This article aims at defining what plantation shutters are. There is a common understanding amongst people that any shutter seen on the interior of a house or room is a plantation shutter , which is not true. First, let’s start by defining a shutter. Shutters, also known as vertical slats and horizontal rails, are wooden or metallic coverings on the outside of a window that is installed on the interior of a room for security purposes. They also keep away light or heat. The two main types of shutters are colonial and plantation shutters. Plantation shutters are a form of window treatment made from artificial wood louvers or wood in a solid window frame. The artificial/faux louvers are manipulated by a tilting a pole located in the middle or behind the shutter itself. To correctly distinguish between a colonial and plantation shutters which are almost similar to each other, the width of the slat in the plantation shutters tells it all. The vertical piece inside the frame in ...