Don’t Dampen your Spirits
The biggest advantage of faux wood (and conversely the biggest disadvantage of real wood) is how it handles different environments. Particularly, environments that involve any kind of moisture.
Real wood is greatly unsuitable for kitchens, bathrooms, and outdoor shutters where moisture and humidity may prove an issue.
As time goes on, the protective coating on wooden shutters can degrade and leave material exposed. Then, it can warp and begin to degrade in moist or humid conditions.
Faux wood, on the other hand, is both water and weather proof. This means you can still have the look and feel of real wood, but you don’t have to worry about the consequences of having it in the bathroom or on the exterior of the home.
When cleaning real wood shutters, you also have to deal with the concern of drying it out quickly, while you can get more thorough with faux wood without worries.
Furthermore, you don’t have to worry about faux wood fading in the sun as real wood can.