For an example, on our Lantana, which is probably comparable to an Iris, the total cost for every window covered with composite plantation shutters except for the sliding glass doors was $4,000 about a year and a half ago. We also did an outside frame on most of the windows. Seemed like a lot of money but wood shutters would have been a whole lot more and drapes can be really expensive, as we found out when we finally decided to cover the sliders.
I was away when Carl Siegel first showed DH the samples. Hubby wasn't thrilled with the idea of shutters at first but he liked the fact that Carl's product comes with a built-in sill and the tilt bar is at the back. The louvered arch for the one big window is really cool, too.
We look at some of the decorating decisions (mistakes?) we made and say "Oh, that didn't work out like we envisioned," but the shutters definitely were not a mistake.
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