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Window Shades & CoveringsIssue 16 — The Apartment Guide

Design Sleuth: Light-Filtering Interior Shutters

April 21, 2023

Spotted (and admired) recently; two ingenious takes on the light-filtering indoor shutter. Have a look:

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Above: At the Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse, Studio Dorion (partners Peter Dolkas and Michelle Ficker are Billy Cotton alums) used utilitarian pegboard painted a creamy white to create privacy shutters in a guest room. “We wanted to use a nontraditional light-filtering material for the shutters,” Michelle told The Washington Post. “Part of the concept of our space was to use modest materials in an elegant way.” Photo by Ethan Herrington.
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Above: Studio Dorion commissioned KLN Studio in Brooklyn to fabricate the shutters. Photo by Ethan Herrington.
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Above: NY-based designer Matt McKay was inspired by Jean Prouvé’s porthole doors when he designed hole-punched shutters for a West Village home’s street-facing windows. Photo by Joshua McHugh.
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Above: More porthole shutters in the en suite bathroom. Photo by Joshua McHugh.
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Above: Afternoon light filtered through the shutters add a playful note to the space. Photo by Joshua McHugh.

For more:

A Soulful, Timeless Apartment by Studio Dorion in Brooklyn Heights

Social Circles: An Interior Designer Reimagines a Classic West Village Townhouse for Old Friends

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