Shutters for an English Bank Holiday

The final long weekend of the summer is upon us. We have a Bank Holiday Monday, then that’s our lot until the Christmas festivities commence.

Let’s hope for some clement weather to allow the scent of barbequed food to fill the streets and children to let off steam in parks or at one of the outdoor events that typically take place at attractions the length and breadth of the UK over the long weekend.

However, in life we have to be prepared for all eventualities, and in particular the British weather can never be taken for granted. Behind the dream of a long, hot Bank Holiday spent in the garden is the very possible reality of a cold, rainlashed dreary day.

 Is your home prepared for these circumstances? What you need to do is imagine what it would be like to spend an entire day with your family, and possibly your visiting relations too, indoors - which for many effectively means the living room. While such a room can fairly easily be made cosy and welcoming on a cold winter’s day, thanks to a log fire, in summer this is less easily achieved. A room can feel confining when we know that, but for the presence of cumulonimbi in the sky, we could be taking advantage of the long hours of daylight and doing what folk are supposed to do in summer.

This is where a plantation shutter enters our picture. You can adjust this type of window covering to help create the mood you are after in your living room. Want to shut out the sight of wind and rain pummelling your window panes? Keep the louvres closed. Wish to make the most of the sun, which has put in a brief appearance from behind a dark cloud? Just open the louvres and let the light flood in (closing them again when the kids complain about the glare on the TV screen).

If it happens to be a wet, humid day then a shutter will do a better job than a curtain in letting more air into the room through an open window.

This posting may have planted some ideas in your mind, in which case you should have a look our website and photos of shutters in domestic settings. Then, talk to us about a custom-made design for your living room. Happy Bank Holiday.