Float Your Boat
Today we are installing wood shutters in a customer’s home. She had originally been looking for new draperies, but after looking for a while, she just didn’t seem excited about the fabrics. So she put off doing anything for almost a year. When she came back in we decided to talk about different options. She has always wanted shutters, but she thought they wouldn’t look good in her 30 year old, ranch style home that has traditional 8’ ceilings.
It is amazing what we talk ourselves into believing. Sometimes it is hard to visualize something different at our windows when we have had the same thing up for 20 years or maybe even 30 years. That is why pictures and open houses can help us see different ideas and choices.
Certainly scale is important so we selected the 2 ½’ shutter louver, not the 3 ½” or the 4 ½” louver. She had a bay window but by using the correct shutter frame we can fit the shutter exactly to the bay window. She is next to some traffic so the top louvers can be opened so she can see out, but the bottom louvers can be closed so she has privacy when she sits at her table or when she watches TV. I like to be friendly with my neighbors, but I would rather not be able to wave to the neighbors from my living room when I am reading the paper. She has privacy and flexibility with shutters that she didn’t have with her draperies.
My advice is to not make up your mind about what you want at your windows before you come in, especially if you haven’t looked at all the new options available in the past 10 years. You might just find something new that will float your boat. .
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