When is comes to window shutters the most popular colour is white but why?
White Window Shutters
White Window shutters are a great way of shading your windows and they are fast becoming the no 1 most desirable window dressing available today. But why are they all white?
To answer that we need to know a little bit of shutter history. First off I must state we are talking about louvred shutters or to use the real term Plantation Shutters rather than the traditional Georgian solid panel shutters.
Plantation Shutters as their name suggests originate from the sugar and cotton plantations of southern states of America. The climate there is hot and humid and homes in the area had shutters to allow the light in, air ventilation for cooling and slats or louvres for privacy. They were painted white to direct the sunlight into the room but also to reflect infra red rays (the heat) from the sun outward away from the windows.
Although louvred shutters of various colours had been used widely around America it was the distinctive white shutters of the Plantations that stood out and copies started to appear elsewhere. Today most people use the term Plantation Shutter for any louvred shutter but strictly speaking they should be white louvred shutters in order to be called Plantation Shutters.
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