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by gregory van duyse
Bahama shutters are louvered shutters that are hinged at the top of the window frame and swing out at the bottom. The purpose of this type of shutter is to allow free air movement through the house, provide screening from direct sun, and deflect rain from entering through an open window.
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by gregory van duyse
The post-war housing boom after World War II brought about the need for houses built quickly and efficiently. Suburban America was created as subdivisions of houses spread out from inner cities. Many of these homes were built exactly alike, or reversed, to make the most efficient use of materials and to meet the demand of new families for a first home. To keep their home from looking like part of a row of Monopoly houses, creative homeowners often installed decorative or functional exterior...
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by gregory van duyse
The two main reasons why home-owners install shutters on the outside of their windows are for decoration and for protection. The addition of wood shutters on a house gives the home a distinctive style and offers climate protection.
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by Mike Shell
The choices in styles of vinyl or wooden shutters are many. Vinyl shutters do a pretty good job of simulating the wood look. Wooden shutters are constructed of western red cedar, southern yellow pine, California redwood, cypress or composite wood.
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by Kohn Coleman
Cast iron shutter hardware is a great way to introduce a colonial architectural style to your home. Using shutter dogs on your windows is especially important as these pieces are designed specifically to hold your shutters in the open position. Shutter hardware, in its earliest form, was made from wood and leather (as iron was far too expensive for the common homeowner) and usually home made.
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