Transform your interior spaces with the timeless elegance of plantation shutters, also known as interior or louvered shutters. These beautiful window treatments add a distinctive architectural element to any room. Our plantation shutters come in a range of materials, including hardwood, composite, and vinyl. Often described as “furniture for your windows,” they blend style and functionality effortlessly.
Types of Interior Shutters:
When selecting interior louvered shutters, the choice of material is crucial as each type has its distinct benefits:
Hardwood shutters are crafted from genuine, high-quality hardwood. They create the ultimate, high-end shutter that is perfect for any space.
Elegance and Character: Crafted from high-quality hardwood, these shutters offer an elegant and welcoming appearance, making them perfect for rustic, mid-century modern, or traditional spaces. With a range of furniture-grade stains and custom paint options, you can easily find the ideal match for your room’s decor.
Custom Options: If the standard finishes available do not quite meet your specific needs or preferences, we are pleased to offer a variety of custom options. These tailored solutions are designed to perfectly match your unique style and aesthetic requirements.
Composite or faux wood shutters combine wood and non-wood components, providing the look of hardwood with added durability and practicality, especially in our humid climate. Available in various colors, they can be customized to fit any interior space.
Versatile and Durable: Composite or faux wood shutters combine wood and non-wood components, providing the same elegant appearance as painted wood shutters but are easier to maintain. Ideal for our South Florida humid environment, these shutters are cost-effective and come in various white tones to complement any room.
Practicality: Their resilience makes them perfect for kitchens and bathrooms where moisture is prevalent.
With a variety of colors available, we can create a custom look that fits your decor.
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Vinyl louver shutters in Miami are the most energy efficient choice, as they offer the best insulation out of all three materials. The hollow cores in the vinyl shutter louvers trap heat, which in turn helps maintain a consistent and comfortable interior temperature, helping you conserve energy.
Moisture Resistance: Vinyl shutters are the best choice for areas with extreme humidity, such as bathrooms. They are designed to withstand prolonged moisture exposure, making them ideal for windows in showers.
Energy Efficiency: Vinyl shutters offer excellent insulation, helping maintain a consistent and comfortable interior temperature while conserving energy.
Whether you decide to install vinyl shutters throughout your home or only in specific areas where their benefits are most needed, you can still achieve the same light and open feel that composite and hardwood interior shutters provide.
Shaped windows can be challenging for many homeowners to cover. Specialty shaped shutters in Miami offer a multitude of ways to treat these architectural window features. Whether you have arched, angled or circular windows, a specialty shaped shutter is a beautiful window treatment that covers your opening without compromising the detail and design.
The design team at Ford Window Treatments understands and appreciates attention to detail. We offer a vast selection of frames to border your custom Miami shutters and add the finishing touches to complete the unique look you want to achieve.
Materials Interior Shutters are made with
There are many options available when selecting Interior Louvered Shutters. Let’s begin with materials. Hardwood, Composite and Vinyl Shutters each have their distinct benefits which provide essential choices for our customers. Whether your style is traditional, contemporary or modern, interior shutters are a proven choice for every design aesthetic. Hardwood shutters are unique because of the finishes that extend the natural, rustic or traditional character your interior is designed to reflect. The furniture quality stains are abundant and if you can’t find the right match, custom options are always available. The customization of paint colors is also an option with hardwood shutters which is sometimes needed when standard colors do not match the paint colors in your room. Composite Shutters come in a variety of white tones and have the same presence as a painted wood shutter. They are easier to clean, stand up in more humid environments and are more cost effective than wood. Vinyl Shutters are the perfect choice for areas of extreme humidity such as bathrooms. They are an excellent treatment for a window in the shower. Along with stainless steel hinges, you will have a window treatment that will last the longest from prolonged moisture.
Hardwood Shutters
Elegance and Character: Crafted from genuine high-quality hardwood, these shutters offer a high-end, warm aesthetic perfect for rustic, mid-century modern or traditional interiors. The variety of furniture-quality stains and custom paint options ensure a perfect match for your room’s décor.Custom Options: If standard finishes do not suffice, custom options are available to meet your specific aesthetic needs.
Composite Shutters: Composite or faux wood shutters combine wood and non-wood components, providing the look of hardwood with added durability and practicality, especially in our humid climate. Available in various colors, they can be customized to fit any interior space.
Versatile and Durable: Composite or faux wood shutters combine wood and non-wood components, providing the same elegant appearance as painted wood shutters but are easier to maintain. Ideal for our South Florida humid environment, these shutters are cost-effective and come in various white tones to complement any room.
Practicality: Their resilience makes them perfect for kitchens and bathrooms where moisture is prevalent.
Vinyl Shutters
Moisture Resistance: Vinyl shutters are the best choice for areas with extreme humidity, such as bathrooms. They are designed to withstand prolonged moisture exposure, making them ideal for windows in showers.
Energy Efficiency: Vinyl shutters offer excellent insulation, helping maintain a consistent and comfortable interior temperature while conserving energy.Louver Sizes
Our plantation shutters come with various louver size options to suit different design preferences:
Traditional: Louvers ranging from 1.5″ to 2.5″ are perfect for more traditional interiors.
Contemporary: Larger louvers, from 3.5″ to 4.5″, are ideal for modern, contemporary and rustic designs. These wider options also provide unobstructed views as well as allowing more daylight to filter in.Tilting Features
For ease of operation, our louvered shutters offer two tilting mechanisms:Traditional Tilt Bar: Located in the center of each shutter panel, this mechanism allows you to open and close the louvers by moving the tilt bar up or down.
Hidden Tilt: A modern alternative where touching one louver adjusts all, creating a sleeker, more contemporary look.Hinges
While hardware such as pulls or knobs is rarely selected, hinges remain essential:
Variety of Finishes: Choose from white, brass tones, silver tones, and stainless steel hinges, with the latter being ideal for areas close to water.
Hidden Hinges: For a modern aesthetic, one manufacturer offers hidden hinges, providing the sleekest look possible.
Frames
A frame around your shutter is essential for proper mounting and aesthetic appeal. At Ford Window Treatments, we appreciate the importance of attention to detail. Our extensive selection of frames allows you to add the perfect finishing touch to your custom shutters, achieving the unique look you desire for your home.Custom Designs: Our frames are tailored to enhance modern, contemporary, and traditional décors, ensuring your shutters align perfectly with your window size or create the illusion of larger windows.
Expert Consultation: Our talented consultants will assist you in choosing the best frame to complement your interior design.Specialty Shaped Louver Shutters For unique window shapes, our specialty shaped shutters offer a beautiful solution without
compromising on design. Whether arched, angled, or circular, these shutters add elegance to any architectural feature.
Schedule a Free Consultation
The professionals at Ford Window Treatments have the knowledge and expertise to assist you in selecting the perfect material, finish and details of the louvered shutters you desire in your South Florida home. Our design experts will be sure to meet your needs for functionality and budget as well as help you to create the aesthetic that will compliment your style.
To get started, give us a call at (305) 945-5516 or send us a message to schedule a free in-home design consultation.
