Different materials, mouldings, shapes and colours allow shutters to become practical and integral design statements, whatever your theme and whatever room you are working in.

Tall rooms in Georgian or Edwardian homes look absolutely stunning when dressed with pale wooden shutters. Cottages with period features are enormously enhanced both by the shutters themselves, but also by the easy way in which shutters allow you to adjust the ambience by giving you almost infinite control of the natural light in a room.

Rooms in modern homes can be dressed up or down according to your design preferences. Choose light wood or white vinyl to enhance that very moden atmosphere, or go darker to build romantic, cosier settings.