Exterior shutters in Mount Vernon

Exterior shutters are decorative or functional and live outside in Mount Vernon'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 Vernon's weather and homes

In Mount Vernon, July averages a high of 86.1°F and January a low of 27.3°F, about 23 days a year reach 90°F, 67 nights fall at or below freezing, and 50.1 inches of precipitation falls in a typical year. That's wetter than 78% of the 881 US cities we have climate figures for.

27% of homes are detached houses; 82% were built before 1980.

New Rochelle, 2 miles away, gets much the same rain and snow in a year.

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.

Older facades

46% of homes are from before 1950. On an older facade, exterior shutters are often about the look of the street; check any heritage rules before changing them. Interior shutters change nothing outside.

Multi-unit buildings

68% 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

Freeze and thaw

67 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.

Exterior and interior shutters compared for Mount Vernon
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 Vernon 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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