What Is a Pine Louver?

Features

• Pine louvers aren't just for window treatments. Interior doors, cabinets and room dividers are available with pine louvers. Louvers are a relatively common feature on swinging doors, such as cafe doors. On cabinets, louvers generally are decorative only, but louvers have actual purposes on shutters, blinds, doors and room dividers. They provide a certain level of privacy while also letting in some air, light and sound. Some pine louvers are fixed; others are movable so you can open them completely, open them slightly or close them altogether.

Shutters

• Exterior and interior window shutters are probably the most common home decor to feature louvers. Shutters help beautify a home, whether they are made of pine, a wood other than pine, or even plastic or metal. Exterior shutters on residential property typically are never closed; they serve essentially only in a decorative function. With interior shutters, you can maintain privacy even when opening a window for fresh air by keeping the louvers semi-closed. Some louvered shutters consist of two parts; you can open one section while keeping the other section closed. Opening only the top or bottom section provides privacy in addition to better air circulation.

Pine Wood

• Pine wood is a common material for furniture, cabinets, paneling and window frames. There are several options of pine wood types for louvers and other furnishings. Consider yellow, red, white, Norway or jack pine, and identify which look is best for your home. Pine wood louver furnishings often are sold unfinished so you can keep the natural look or stain or paint them the color you prefer.

Options

• When choosing pine louver furnishings, you have the option of buying standard-size items from home improvement stores or spending more for custom-crafted items. Custom shutters, blinds and doors are perfect not only for parts of your home that don't precisely match available standard sizes but also for giving you total control of a project's appearance.