http://ourcheapblinds.com A world of blinds, shutters, shades and curtains Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:06:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://ourcheapblinds.com/plantation-shutter http://ourcheapblinds.com/plantation-shutter#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:50:13 +0000 Joe Franklin http://ourcheapblinds.com/?p=711 Long before it was convenient and cost-effective to have curtains and blinds covering every window, the plantation shutter was widely in use. Shutters were used for several hundred years not only for privacy, but also for protection from the elements. Today, plantation shutters are as much about good design as they are about covering windows. [...]]]> http://ourcheapblinds.com/plantation-shutter/feed 0 http://ourcheapblinds.com/plantation-shutters-old-world-charm http://ourcheapblinds.com/plantation-shutters-old-world-charm#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:46:21 +0000 Joe Franklin http://ourcheapblinds.com/?p=263 Plantation shutters are nothing new, but they have recently been making a resurgence in interior design circles. This style of window covering originated back in the colonial days. As farmers started settling in places that looked good for their crops, they would build their homesteads on these sites and start working the land. When the [...]]]> http://ourcheapblinds.com/plantation-shutters-old-world-charm/feed 1