#248

Not sure this fits into the furniture thread but has anyone had shutters fitted?

I want plantation style shutters in my big bay window but worried it’s gonna cost a bomb. The current ikea blinds we have are driving me to dispair and look dreadful.

#249

Yes, we had them fitted. There are loads of variations and types, but for a bay window you’re probably looking at about £800 for shutters that take up the lower half only, and about £1300 for shutters that take up both upper and lower. That’s if you go for a coated mdf version, rather than a solid wood version (which is more expensive), which is what we did. We’re really happy with ours.

This site is good for looking at the different options, and you can get an online quote if you want:

If you have any specific questions re. materials and optional extras that are worth getting etc, give me a shout.

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#250

I’d imagined it would push the £1k mark but I’d imagine more for my window as it’s huge.
There are 5 windows…
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Thanks for the recommendation. I’m going to get some people round to measure up.

I think it makes a massive difference to the look of the house inside and outside and I love to have the blinds shut on the weekend to block out the street lights. It’s either that or get 5 blinds made up which I think looks messy inside :frowning:

#251

If that’s an actual photo of your place, can I ask how old the windows are and what kind of condition are they in? If you’re thinking of getting plantation shutters, be aware that if you are planning on replacing the windows, then the shutter frames may not survive that, and you might have to get them re-done.

One other thing to bear in mind is that the shutter frames need to be fixed back to something sturdy. That photo suggests that the dividers (mullions) between the windows are part of the window frames themselves, rather than brick or stone, and therefore a subframe may need to be built inside your windows.

Overall though, yes, that window will be more expensive than the figures I gave in the earlier post - it’s more of a lantern than a bay window.

#252

Yes, that’s my living room. I don’t think the windows are that old and they’re in really good condition, it’s not something we’d planned on getting changed (no one else in the building has had their windows changed either) and we’re only planning to stay in this house for about 2-3 years before moving on.

I had imagined that there would need to be a frame fitted on the inside of the window but we’re ok with that. It’s got quite a lot of space around the windows on the inside (big windowsill, space on the top of the windows).

I just can’t really think what another option would be? I hate the blinds we have now and they let in a lot of light on the sides when they’re shut. I think the fitted shutters look so nice and clean. It’s hard when its 5 panels like that but I suppose the other option is to get made to measure wooden Venetian blinds…but still feel they’d look crap!

I have to do something pretty sharpish as one in the middle broke today and is unfixable :frowning:

#253

Assuming that you don’t want to go for a curtain on a curved track, then yes.

Venetian blinds can look really good, but unless they sit within a recess, they will let light in around the sides.

Decent quality made to measure and fitted venetian blinds aren’t far off the cost of plantation shutters. We have blinds in the bay window in our bedroom, but I measured and fitted them myself, so they were a lot cheaper. We got them from Blinds2Go and they were about £70 per blind and we love them.

https://www.blinds-2go.co.uk/wooden-blinds/14271/true-white-and-linen.html

If you can wait until later, I can send through a couple of photos of our shutters and blinds.

#254

Yeah if you could that would be amazing! Thanks. I’m booking some people in for Friday/Weekend to get some options and quotes. I want to explore shutters and blinds but leaning towards the shutters.

I like these ones. This is the look i’d want to go for if we went for the blinds. Cause the window like that is out onto a pretty mainish street, it feels like a bit of a fish bowl at times (our dining room table is in that space) so curtains isn’t really an option for us as I want some privacy all of the time.

#255

we’ve got a window like that and it’s my long term dream to build some kind of fitted window seat around the edge of it and put a massive fuck off desk in it that can double up as a table for multiple people to sit round. Might do this ~2030

#256

Yeah it’s a really nice feature but it makes it a bit of an awkward shaped room! We have a rectangle table in there but the people before us had a circle one which I think looked a lot better.

I want to fill it with plant tbh and make it like a little jungle corner.

#257

yeah same. it’s potentially the nicest room in our house by far but we have a separate open plan kitchen/living room so at the moment the lovely-window room is a mixture of spare room, office, random-table-in-the-window-for-playing-scrabble/bridge/looking-out-the-window-room

#258

Following on:

#259

Anyone got a low bed? Think I want one but not sure if I’ll regret and feel a bit Ian from High Fidelity

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#260

Had a low-ish one. With a ‘shelf’ around the edge. Probably prefer 'em low, but not that bothered either way. Just massively hate divans and fabric-covered frames, and don’t really dig metal frames.

Wood or gtfo. This is my crib:

All about the mattress, though, innit. Slap a J-Lew Ortho 1400 on and you’re winning.

#261

Kinda want a cheap version of something like this

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Or this
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But will 100% be scrimping on the frame so we can splash out on the mattress (Matron!)

#262

That bottom one looks like a recipe for hurting your shins in the middle of the night

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#263

Looks nice though

#264

They’re your shins, buddy.

#265

I sleep through, so it’s lady aggers’ shins we need to worry about here

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#266

Although sometimes I arrive to bed drunk and in the dark. Hmmmmm

#267

Shin pads?

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