Tips, inspiration and expert advice on shutters, blinds and window dressing for your home.
Matching shutters to Scottish period architecture, from Scots Baronial and Georgian through to a traditional cottage.
A season by season look at what shutters do for energy use, from chilly spring evenings through to keeping summer heat out.
How a shutter insulates a window, which type does it best, and how the material changes the result over a Scottish winter.
Why shutters suit a house with children or pets: no cords to worry about, and what else they bring to a busy room.
Five things people still believe about shutters that are not true, including who they suit and how much cleaning they really need.
Full height, tier-on-tier and cafe style compared, then applied to the rooms people ask about most: bedrooms and living rooms.
Shutters as wardrobe doors: the space and ventilation you gain over a hinged door, and what moves the price up or down.
Which shutters suit sash windows, and why. Full height, tier-on-tier, cafe style and traditional solid panel compared, with inside and outside mounting, materials, and what works in a Scottish tenement.
Triangular and angled window blind ideas for gable walls, vaulted ceilings and apex glazing. Motorised cellular shades fitted across Scotland since 1987.
What motorising an awning changes day to day, plus weather resistance, energy efficiency, and what to expect on the look of it.
Three things to know before ordering lantern blinds: the light control you gain, the insulation, and how far they can be tailored.
Quick ways to cool a room that is already too hot, and the longer term changes that stop it happening again next summer.
