Tip If your shutters do not appear large enough to cover an entire window, should they close, rethink them, pros say. Otherwise, this is a major style faux pas.

Instead: If you’re forgoing real, working shutters, go artfully faux. Place blocks of wood behind them to push the shutters off the house, and be sure they overlap the trim, as bona fide ones would.

If you want your shutters to extend the entire height of your windows, measure the inside of your window from top to bottom, leaving a 1/16 inch allowance at each end.

In addition, the complex shapes achievable with extruded aluminium allow the window designer to incorporate such features as grooves for joints, draft excluders, thermal breaks and glazing beads. When ...

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Thermal Barriers One of the potential drawbacks of aluminium is its high thermal conductivity, which can lead to significant heat loss through a window or door. One method widely used in the building ...

First, there are louver shutters, which have individual slats and are probably what most people picture when they think of shutters; these are the most classic style, Kelly Neely, the founder of ...

Too-Small Shutters and Other Common Window Mistakes, According to Design Pros Architects and designers on the window gaffes they see most often, and how to get them beautifully right By ...