Measuring Guidelines & Recommendations

The addition of decorative shutters will improve the look of your home dramatically. With that in mind, let's figure out what size you want to order. Look at all the single windows first. I suggest you divide the width of the window opening in half and use that as the width of the shutter set you would order. This dimension can be reduced by 2" without losing any of the visual effect. If you have very short windows where the height is less than the width, I suggest you divide the width of the window by 4 and order your shutters that width. The relationship of width and height is visually important. So making your panels narrower for those short bathroom windows will look appropriate.

The height you should order is generally the actual height of the opening not counting the sill should you have one; however, many customers prefer to have the panels a little taller than the actual opening height. A couple of extra inches in height can be very attractive. Now for the double, triple and more windows. I suggest you divide the opening width for the double windows by 4 and use that width. You can also reduce the width by a couple of inches here, and it will look just fine.

If you have a double window, divide the overall width of the opening by 4; and then, you have your width. If the width is close to what you've already chosen for your single windows, use the single width for consistency; the exception being those short windows we discussed earlier. Triple windows should have the width divided by 6 for an appropriate width to order.

Now having said all of this, it's your castle; and you may have a different thought on how the shutters should look. That's OK.