Plantation shutters in Johns Creek

Plantation shutters, also called California shutters or interior window shutters, made to the measurements you take and shipped to your door in Johns Creek. Fit them yourself, or ask us for an independent installer near you.
Framed California shutters fitted across a condo window wall, in time-lapse.

Homes in Johns Creek

Johns Creek is a city of houses: of its 29,895 homes, 78% are detached, 8% are townhouses and other attached houses and 13% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.

The 1980s and 1990s built 68% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 4% are older than that and 28% newer. The median home dates from 1995. Owners live in 80% of homes.

Of the 20 Georgia cities we have census figures for, Johns Creek has the newest homes and the smallest share of apartments. In Alpharetta, 5 miles away, 33% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Johns Creek's homes are newer than those in 97% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.

Rounded drywall corners

96% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.

How to measure

Whole-house orders

With 78% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street, and if you have an HOA, send it the drawings before you order.

Bay window shutters

Bought to stay

Owners live in 80% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.

Why poplar

Johns Creek weather and your shutters

At Atlanta Peachtree AP, GA (12 mi away), July averages a high of 89.4°F and January a low of 32.7°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August.

About 53 days a year reach 90°F, 49 nights fall to freezing and 55.1 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.

That's more 90°F days than in 57% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.

Daylight runs from 14 h 25 min on the longest day to 9 h 53 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 79° above the horizon in June and 33° in December.

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Atlanta Peachtree AP, GA (temperature) and Johns Creek 3.0 Ssw, GA (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Johns Creek: average monthly low and high temperatures30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°F90°FJFMAMJJASOND
Average daily low to high, by month.
Monthly figures
Monthly climate normals
MonthAverage highAverage lowPrecipitation
Jan51.9°F32.7°F5 in
Feb56.4°F35.9°F4.8 in
Mar64.4°F42.2°F5.1 in
Apr72.7°F49.2°F3.9 in
May80.3°F58.5°F4 in
Jun86.2°F66.3°F4.6 in
Jul89.4°F69.9°F5.7 in
Aug88.2°F69.1°F4.4 in
Sep82.9°F62.8°F4.3 in
Oct72.8°F50.9°F3.9 in
Nov62.5°F40.6°F4.4 in
Dec54.4°F35.5°F5 in

Humid summers

Hot days and 55.1 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.

Why poplar

Fitting them in Johns Creek

Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.

How to install · How to measure

Near Johns Creek

More about shutters in Johns Creek

Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Johns Creek’s own figures.

Price your windows

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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