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Originally Posted by Uptown Girl
....The frame enclosure (around the windows) is not as wide.... but for the price point, they are acceptable. We get many compliments on the look....
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After some shopping around, we had plantation shutters installed by a local dealer last year. I hate to say I can't recall the name if the dealer or the brand of the shutters. The dealer is on that street paralleling 466 across from Walmart and the shutters were manufactured in Orlando.
We loved the shutters but weren't as enthusiastic about the framing choices for the shutters. We wanted an inside mount, so I had the dealer install them that way. Then I called Creative Finish Carpentry, the contractor who installed our crown molding and who is so popular here in The Villages. They installed both wider window framing with a nice traditional design and a pediment above each window that is a much richer look than the more simple "all around" framing offered by the shutter manufacturer.
The Creative design also included a piece of framing that they fabricated to incorporate the existing window sill. The framing offered by the shutter manufacturer would have been only top and sides, with no piece offered to accommodate the sill. I can't recall the exact pricing, but while the custom framing was somewhat more expensive, the "look" is well worth it.
Creative Finish Carpentry, (352) 552-6555