Flair-Fold Shutters
Flair-Fold shutters dominated the stock-size
shutter market for years. Lumberyards and hardware stores sold
the unfinished interior shutter panels to do-it-yourself
home owners. Flair-Fold mostly supplied small louver traditional
shutter, or small slat colonial
shutter, panels. Common widths were between 7 and 16 inches.
Small louver interior traditional, or colonial, panels were
popular so that the customer could build a four-panel unit.
Bi-fold shutters
hinged two panels together on the left and two panels together
on the right, sometimes called "accordion
shutters". The unit would open in the center and the
panels would collapse and rest against the wall. Flair-Fold
shutters were sometimes configured into a double tier unit so
it would consist of panels across the top and bottom. Cafe
shutters were also popular, where the Flair-Fold shutters
were only used at the bottom of the window.
The popularity of blinds, curtains, and drapes
decreased the demand for Flair-Fold shutters. Today, few lumberyards
still sell stock-size unfinished shutter panels.
 A
new and improved stock-size shutter panel is now available.
The popularity and demand for shutters as a permanent window
treatment is on the rise. Do-it-yourself
home owners have discovered ShutterLand
as a great nationwide source for interior shutters. As with
Flair-Fold, the shutters are sold as individual unfinished shutter
panels. The difference is that Shutterland shutters are made
from high-quality basswood opposed
to lower quality pine. Shutterland louvers are self tensioning
so they stay in position for the life of the shutter. Flair-Fold
shutters were made with 11/16" stiles and flimsy 1/2"
top and bottom rails. Shutterland uses 3/4" stiles and
11/16" thick top and bottom rails.
ShutterLand
interor shutters are sold in thousands of stock sizes
that can be trimmed to fit your opening. They are prefect for
the do-it-yourself homeowner. Plantation style 1-1/8" thick
panels are also offered on the ShutterLand web site. ShutterLand
shutters are sold online and shipped quickly nationwide.
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