Continental Window Shutters finished in French Blue

London house in Fulham with French feel

Think designing in a French continental style, and interior features such as white washed walls housing continental window shutters, surrounded by soft well loved wooden furniture and touches of colour, like pale cornflower blues and creams come to mind.

Shutters for windows are frequently seen in French-influenced architecture. Traditionally these continental shutters were installed on the exterior of buildings, manufactured from hardwoods and finished in French blue. Due to the UK weather and cultural differences, traditional French window shutters are rarely seen on the exterior of our buildings, however the louvered slat design is certainly an influence in our UK style of shutter. This house in Wandsworth has French door Shutters.

Today, many homes, like our customer’s in Fulham choose this livable, shabby chic French influenced style for their interior decoration, using reclaimed furniture mixed with modern touches. Product specialist, Shutterly Fabulous have brought together this shabby chic continental style room with its classic 18th century style French window shutters in the softest of blues, a custom colour chosen by this South West London, Fulham based customer to mirror their interior decorative features; keeping the simple, crisp linier feel and bringing some unity to the room.

Rather than crowding the window with curtains, breaking the clean styling of the room, these French window shutters in Fulham are a stunning continental feature which frames the window. This Fulham customer has chosen the more traditional French style push rods to continue their theme. Unique to Shutterly Fabulous, this design includes a ‘mouse hole’ feature cut out above and below the pushrods, allowing the rod to sit in it when the slats are closed so they sit flush, providing privacy and light reduction.

Bringing these classic French shutters for windows indoors is not only a clever decorative touch, it is also a practical window coverage, allowing the blue shutters to be opened up fully in summer to light up the room, or have the slats adjusted to let natural light filter through in a continental fashion. And light control is just one of the advantages of plantation shutters.

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