with the half way split I said to dh I hope the split means my boobs wouldn't be on show if we just close the bottom half. He said if not now - eventually! Lol

We've had them for a few years and I love them. They look great, keep the room dark (a small amount of light does seep in between the slats even when closed) and are easy to clean.

We have them on skylights in our bedroom as not keen on the usual roller blinds, very satisfied, nice neat solution. Can’t comment on warmth as we have skylights open most of the time but they are good at keeping the room dark and definitely helped to repel some of the heat in the heatwaves this summer. Ours were from just shutters

We have them and like them but not in our bedroom. Our bedroom overlooks the garden and I didn’t want to shut out the view - as shutters do make it hard to see out even when the slats are open. But if our bedroom was at the front I’d have got them.

Oh this is great feedback! And reassuring! I will get some quotes - anyone have any other company recommendations at all? Thanks!

I saw Dunelm do made to measure shutters, I wonder if anyone has ever used them?

Love ours but not used dunelm

We are getting shutters downstairs and recommend trying a fair few local companies as our quotes ranged from £2,800 to £1,650. Quite a difference for the same product!

I love the look. We got them in our last house in the bedroom. When we replaced the windows in this house we got them again BUT with integrated blinds. I think they do really let a lot of light in. It depends how dark you like/expect a bedroom to be whether you go without the blinds.

I would say be careful. Plantation shutters are not in keeping with any style of house in the UK. And also, shouldn't real plantation shutters go outside the window? They have 'trend' stamped all over them and will go very out of date at some point. If you have an older house and want shutters I'd get period appropriate shutters.

I don't think they're a trend. About 80% of houses around us ( SW London ) have them - ours are about 15 years old and at least 4 of our neighbours have had them installed in the last year- that's a long lasting trend!

Love ours!

I would make sure you get them with the built in blackout blinds for bedrooms. We sadly couldn't have that option in our bedroom as our sills weren't deep enough but are in son's bedroom.

If you're North West, can highly recommend a company called Perfect Shutters

www.perfectshutters.co.uk/customer-reviews/

Used them for every room in my house. We about in the middle price wise but that's all they do - the lads they send to fit them are experts. You really don't want to use someone who only does shutters occasionally. These guys are doing shutters back to back day in day out.

www.perfectshutters.co.uk/bedroom-shutters/

Mine are on here.

Oh thanks for comments! Im excited for the extra heat retaining aspects of the shutters too. I'll contact some local companies - I'm South East based.

not a fan at all and hate them in AirBnB or rentals that we stay in

• they don't keep the light out well if there is early morning sunlight
• they don't open fully to let light in during the day
• they are VERY bulky if you wanted to move them out of the way and see out of the window properly.

pointless and expensive things. get real curtains instead.

Don't know how South East you are but we are also and we used ABS Blinds ltd in Tenterden. They were excellent. Still have a couple of windows to do and will use them again - just saving up!

They let too much light in.

Curtains are much warmer in a bedroom o think.

They also let too much light in. We have them elsewhere in the house but have proper curtains in the bedroom.

If they are a fad it's a very long-lived one - I first saw them 30 years ago in the house opposite us in London. We've since had them in two houses, I love them. But we've only had them in downstairs rooms - they are expensive and we can't afford them throughout the house.

I had them in a bedroom in a holiday cottage and I did find they let some light in. However they were a bit flimsy - it really depends on how well made they are. The shutters we currently have in our kitchen-diner let in hardly any light at all. And they are great at keeping heat out in summer.

Sometimes we just open the slats, but sometimes we also fold some of them back so they are 'fully open'. I don't find them bulky - again it depends how they are made. I like that you can angle the slats so you have light plus privacy.

Ours are from Shutterly Fabulous, who are based in the South East. We've had them for 6 years and they look like new.

www.shutterlyfabulous.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvd_8nL6Q-wIVEb_tCh3uZA1oEAAYASAAEgIOtPD_BwE

Interior trends are much longer living than fashion trends but (like grey, which has been around as long) the signs of plantation shutters decline are starting. There are more and more low quality shutters available and their massive popularity means they will start being viewed more and more negatively by the trend setters. While the smaller influencers are still advertising them the more professional influencers are ripping them out (e.g. Mad About the House).

Hmm interesting! Some mixed reviews. I guess my main motivations are privacy as I'm on a main road and round the side the neighbour can view straight into my bedroom. The options would be either a double rail with a voile and a curtain or then the plantation shutters. The heat saving elements seems a pro for me as well as the idea of a clean looking window, plus it's just a bit of a different style for me personally, have never lived with them before. My concerns are would the room look very dark as I want privacy but don't want to make the house gloomy and dark. Cost will also play a factor. I've contacted some local companies and hope to get a few quotes to see if it's even affordable for us. They seem very popular in our area but it's a shame I don't know anyone who actually has them or I'd pay them a little visit to have a proper look inside a home..

We had Dunelm shutters in our old house. They were ok and when fitted we removed the curtains which in hindsight was not a good idea as the shutters had a fair bit of light bleed (more important in the bedrooms).

When we moved earlier this year we decided we were going with blinds AND curtains but more importantly we had learnt some lessons. Dunelm had stopped making them at that time (they were changing supplier) so we went with a local company.
We went for (slightly) larger slats and had separate tilting top & bottom. Also we had each panel hinged separately instead of the bifold hinges we had previously.
Each window is fitted with (Dunelm M2M) heavy blackout curtains and it is now perfect. No light bleed plus we have daytime privacy. During this year's hot summer the insulation was first rate.
Also there is the convenience. Sometimes you just tilt the blinds and at others just close the curtains. If you want to shut out the world completely you do both and the room goes completely dark.

Would definitely recommend them.

If there is a downside then it has to be cost.
Good quality M2M curtains & blinds are one thing but by having both it (naturally) doubles the cost although the end result is wonderful (and nice curtains finish a room, especially with big windows).

I loved mine (we moved last year)

we had them in the living room, our bedroom and one of the childrens rooms (all at the front if the house)

loved the clean look of them and they did make the rooms feel bigger. We unfortunately had to put curtains up in our bedroom but the room was absolutely pitchblack with both, which is what dh needed

we are getting new ones in this house but not in all the rooms at the front partly due to cost but also because we have quite a nice view out of the downstairs windows