If Plantation Shutters Do Not Suit Your Taste, We Offer Alternatives.

These usually come one to a room upstairs and two to a room downstairs. Security-wise, window treatments are more necessary downstairs than upstairs. Downstairs is where the electronics, some home offices, most of the artworks and other expensive items are on display. Additionally, the kids do homework at the kitchen table, food is prepared in the kitchen and most family members read or work on projects downstairs. Good light is therefore necessary there. Upstairs is generally where most families watch TV on their beds, goof off away from each other and prepare for the next day. Light is generally not as important there. Homeowners dedicate the majority of their efforts and money on the windows downstairs. 

These windows tend to be bigger than what's upstairs. Many homes have whole banks of windows from floor to ceiling in the family room, while the formal living room and possibly the formal dining room are graced by bay windows. Other homes might have the bay windows, but the family room opens onto the deck from French doors. Whatever the size of the windows, the light means two things to families. The first is that they need to see something. The second is that the power of the light can cause damage. That's where Love is Blinds enters the picture. 

Interior shutters

These have no resemblance whatever to those outside the house.  Interior shutters are chunks of wood mirroring a kitchen cabinet door. Trending now is interior shutters with panels arranged to look like a barn door complete with barn door hardware. They are arranged on a sliding track, so the homeowner can adjust for the right amount of light. Interior shutters are made to fit any size window. They can even be made to fit a window like plantation shutters, either on the bottom of the window. somewhere in between or at the top, wherever the light is most punishing. 

Wood blinds

The elegance and warmth of wood can be yours, and they'll even look something like shutters. Inside flush mount wooden blinds look like they're part of the window frame. The kitten, puppy and kids won't have protruding controls with which to bat, play or nibble. These blinds will be adjusted by remote control for light when you want it. Blinds, too, can be loaded into a window at the height you wish in order to block the harmful rays of the sun but still shed light on the rooms in question. 

Alustra Vignette Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas

Want the look of wood without the wood? Inside flush mount Roman shades offer the soft texture of cloth with the impression of wood. Fabric covers every little part of the window treatment for seamless functionality. It's gorgeous, too. 

Honeycomb shades

When the light shines through them, these window treatments by Kathy Ireland Home by Alta do give the impression of slats in blinds. They are cloth, though, with the trademark honeycomb between the layers of cloth. Fitted inside the window, they would still provide privacy, light and its damage control.