Exterior shutters in Los Angeles

Exterior shutters are decorative or functional and live outside in Los Angeles's weather. Interior wood shutters control light and privacy from the room. What each does, compared.

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Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

Los Angeles's weather and homes

In Los Angeles, August averages a high of 79.1°F and December a low of 47.3°F, about 7 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall at or below freezing, and 14.2 inches of precipitation falls in a typical year. That's drier than 84% of the 881 US cities we have climate figures for.

36% of homes are detached houses; 70% were built before 1980.

Santa Monica, 5 miles away, gets 12.1 inches a year, drier than Los Angeles.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Multi-unit buildings

57% of homes are in multi-unit buildings, whose outside walls aren't the owner's to change. Interior shutters are the option there.

Shutters in condos

Older facades

28% of homes are from before 1950. On an older facade, exterior shutters are often about the look of the street; check any heritage rules before changing them. Interior shutters change nothing outside.

Counting the openings in a Los Angeles home

Exterior shutters are usually priced per opening. The middle apartment in a building of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows, plus a balcony door.

70% of homes here were built before 1980. Older facades often have trim and sills that decide what fits outside.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024; U.S. EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020 (windows). Prices from our price list.

3 to 5 windows, shuttered inside$900 to $2,000

Interior poplar shutters, each priced as a 36 × 48 in window, flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers, before tax and shipping.

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Exterior and interior shutters compared for Los Angeles
Feature	Interior poplar shutters (ours)	Functional exterior	Decorative exterior
Closes over the glass	Yes, from the room	Yes, from outside	No
Weather	Stays indoors	Out in all of it	Out in all of it
Light and privacy control	Tilt the louvers	Open or closed	None
Approval	None needed	Often HOA or city	Often HOA or city

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Los Angeles for you to fit. For the inside of your windows, solid poplar is what we make.

The designer shows the price of each window as you add it, in US dollars.

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