There are many different options if you want to order your plantation shutters online. You can order from regular bigger department stores such as Home Depot or Lowes, or you can order from one of the online blinds stores. There are a few things to keep in mind when ordering online.
First of all, if you want blinds made from a hardwood such as Alderwood you may have to custom order your blinds. In a way, even though this may seem to be more expensive than buying stock sized blinds, it often is not as you pay for exactly what you order per square foot. Stock blinds come in specific sizes and whether you need to cut the blinds down, or order slightly smaller sized blinds, you will still pay for the maximum custom size bracket. In other words if you only need 40 inch blinds, but custom sizes are 36” and 46”, you will need to pay the 46” price. If you are installing quite a few shutters, you may end up paying quite a bit more for them.
When you order custom designed or custom size blinds you often have the option of someone coming to your home to install them for you. In fact, some shops will even send someone to measure for your shutters as well. Stock shutters ordered online will be delivered to your door, but you may find that the installation is left up to you. This is fine if you know how to do it but if not, you may need to end up hiring someone to do it for you. When ordering plantation shutters Home Depot and Lowes both offer installation services, as do some other online stores, however not all do. As you can see there are sometimes hidden charges with ordering ‘cheap shutters’ that you do not have to pay if you order custom made shutters.
Another option for those wishing to order online, especially if you do have carpentry and finishing skills is to order unfinished wood shutters. These will help you save quite a bit of money providing you are able to do the installation and finishing work yourself.
If you order online, and you are planning on spending a lot of money on your shutters, ask for a sample to be sent to you. Most online stores will oblige if they are able to. It can be difficult knowing exactly what shade or color the blinds are when you order online, thus being able to see a sample before you place your order takes the guess work out of online ordering.
Look around for online sales or other special promotions. It really does pay to shop around, even online, as that way you are not only able to quickly compare prices, but you are also able to see what sort of deals and promotions are being offered.
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