Plantation shutters in Bloomington

Plantation shutters, also called California shutters or interior window shutters, made to the measurements you take and shipped to your door in Bloomington. Fit them yourself, or ask us for an independent installer near you.

Design your shutters

Framed California shutters fitted across a condo window wall, in time-lapse.

Homes in Bloomington

Bloomington's 39,261 homes are a mix: 53% detached houses, 37% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 10% townhouses and other attached houses.

The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 60% of homes standing today; 11% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1972. 66% of homes are lived in by their owners.

Its housing is much like Edina's, 5 miles away. Nationally, Bloomington's homes are older than those in 73% 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.

Replacement windows

60% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.

Choosing a louver size

Out-of-square openings

With 67% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.

How to measure

Apartments and condos

37% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.

Patio door shutters

Bloomington weather and your shutters

At MINNEAPOLIS/ST Paul AP, MN (6 mi away), July averages a high of 83.4°F and January a low of 8.8°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.

About 13 days a year reach 90°F, 147 nights fall to freezing and 34.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around July and least in January.

That's more freezing nights than in 92% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.

Daylight runs from 15 h 36 min on the longest day to 8 h 47 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 69° above the horizon in June and 22° in December.

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, MINNEAPOLIS/ST Paul AP, MN (temperature) and Edina 1.9 Sse, MN (precipitation, 3 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Average daily low to high, by month.

Monthly figures

Monthly climate normals
Month	Average high	Average low	Precipitation
Jan	23.6°F	8.8°F	0.8 in
Feb	28.5°F	12.7°F	0.8 in
Mar	41.7°F	24.9°F	1.8 in
Apr	56.6°F	37.5°F	3.1 in
May	69.2°F	49.9°F	4.5 in
Jun	79°F	60.4°F	4.7 in
Jul	83.4°F	65.3°F	4.9 in
Aug	80.7°F	62.8°F	4.7 in
Sep	72.9°F	54.2°F	3.4 in
Oct	58.1°F	40.9°F	2.8 in
Nov	41.9°F	27.7°F	1.6 in
Dec	28.8°F	15.2°F	1.2 in

Cold winters

With 147 freezing nights a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.

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Fitting them in Bloomington

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 Bloomington

More about shutters in Bloomington

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