Yes, Penney's installed them and it's included in the price. There was only a choice of real wood or composite. Then you could pick your color (they had many colors including stained) You also pick your louver size. They are made my Norman Shutters. Scroll through their website and there are some beautiful pictures. I wonder if different Penney's use different brands???? I only did the front of my house but that included french doors and that sometimes raises the price a bit. So with my 40% off sale, my total for 14 windows and 2 french doors was $6100 and then I got another 10% off for doing the whole house with them. (wood blinds on the back) So that brought it down to $5490 The French doors have a cutout for the lever that I think looks pretty cool. Here is a link that might be useful: Norman Shutters

Ok, I know what you mean about visualizing, I'm like that too. Here goes....the sill cap is a "cover" that goes over the existing window sill. It is simply cosmetic as it is larger than the existing sill and would make the shutters "blend" better with the sill. This is an outside mount. From the side, as if you rested your cheek on the wall, a gap is visible because the sill cap can't slide toward the window quite far enough (because of the "fancy" trim on the sill edge). I'm still practicing with that new camera. Could anyone post pics of their plantation shutter/sill situation? Maybe I would luck out and be able to say "yes yes--like your situation!" Thanks for trying to help me figure this out.

The drywall inside the shutter frame is now a different color since I painted the walls in the room. The shutters were installed after the last time the house was painted so I haven't had to deal with this before. I asked a friend who recently had her interior painted and she said the painters didn't bother to re-paint the drywall located inside the shutters! I am inclined to do as graywings suggests, but I am interested in knowing how the pros usually address this ... paint the same color as the rest of the wall, or paint white to match the shutters? Sheen? Flat like the walls or satin like the shutters?

You can buy dowel pins (short lengths of dowel) that are intended for concealed, glued joints...but they aren't the best choice for this repair as they are typically fluted on the sides and slightly rounded on the ends. This is an easy repair. Buy a 1/4" dowel, cut off a 1" to 1-1/2" piece, drill a 1/4" hole where the repair is and a little deeper than the dowel length. Then lightly coat the dowel surface with standard wood glue, insert it in the hole, and drive it all the way in with light taps from a hammer. Wipe away glue that has squeezed out, and let the repair sit for 1/2 hour. If a little bit of the dowel sits proud of the surface, you can sand it away or trim it with a single edge razor blade. However, if the end of the dowel was square to begin with, and you tapped it in carefully, this won't be necessary.