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The French Touch Your Home Yearns For...
Exterior louvered shutters have been installed on homes across the globe for centuries. They are the true definition of a timeless accent as they compliment any home's beauty, no matter the style.
The french term "louver" refers to the shutter's horizontal slats. Each slat is cut to an exacting length to leave just enough room for expansion and contraction, with the ability to be fixed or operable. Fixed louvered shutters appear to be functional, but the slats do not move up and down the way they do on operable louvered shutters.
In the olden days, louvered shutters were placed on the upper level of many home exteriors for ventilation and privacy. They were the original air conditioning. Using a tilt-rod, homeowners had the ability to open and close the slats on the shutters whenever necessary to allow swift breezes to flow in and out of their windows.
Our fixed louvered and operable louvered shutters are all handcrafted and designed from the highest quality materials, because we only want to provide you with the highest quality shutters.
The tale behind exterior louvered shutters is that they hail from the reign of King Louis XIV of France. When Louis moved from The Louvre, he had operable louvered shutters installed on his new home to spy on his ladies. Do you think this is true?
