Loft Shutters

'Why would I need Loft Shutters?' you may ask yourself, well Loft conversions are being considered more and more often by home owners.

The economy at present is such that, rather than the recent ‘property boom’ trend of moving house, stepping up from larger to larger properties in a short space of time, people are looking to get additional space in their own home in more inventive ways, such as extensions and particularly loft conversions. Focusing on your home and maximising its worth potential is something that most savvy homeowners are doing right now rather than moving from property to property. Getting comfortable in a home and expanding it as your family expands is a great way of making a solid family home.

Once you have converted that loft or built that extension, dressing the windows can be tricky. Most lofts end up being converted so that the new top rooms of the house still feature the beautiful gable walls occupying the roof space. Angled sloping walls mean that you can’t just pop curtains or a Venetian blind there. Loft shutters are definitely something worth considering!

...They solve a problem that other window cover options simply cannot. Rather than having to order name brand specific roller blinds which aren’t always the most attractive way of dressing your velux windows, shutters look attractive, offer insulation at the windows and are so on trend.

Shutters on velux windows are superb as they sit tidily on the velux window and you can use them to diffuse the sunlight gently throughout the room as the sun passes over head. A tilt of a shutter slat on your velux shutters operates the rest of the slats; you can tilt them wide open, or have a nice graduated angle allowing the light to filter through. Brilliant on very bright mornings, particularly if the velux window shutters happen to live in your newly converted bedroom! (read here about shutters for bedrooms)

Loft shutters can be manufactured in any of the sumptuous creams and warm taupes from the Kelly Hoppen colour range, whether you choose a high gloss paint finish, a satin finish or an over-washed deep grained stain for your velux shutters, they will finish off the original storage space and tie it in with the rest of the home, freeing up valuable space in your loft.