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Rustic shutters, Cartersville living room
Etowah Riverwalk, Cartersville. Plantation Shutters in basswood, espresso stained. From measure to install in 5 weeks, 1 day on site.
5 weeks lead time
1 day on site
Basswood, espresso stained
Lifetime install warranty
The project
Etowah Riverwalk, Cartersville.
An Etowah Riverwalk farmhouse with an open living room and two double-hung windows paired with arched transoms above. The homeowner wanted to keep the rustic stained-wood ceiling beams the visual anchor, which meant the window treatments had to step back rather than dominate. We specified basswood shutters in espresso stain, 3.5 inch louvers, with custom-templated arched panels above the double-hung pairs.
What we installed
Three details that made the install.
Basswood shutters, espresso stain
Matched as closely as possible to the existing ceiling beam stain; basswood was chosen over composite because the stain reads richer on real wood.
3.5 inch louvers
Sized to the modestly scaled openings; wider would have overpowered the panel proportion.
Custom-templated arched tops
Two arched panels above the double-hung pairs, fixed but with operable louvers. Templated on site.
The decision behind it
Stain, not paint, when the ceiling is already the star.
White shutters would have pulled every eye off those beams. Espresso stain on basswood does the opposite: the panels step back into the wall and the ceiling stays the thing you notice when you walk in. Stain is also far less forgiving than paint, so the grain has to be matched panel to panel before anything is sprayed.
The arched transoms above the double-hungs were templated on site and built as separate fixed panels, so the working shutters below them can be opened without touching the tops. Basswood suits this room because it stays dry; a kitchen or a bath would have gone to poly instead. The material range is on our plantation shutters page, and we cover window treatments in Cartersville, GA on the Highway 61 run north out of the shop.
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