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Plantation Shutters: The Best Octagon Window Treatments

April 17, 2025

Not many homes have beautiful octagon windows. If yours does, you're probably keen on showing them off. But finding window treatments that accentuates the unique shape can be difficult. And because of that, many homeowners leave their octagon windows uncovered — they can’t find appropriate window treatments to show them off. Some may try window blinds and shades, but these products hide the window’s shape and don’t fit well enough to offer proper privacy and light control.

If you’re tired of trying to make a square covering work on your lovely octagon window, it’s time to try a plantation shutter custom-made to fit perfectly. These unique octagon window treatments fit your octagon window to a T and offer several other incredible benefits.

Octagon Shutters Fit Your Unique Window

Large white shutter window in special shape of octagon within a bathroom

Unlike rectangular window shades and blinds, interior shutters can be built in an octagonal shape to fit the exact dimensions of your windows. Your custom shutters will match–not hide–your window’s shape and remain functional. You can open the shutter panel and adjust the louvers for light control and privacy. The frame even covers the edges of your octagon window to ensure better coverage than you typically get with free-hanging shades and blinds.

Octagon Shutters Give You Perfect Coverage

While uncovered octagon windows provide no privacy or light management, octagon window shutters give you control over both. When the louvers are tilted closed, no one can see into your home, and only the softest light appears at their edges. If you want partial light, you can tilt open the louvers for the right amount of illumination and use the louvers to direct that light where you want. You can also open the entire shutter panel for an unfettered view and full light.

They Provide Energy Efficiency

Octagon windows are typically small, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t a source of energy loss. As inside air seeps through your window and outside air enters, it affects your home’s temperature. You can stop much of this temperature transfer with a Polywood® shutter on your octagon window. They block as much as 30 degrees of temperature transfer, keeping your interior temperature stable. This helps keep you comfortable and reduces your energy bills year after year.

Octagon Shutters Look Stunning

Not that your octagon window needs any help looking attractive, but if you need to cover it, you want a treatment that emphasizes its beauty. Stylish interior shutters have lots of visual appeal. Their solid wood or faux wood makes them look more like an architectural detail than a window treatment. They come in dozens of on-trend neutral colors to complement your decor. Their crisp lines and stacked louvers give windows texture. These octagon window treatments help your beautiful window stand out even more!

Their Durability Is Unmatched

Bathroom with white shutter window treatments including an octagon white shutter window above the tub

Among all possible octagon window treatments, none have the same durability as Polywood shutters. They don’t warp, crack, or split. Their paint doesn’t fade in sunlight. They even resist mold and water damage in wet or humid rooms. You can rely on your octagonal shutter to last many decades with no problems.

Sunburst Shutters: Your First Stop For Octagon Window Treatments

No one knows more about covering tricky windows than Sunburst Shutters & Window Fashions. Our premium-quality plantation shutters are the perfect solution for windows of all shapes and sizes. To learn more about our octagon window treatments, call 877-786-2877 or fill out the form below and schedule a free in-home consultation. We’ll show you how our shutters work and how beautiful they’ll look in your home.