Exterior shutters in Mount Prospect

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

Design your shutters

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

Mount Prospect's weather and homes

In Mount Prospect, July averages a high of 84°F and January a low of 18.4°F, about 17 days a year reach 90°F, 122 nights fall at or below freezing, and 32.3 inches of precipitation falls in a typical year. That's drier than 64% of the 881 US cities we have climate figures for.

57% of homes are detached houses; 76% were built before 1980.

Des Plaines, 3 miles away, gets 38 inches a year, wetter than Mount Prospect.

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.

Freeze and thaw

122 freezing nights a year put anything outside through freeze and thaw. Exterior shutters need materials and fixings made for that; interior shutters never see it.

Multi-unit buildings

39% 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

Exterior and interior shutters compared for Mount Prospect
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 Mount Prospect 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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