Minimal Family Home Shutter Inspiration

This project guide shows how to think through a practical family interior using simple panel proportions and a restrained colour palette. Use it as inspiration rather than a fixed specification for your own windows.

In this article

• The design approach
• Keep panel lines deliberate
• Carry the look through the home

The design approach

Start with the room rather than the shutter. Consider wall colour, trim, flooring, furniture and the amount of natural light before choosing the shutter colour and panel layout.

Keep panel lines deliberate

Where possible, align shutter panel joins with obvious vertical lines in the window. Balanced panel proportions usually look calmer than adding unnecessary divisions.

Carry the look through the home

For multiple rooms, repeating the same colour and a consistent frame family can create continuity while still allowing panel configurations to change for different window widths.