Bahama/colonial louver shutter

A shutter kit, comprising:

• first and second side rails having cavities running from top to bottom, each cavity having an opening along a lateral side;
• a plurality of pairs of slat supports, each pair having a slat support mounted in the cavity of the first rail and mounted in the cavity of the second rail, each slat support having a first section and second section, comprising:
• the first section having a shape to slide into one of the cavities, and to stack and nest with an adjacent first section of another slat support in the one of the cavities;
• the second section protruding through the opening of the one of the cavities;
• and
• a plurality of slats, each slat mountable on the second sections of one of the pairs of slat supports;
• each first section of each slat support comprises:
• an upward facing horizontal top side extending from a first end of a vertical back side;
• a front diagonal side extending from an end of the horizontal top side;
• an upward facing horizontal ledge side extending from an end of the front diagonal side;
• a vertical front side extending from an end of the horizontal ledge side;
• a downward facing horizontal bottom side extending from a first end of the vertical front side;
• a back diagonal side extending from an end of the horizontal bottom side, the back diagonal side being parallel to the front diagonal side;
• a downward facing ledge side extending from an end of the back diagonal side and from a second end of the vertical back side;
• and
• the vertical front side and the vertical back side defining an overall width of the slat support, the width matching a width of the cavity of one of the rails;
• wherein adjacent slat supports in the cavity of one of the rails are configured to nest such that the downward facing horizontal ledge side, the back diagonal side, and the downward facing horizontal bottom side of one of the adjacent slat supports rests on and directly contacts the upward facing horizontal top side, the front diagonal side, and the upward facing horizontal ledge side, respectively, of the other of the adjacent slat supports.

A slat support for a shutter, comprising:

• a first section comprising:
• an upward facing horizontal top side extending from a first end of a vertical back side;
• a front diagonal side extending from an end of the horizontal top side;
• an upward facing horizontal ledge side extending from an end of the front diagonal side;
• a vertical front side extending from an end of the horizontal ledge side;
• a downward facing horizontal bottom side extending from a first end of the vertical front side;
• a back diagonal side extending from an end of the horizontal bottom side, the back diagonal side being parallel to the front diagonal side;
• a downward facing ledge side extending from an end of the back diagonal side and from a second end of the vertical back side;
• and
• wherein adjacent slat supports are configured to nest such that the downward facing horizontal ledge side, the back diagonal side, and the downward facing horizontal bottom side of one of the adjacent slat supports rests on and directly contacts the upward facing horizontal top side, the front diagonal side, and the upward facing horizontal ledge side, respectively, of the other of the adjacent slat supports;
• wherein the front side and the back side each have a height (a) greater than half of the overall height of the slat support and (b) less than the overall height of the slat support;
• and
• a second section protruding from a side of the first section, at an angle to a front to back axis of the first section.