When it comes to designing your children’s bedroom, a number of important factors should be considered. Safety is the most important, but functionality and style are also crucial for longevity. Plantation shutters are becoming increasingly popular in children’s rooms due to their many benefits, from looking great to increasing security.
Durability and Longevity
Children’s bedrooms must withstand mess, grubby hands, and potentially some vigorous testing of safety features! Indoor shutters are known to be durable and safe, cleaning easily and staying in place for a long time. With small children, you need a window covering that can be easily maintained without warping or damage from cleaning, which means plantation shutters are a great option.
There are many styles of shutters that work for bedrooms – full height shutters cover the whole window and tier-on-tier shutters offer a split shutter with two separate controls, meaning they’re hugely versatile for a space that requires sometimes very specific lighting!
Safety for young children
It is well documented that children should be kept away from strings and pulls on blinds, for safety reasons. Shutters are a great way around this, as they don’t have any at all, but still offer the versatility of a venetian blind (more so, in fact). It is also recommended that any furniture or curtains etc in a children’s room is screwed safely into a wall. Plantation shutters are fixed to your window area, meaning no risk of them coming down even when faced with an inquisitive toddler.
Increased Privacy
Privacy is important throughout your whole home, but bedrooms especially require careful consideration of what can be seen from outside. As a parent, you want to ensure the safety of your children as much as possible, and so a window covering that offers the best privacy while allowing light through means you can rest easily day and night. As children mature, it is also a great benefit to them.
Light control
Whether you have a baby who naps or a teenager who likes a late morning wake-up, the light control offered by indoor shutters is unmatched by other window coverings. They’re incredibly flexible – offering you opportunity to open louvres for a little light, or open them fully to allow the daylight into the room.
We get a lot of questions from customers who ask if shutters are blackout, similar to blackout blinds. Although they’re not blackout, they offer a huge amount of light blocking. We have photo examples of this in our article, Are Shutters Blackout?
Energy efficiency
Plantation shutters are a great way to increase energy efficiency in your home, as they offer some great thermal benefits. As an extra layer of protection over your windows, and especially when made from solid wood (as ours can be), they insulate a room well.
In the summer, they can be closed to keep your room cool, blocking warm sunlight and keeping your children’s room as cool as possible. In the winter, he thickness of the shutter keeps heat inside, ensuring your child stays lovely and warm through the night.
You can read more about this in our article, Do shutters save energy costs?
