Shutter BoysInterior shutters in Boston
Boston's seasons, indoors
Indoors, the season shapes how you use each room. Boston's warmest month is July, at an average high of 82.1°F, and its coldest nights come in January, at an average low of 23.1°F.
Highs stay at 80°F or more from July to August: the months when west and south rooms need shade in the afternoon.
Quincy, 5 miles away, has much the same number of days a year at 90°F or more (13).
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
92 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.
Bathrooms and laundry rooms
In a place with 43.7 inches of precipitation a year, damp rooms stay damp longer. Wood shutters suit a bathroom with a fan, kept out of shower spray; run the fan so steam doesn't sit behind closed louvers.
Early light in June
Around the longest day the sun is up for 15 h 17 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.
Room by room in Boston
The median home in Boston has 4.2 rooms, and the most common has 2 bedrooms. With so few rooms, the living room and bedroom are usually the whole order. In Quincy, 5 miles away, the figure is 4.4 rooms.
21% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 78% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. A home office is often the next room shuttered. In Quincy, 5 miles away, it's about the same: 21% worked from home.
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.
The bedrooms of a two-bedroom home (2 windows)$640 – $800
36 × 48 in each, flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers, before tax and shipping.
Price your own windows| Feature | What matters | What we suggest |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | Darkness, privacy, airflow | Full-height panels, 3½ or 4½ in louvers |
| Living room | View, daylight, glare | Wide louvers, or tier-on-tier on the street side |
| Kitchen | A wipe-clean finish | Painted poplar, café style over the sink |
| Bathroom | Steam and privacy | Painted 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 Boston 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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