Custom Shutters: How To Dress Up Your Home's Exterior For A Sale
Real estate agents are always talking about "curbside appeal." If you used the services of a real estate agent when you bought your home, then you probably got some idea of what curbside appeal means. The "cuter" or more aesthetically pleasing the exterior of a home is, the more likely buyers will want to poke around the interior. If you are having a difficult time selling your first home, maybe these custom shutter ideas will help.
Fully Functional "Puzzle Fit" Shutters
These are shutters which can open and close over your home's windows, but have a very unique feature in mind. Instead of straight lines or square edges, the shutters are designed and cut to fit together like puzzle pieces. One example of this custom cut is the zig-zag. The shutters come together with a perfect "zip-up" zig-zag line down the middle, or they have wildly dramatic cuts that create both a fascinating open shutter look and a closed shutter look. Other cuts and shutter overlays can create this "puzzle fit" appearance--it just takes a little imagination.
Half Slat, Half Solid Shutters with Cut-Out Designs
Inspired by some shutters seen in Germanic towns, these shutters are the typical slatted kind halfway up and then a solid panel the rest of the way up. You can leave the shutters just like that, but buyers will be more intrigued by the cut-out designs in the solid panels. Stars, hearts, diamonds, trefoils and even playing card suit symbols are cut out of the solid panels using a jig saw. You can paint designs on the solid panels as well, if you want to create an even more unique look.
Changing up the Colors
Sometimes, the most flattering change you can make to the exterior of your home is to add some color, or colors. A white house with solid color shutters is just utterly boring, unless your buyers are the black and white types. If you want to draw more buyers to your house, try repainting your shutters with a more creative and colorful approach. Painting the slats and/or shutter frames in a red, white and blue theme will appeal to military personnel, while painting the shutters a bright color or a pastel color will appeal to many female home buyers and a few male home buyers.
Who to Hire If You Want Unique Custom Shutter Designs
Interior decorators are often overlooked when it comes to designing decorative touches for the exterior of your home. If you are not the artsy, creative type, you might be at a complete loss for custom shutter ideas. However, an interior decorator is equally capable of being an exterior decorator as well, and will be able to draw up several designs based on your personal tastes as well as the trending decorative tastes of others. Then you can select something that a windows and shutters installation expert/carpenter can craft and install.
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