Are you going to do a valance treatment over the window? I think a valance with a 1/2 shutter would look pretty.

I love our half shutters in the bathroom - wouldn't want it any other way. We've had them up for about 5 years and I still love them. They keep the bathroom light and bright but private, and we have a variety of options - open all the way, closed all the way, closed with just the louvers open, etc. Go for it, PD!

The shutters on my family room windows go only halfway up, and I prefer that (the photo doesn't show it especially well). They are there principally for privacy -- I wanted the rest of the window open to let in the light and view without obstruction. If that's what you want, don't let anyone talk you out of it.

I love the look of shutters on the bottom half of a window without valance espeically in a bathroom. Go for it..

I did shutters on a large kitchen window with a custom fabric shade on top. The shade was made short so it only pulled down to the top of the shutters. It was very pretty.
You might want to consider making the shutters slightly more than half. It could look chopped in half if it's exactly half of the window (depends on what you want to see from outside I suppose.

We had half-height shutters in a old house and I loved them -- very practical. They hid the fence but showed the treetops.

I asked the window-treatment person for bottom-up shades in our master bath but allowed myself to be talked out of them when she said they looked funny. And I always regretted it!

Get what you want!

There is less chance of warp or sagging if you do the whole window.

karenforroses, I love your little shutters. Can you tell me where you bought them? Was it on-line or locally? Thanks

I did my windows in the breakfast area that way and I love it. I've considered valances but we've lived with it just like this for over a year. The rest of my house has full shutters but for certain areas I like the half. Privacy isn't an issue for us at the table since the next house is pretty far away and this end of the house is high anyway. I love the way it opens up the view. I say do it!

Thank you Thank you!!''

I am doing the half windows. Our windows are large, but with the shutter you wont' be able to see in. We live in the middle of 65 acres so we are not worried about someone seeing from a distance - just people seeing from the porch. It's my MILs bathroom ( she will be living with us) on the first floor. We also decided to do the main bath on the second floor as it's the one overnight guests would use. If it were just us..... well LOL - gawk awasy!

Here's the curtain we are using on the top of the MILs window with the half shutter.

Thanks again. Now my window treatments for the whole hose ( 30 some windows!) are done!

PD

Brutuses, we ordered them on-line, but I noticed the other day that Lowes is carrying the same brand. (I can't remember the name of them, or I'd give you the source - it's been about 5 years - but the ones at Lowes are definetely the same. They will measure and special order them.

I am just now researching this same thing. I just ordered faux wood 2" blinds for two bedrooms from J.C. Penny. Really good sale. But the shutter prices were to much $$$$$. I think they quoted me $141.00 per window.
I have found some good pricing at netshutters.com around $65.00 for the same window. These are in my kitchen are I need the cafe shutter 19 1/2" wide & I need 26" high. That is just beyond the sash.
Now in the master bath I am also doing the cafe shutter and I have three windows mulled together. I need the shutter to be 75" long and 32" high. Again, netshutters had the best price.
I asked on this forum about blinds and shutters and someone on here said she got some from this company and was happy with them. They are not the same quality as hunter douglass but lots less $$$$$
Does anyone know where the top of a cafe shutter should be? I thought that it should just about cover the window latch. So I figured 1 inch above the window sash!!

Does anyone know if you can add shutters on top of Cafe shutters once installed? We had shutters fitted a year ago just to the height of the fan lights and now regret it.