Shutters are a great and timeless option. A larger louver will give you better visibility to the outside as well as it means less louvers to clean ; ) Depending on the material you choose, wood versus composite wood you can go up to 30-36'' with a single panel width. I'd suggest going with one panel where you can. On the openings that have 3 and 4 windows together you may have to do a T post for mounting purposes. You may not be able to bifold the panels due to the weight. Call your local Budget Blinds for more information on your shutter options.

Thank you for your response -- I guess it was pretty complete since nobody else chimed in! Since plantation shutter posts have elicited good, healthy debate over the years, I think I expected more thoughts and opinions since this aspect (configuration) hasn't gotten much prior attention. Anyway, we are looking at a composite material, to answer your question. Thanks again!

I love my shutters I have them in almost every room. They let in a lot of light yet you can change the direction to provide some privacy. I just wouldn’t recommend them in a bedroom when you want a dark room because they do let in a lot of light, even when closed. Giving you an idea how they look in various rooms. The bedroom i have them in is a guest bedroom that doesn’t get used much. My family room is a large window so they put 4 panels on that one.

We have a variety of windows in my Florida home and plantation shutters unified the space.

The others all can be opened but I never do.

If you have a view, I think it would be important to open and pull back, but we don’t.

We also have them on a bay window .

I prefer this current style without the stick.

Love our plantation shutters too.

Thank you, K R - I haven't heard many people say that they let in too much light for a bedroom, but we are currently living with regular faux wood blinds in our rental and those are good enough for us in terms of room darkening, so guessing we'll be ok, particularly if we get the larger louvers (since there will then be fewer of them and therefore fewer areas for light to sneak in), but I appreciate your input. It looks like your large windows two "openings", where the panels can be opened completely, with each side having one half opening to the left and one to the right?

Your PS cracked me up. She hates everything. 😂

I have 2-inch wood blinds but would LOVE planation shutters. Someday. :)

L A - thank you - that's beautiful!!

eld6161 - thank you - I hadn't seen them on a slider before, that's great. I think we're going to leave our slider bare, but good to know that's an option!

Ocotillo - thank you - do each of those panels open wide left and right respectively, or do they bifold? It looks like you have the wall space for either, just curious. We're meeting with our vendor later this week for prelim measurements so I'm sure I'll get their professional input, I'm just curious what others did and why. We don't have spectacular views and I don't know if we'll want to completely open them occasionally (we don't ever do it now w/ blinds) but if we do, just wanted to consider the different possibilities.

Thanks, all -- appreciate the input and pictures!

Our shutters open wide, and are not bifold. That said, we've only opened them a handful of times to clean the insides of the windows, but otherwise keep them closed and just open/close the louvers as desired.

So what did you go with? Trying to decide between the 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 inch size right now!