Shutters with blackouts - advice
Sara
6 years ago
My question is about plantation shutters, and whether the integrated blackout ones really do work.
I hear shutters still let a lot of light in, and since our bedroom faces South, we need as much darkness as possible for 8 hours sleep in Summer! We’d really like tier on tier slats, and some companies offer built-in blackout features. How does this work exactly? I can’t tell if it’s a bit of a gimmick, because surely we could fit our own blackout roller blinds at the back of the frame? Or do they work some other way?
I’m happy to pay more a) if they really work and b) it’s some sort of design innovation that we couldn’t do ourselves.
Thanks!
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6 years agoThanks everyone. We have PVC sashes so I don't know if we were to be able to find a standard roller blind whose brackets were slim enough to also fit a shutter frame over the top.
I have attached a photo of the window (we currently have IKEA blackout blinds). I guess the question is how deep does a standard letter from need to be because we will then have to figure out if we can fit a blind behind it.
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These pictures from Shutterly Fabulous show the interlocking slats on their privacy shutters
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