To ventilate a room and make it more comfortable, the louver shutters in many older homes were designed to open allowing air to circulate inside. The louvers were adjustable to protect the interior from too much sun and rain. Today, however, shutters are mostly made of vinyl and used more as decoration to frame windows and add texture and contrast against the siding.
Designers tell us to make a house look larger choose a shutter color that blends with the color of the siding; conversely, a contrasting shutter color makes a house looks smaller because it cuts up the space. You’ll find a selection of colors and sizes of shutters available at home centers and building suppliers; the best advice is to choose those that are about half as wide as the window.
