Upgrade Your Windows with Plantation Shutters
Plantation shutters are a unique interior-style window treatment with a lot of great features for Illinois homeowners—they offer a range of protective features and great design style. From safeguarding your privacy to controlling sun damage, shutters elevate your home’s functionality, security, and style.
Come along as our team at SunGard Window Fashions in Peoria looks deeper at the benefits and options for your doors and windows with plantation shutters.
Why You Should Cover Your Window with Plantation Shutters
- Preserving Personal Privacy: No one wants to feel exposed at home, so blocking the view in with window treatments is necessary for most rooms most of the time. The beauty of covering a window with plantation shutters is that even though the tilted louvers block the view in, they still preserve some of the view out (depending on how the louvers are angled) so that while your privacy is protected, your room’s ambiance isn’t made to feel dark or closed off.
- Protect from Sun with Shutters: Direct sunlight can be brutal when it floods your home, and the glare it may cause on TVs and monitors can render them unviewable. Shutters, however, allow for natural illumination inside without glare by deflecting direct sunlight so it enters in a more controlled manner. Protect your home (and your eyesight) from the glaring sun with shutters that still allow you to keep your home naturally well-lit, a feature that will make interior spaces feel more open and welcoming.
- UV Protection: Natural sunlight contains UV, and prolonged exposure can negatively affect a range of household items. Fabrics, flooring, wall paint, and furnishings can all be affected by UV, causing fading, discoloration, warping, or rotting. Homeowners can gain control over raw sunlight entering their homes by taking necessary precautions to protect their homes from the sun with shutters and impenetrable louvers.
- Security While Away: Shutters help protect your home while you’re away the same way they protect your privacy while at home. The solid louvers block the view, keeping the interior of your home protected from prying eyes. If you upgrade to a motorized system like PowerView® Automation, you can set your windows with plantation shutters to open and close on a set schedule to maintain the illusion of occupation.
- Child Safety: Windows with plantation shutters are right at home in family dwellings because their design is child-safe. Plantation shutters have no hanging cords or loose lines that could pose a strangulation hazard to young children. Instead, interior shutters use a tilt bar to adjust their louvers.
Our Selection of Hunter Douglas Plantation Shutters
Hunter Douglas has three types of plantation-style shutters. All three designs offer a standard construction style with tilting louvers, though each offers its own range of benefits, style options, and upgradable features.
- Heritance® Wood Shutters: Find a classic style with real wood shutters that draw beauty inspiration from nature and refine it with the finest Truemill® dovetail craftsmanship and over 20 color and finish options. We love using Heritance® Wood Shutters in dining rooms and bedrooms for a sense of elevated style.
- Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl Shutters: These vinyl plantation shutters have a built-in resilience to UV and moisture that makes them ideal in kitchens and bathrooms. They are also the only Hunter Douglas shutter style that can be upgraded with PowerView® Automation for motorized shutters.
- NewStyle® Composite Shutters: Great for high-traffic areas like living rooms or game rooms, these durable Hunter Douglas plantation shutters are made with the same Truemill® dovetail construction as our 100% hardwood option and are engineered to meet the fast-paced needs of a modern Illinois home.
Shop Plantation Shutters near Peoria, Illinois
Plantation shutters make an ideal addition to so many rooms of the home. Work with our team at SunGard Window Fashions to find the best style for your Illinois residence. Come into our showroom location in Peoria, Illinois, to shop the full line of Hunter Douglas plantation shutters or request a consultation for a private consultation session with our design experts.
SunGard Window Fashions serves residents in Central Illinois from our showroom location in Peoria, IL.