Café style shutters offer the perfect balance between privacy and natural light. Installed only on the lower half of the window, these shutters allow daylight to pour in through the top while maintaining coverage where it matters most — ideal for street-facing windows, cafés, and ground-floor living spaces.
Inspired by the charming shutter styles found in European cafés, this design brings a timeless look to homes and commercial spaces alike.
📍 We install café style shutters across London, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Beaconsfield, and surrounding areas.
Unlike full-height or tier-on-tier designs, café style shutters cover only the bottom portion of your window typically halfway up. They’re mounted in a 3-sided frame (left, right, and bottom), leaving the top of the window open to maximise natural light.
This makes them an excellent choice for anyone who wants privacy where it’s needed most, without blocking beautiful daylight or outdoor views.
Unobstructed natural light from above
Privacy at eye level — ideal for street-facing rooms
Perfect for ground-floor spaces and commercial use
Elegant and minimalistic appearance
Can be paired with curtains or blinds for full coverage
Highly customisable in material, colour, and finish
Café shutters are ideal for a wide range of settings — residential or commercial. Popular applications include:
At Plantation Shutters, we’ve been transforming homes and businesses with beautifully crafted shutters since 1982. Café style shutters are among the most distinctive styles we offer — and with good reason. They’re:
Whether you’re in a city apartment or a period terrace, café style shutters offer both visual charm and practical benefits — a winning combination for homes across the UK.
We would always recommend opting for either a tier on tier or full height shutter if you think you may like to add a top section later. Whilst it is possible to add a top section, the whole outer framing of the shutter will need to be replaced to support a top section so it will save money in the long run to initially opt for the tier on tier/ full height shutters from the offset.
As your shutters are made to measure for you and your home, it is really your decision what style you opt for in each room. We would usually advise against café style shutters in a bedroom unless you plan to support these with another window dressing as with only the bottom section covered a great deal of light will be able to shine into the room.
Definitely, many customers pair café shutters with soft furnishings for a layered look and added versatility.
Yes, they provide privacy at street level and block sightlines into your home while still letting in plenty of daylight.
We serve London, Beaconsfield, Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, with professional design consultations and installation included.
Searching for café style shutters in London or the South East? At Plantation Shutters, we specialise in made-to-measure shutters, expertly installed by our in-house team. Our clients range from residential homeowners to commercial cafés and retail spaces.
We provide full survey and installation services across:
✅ London
✅ Surrey
✅ Kent
✅ Sussex
✅ Beaconsfield
Visit our state-of-the-art showroom near Wandsworth Roundabout (SW11) or book a home survey – our expert surveyors carry full samples so you can view materials and finishes in the comfort of your home.
Fantastic service and shutter quality! I went with Plantation Shutters after having discussions with about 7 companies. I ended up with Plantation because of a few reasons. Their stellar reviews and the fact that it has been around for decades. To top it off, they price matched the lowest quote that I had received from...
Herbert Klein - Review left on Google
They are helpful to communicate with me through email correspondences. They are good at organising delivery and fixed the shutters window.
I recently had Shutters installed in my bay window by Plantation Shutters of Battersea and what a fantastic job they did. The product is half the price of some companies you see advertised on TV and from what I can see they are the exact same thing. The guys installing were friendly, skilled, and very...
Great shutter company - have used them before and would use them again. Reasonable prices, great service and beautiful high quality shutters installed very quickly with no mess or fuss.
Review left on Google
Service was great throughout. Phil installed my shutters, not only did he complete four rooms in under 4hours, he is a professional and very skilled. He was very kind to clear up the mess and protected my carpets with a sheet. Couldn't be happier.
Plantation Shutters has created some beautifully made shutters for my large arched window, something which its competitor could not achieve despite having 2 attempts at it! Thank you to the team at Plantation Shutters, especially to James, their head surveyor who did a brilliant job at measuring my imperfect windows.
We first used Plantation Shutters in 2017 and after a loft conversion we used them again. The service in both cases has been excellent, the original shutters are still in perfect condition after 6 years, the build quality, installation, in fact the whole process was stress free and efficient. We would highly recommend them. Steve...
Rupert Posner - Review left on Google
These guys were fantastic to deal with. From the first visit to the showroom, to quoting, installation, everyone we dealt with was professional, helpful and supportive. We had some real problems with our window company and these guys were super accommodating and always looking to find solutions that worked for us. They were never dismissive...
They did a really good job from start to finish - very happy.
