Interior shutters in Providence

What interior shutters do in each room of a Providence home, from bedrooms on summer nights to living rooms in winter.
Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

Providence's seasons, indoors

Indoors, the season shapes how you use each room. Providence's warmest month is July, at an average high of 83.6°F, and its coldest nights come in January, at an average low of 22.1°F.

Highs stay at 80°F or more from July to August: the months when west and south rooms need shade in the afternoon.

Pawtucket, 4 miles away, has much the same number of days a year at 90°F or more (14).

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

109 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 47.7 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.

Bathroom shutters

Early light in June

Around the longest day the sun is up for 15 h 13 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.

How dark shutters get

Interior shutters room by room in Providence
FeatureWhat mattersWhat we suggest
BedroomDarkness, privacy, airflowFull-height panels, 3½ or 4½ in louvers
Living roomView, daylight, glareWide louvers, or tier-on-tier on the street side
KitchenA wipe-clean finishPainted poplar, café style over the sink
BathroomSteam and privacyPainted 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 Providence 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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