Arch Shutter in Natural Cherry Wood

This solid cherry wood sunburst arch shutter fit this window like a glove. Arched windows can sometimes be tough to find a window treatment for. Shutters can be made in sunburst or horizontal louvers. Other options include gathered sheers, honeycomb shades, roman shades and wood blind slats in a permanent tilt position. Call us today to see what options we have for your specialty shaped window.

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Horizontal Louver, Oval Shaped Shutter

We had a call today from a builder in Connecticut who has had a hard time finding a supplier for an oval shaped plantation shutter for a client’s home. Well he found us, and of course we can help him. Our primary supplier, Kirtz Shutters can build any shape shutter that I can draw. Whether you have windows shaped like this one or round, triangle, eyebrow or curved; we can help. Link

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Sliding Glass Doors are also a challenge to choose appropriate coverings. Darpery panels on docrative or trversing rods are always a great option. Vertical blinds are still the most economical choice but are not as fashionable at the moment. Plantation Shutters can be mounted on a track and slide just as the doors do.

Honeycomb shades, best known under the Duette Brand from Hunter Douglas work beautifully when turned vertically. Hunter Douglas calls this product Vertiglide. The fabric is suspended from a track above the door and the user just pulls or pushes a handle mounted on a moving metal rail. This product is a wonderful insulator and has a very small stack; just over six inches!

A very elegant and attractive option for sliders is Hunter Douglas’s Luminette Sheers. This is a cloth vertical blind with a sheer attached to each vein. A blind and a drapery combined in one product.

Sunlight becomes art with the beauty of Luminettes

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Doors can be very difficult to treat, and often dictate the options for the rest of the room. I would like to take the next few entries and discuss some of our favorite options. To begin with we will discuss swinging or french doors with full glass.

Assuming the door is active, we try to stay away from havier prodcuts such as wood blinds. When the door swings, the blind will rattle, and eventually the mounting scres will become loose. Sheer or lightweight fabric gathered on a rod at the top and bottom is a classic choice but many other options are out there. Cordless honeycomb shades with the top down option are always a good choice as are roman or grass cloth shades with the edges bound. These last two options require a cleat mounted on the door to keep the cords neat and away from the hinges.

Plantation shutters work wonderfully on french doors. The positive mounting system removes the issues of the wood blinds above, and the handle is dealt with through a decorative cut out in the frame.

French Door Shutters

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Specialty Shaped windows are always difficult to find just the right treatment for. In some situations natural grass cloth or woven wood fabrics can be ideal. Call or stop in today to see our huge selection.

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Shutters are a great option for sliding glass doors

Shutters are one of the best choices for both sliding glass and french doors. This picture of a home in Boxford, MA is of sliding or bi-pass shutters that are mounted with a cantilevered header and no side frame pieces. The header included a groove for the homeowner to use as a plate shelf for decorative items, and was finished with a beautiful crown molding. These doors are actually french doors rather than sliders. The homeowner wanted to maintain the full glass view and so chose this option rather than french door shutters that are permanently mounted on the doors.

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Shutters are perfect fro sliding glass doors in Stratham. NH

Shutters are the perfect covering for sliding glass doors. In this application, we had some depth to mount the shutters directly to the jamb. In order to accomodate the handle on the slider, we actually fabricated a low profile handle in our workshop. This new handle allowed the louvers to tilt fully.

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Shutters work beautifully on French Doors

Shutters are an ideal choice when determining how to cover french doors. The shutter is firmly attached to the door by a frame that accomodates the movement of the louvers. The frame should have a curved cutout to accomodate the lever handle found on most french doors.

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Arched Window in Stratham, NH

This horizontal louver shutter is the perfect complement to this arched palladian window in Stratham, NH. The louvers all operate including those within the arch. This is unique to Kirtz Shutters, most other manufacturers will have fixed louvers in the arched area.

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I enjoyed helping a new client with a beautiful home that was converted from an old train station along the river in Kittery Point Maine this morning. The home has an over sized sliding glass door in the living room facing the river and marsh. The nine foot door affords spectacular views, but also lets in substantial drafts.

Our solution was to use the new Architella fabric from Hunter Douglas Duette in the Vertiglide, or vertical configuration. This wonderful product slides on a suspended track and closes from either side to the center of the door. This installation will provide an ‘R’ value of almost 7, far above her existing door alone and far out pacing most other window treatment options. Best of all the view is not lost when the shades are open; the stack to the side is only six inches! Link

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