A Brief History of Shutters A perfect touch to a classic home, shutters can add historic beauty and grace to your windows. But did you know that the use of shutters in the home goes back over 500 years, to the Tudor Era of Elizabethan England?  In this post, we look...

Movies That Made Shutters and Plantation Shutters Famous Are you ready for your close-up? No, not with bright lights and camera lenses—with the plantation shutters of Hollywood films. Strickland’s Home is offering a once-in-a-lifetime imagined tour of the homes from...

Traditional Tilt Bar vs. Hidden Tilt Bar Plantation Shutters Do shutter options leave your head spinning like you’ve stepped off the tilt-a-whirl? No more - at Strickland’s Home in Wilmington, NC, we’re happy to give you the full tilt on options for your plantation...

Plantation Shutters of the South What gives a stately southern home its character? Is it a welcoming porch? A grand staircase? We may be a bit biased here at Strickland’s Home, but we feel that a key ingredient to the southern estate is plantation shutters. After all,...