Blinds and shutters are sometimes mistaken for each other, but they are extremely different products, even though they have a similar purpose. Both have slats or louvres to control the light and, air and heat into a room. Blinds are on the contained by a window and are used as a substitute to curtains. Shutters can also be used on the interior of a home but external shutters are also available. So, external shutters are very dissimilar to blinds, while inside shutters are in some ways alike.

Window decoration is the main part to give attractive look to every home, shutters and blinds are used to serve the purpose. Wooden shutters actually add value to a home but they are quite expensive whereas wooden blinds (houten jaloezieen) are affordable and give the similar attractive look. If you are in low budget then wooden blinds (houten jaloezieen) is the option and if you have no problem of budget then FSC quality wooden shutters will be the best option to select to fit with other furnishing in style and lot of additional benefits which can not be achieved with wooden blinds (houten jaloezieen).

Benefits of using wooden shutters instead of wooden blinds (houten jaloezieen):

Shutters are a division of the window they cover in a way that blinds are not. They are actually hinged onto the casing that goes around the window so shutters can be completely detached from casing if this is required. When closed, most blinds designed for the home are opened using thread which lifts the blinds above the window.

With blinds, individual slats are detained together with string. As talk about above, to alter the height of the blinds a separate, but attached, string is pulled. Shutters are swung in and out to close and open. The majority windows will be made of two shutters that are opened by pulling them, similar to opening double doors.

Similar method is used to open and close the shutters and blinds but the difference is that with blinds the slats overlap slightly so they cannot keep 100% of the light out but  shutters keep the light out better.

Shutters are more durable than blinds. Blinds will typically last in good conditions for around five years, whereas shutters can last a lot longer than this. Many even come with a lifetime guarantee.