Interior shutters in Boulder

What interior shutters do in each room of a Boulder home, from bedrooms on summer nights to living rooms in winter.
Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

Boulder's seasons, indoors

Indoors, the season shapes how you use each room. Boulder's warmest month is July, at an average high of 88°F, and its coldest nights come in December, at an average low of 21.1°F.

Highs stay at 80°F or more from June to August: the months when west and south rooms need shade in the afternoon.

Broomfield, 12 miles away, has 53 days a year at 90°F or more, more than Boulder's 33.

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.

Living rooms on winter evenings

138 nights a year fall at or below freezing. Closing the shutters after dark puts a layer of still air between the room and the cold glass; open them again in the morning so the window dries out.

Bedrooms on hot summer evenings

With 33 days a year at 90°F or more, close the louvers on sunny afternoons so the bedroom isn't holding the day's heat at night, then tilt them open for air once the sun is off the glass.

Bedroom shutters

Early light in June

Around the longest day the sun is up for 15 h 1 min here, so east-facing bedrooms get light very early. Full-height panels with the louvers closed keep most of it out; a mounting frame closes the gaps around the edges.

How dark shutters get

Interior shutters room by room in Boulder
FeatureWhat mattersWhat we suggest
BedroomDarkness, privacy, airflowFull-height panels, 3½ or 4½ in louvers
Living roomView, daylight, glareWide louvers, or tier-on-tier on the street side
KitchenA wipe-clean finishPainted poplar, café style over the sink
BathroomSteam and privacyPainted poplar with a fan, out of shower spray

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Boulder for you to fit. Add each room in the designer; every window can have its own style if it needs one.

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

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Pick your look once, add every window, and see each one drawn and priced. Send it to us and we reply with your quote.

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