Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in Nashville
Homes in Nashville
Nashville's 344,794 homes are a mix: 49% detached houses, 40% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 9% townhouses and other attached houses.
Much of Nashville is new: 35% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 41% before 1980. The median home dates from 1987. 52% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 15 Tennessee cities we have census figures for, Nashville has the second-highest share of apartments. In Hendersonville, 14 miles away, 21% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Nashville's homes are newer than those in 62% 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.
Shallow openings
35% of homes were built in 2000 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Apartments and condos
40% 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.
A whole house in Nashville
The most common home in Nashville has three bedrooms: 35% of homes. 15% have four bedrooms or more, and 21% have one or none. The median home has 5 rooms.
Detached houses are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among detached houses has 10 to 15 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $3,200 to $6,000. For scale, that's about 1.1% of the median home value here, $413,600 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 (bedrooms B25041, rooms B25018, value B25077); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home10–15 windows
All of them shuttered$3,200 to $6,000
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsWorking from home
20% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 76% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Young children at home
6.5% of people in Nashville are under five, more than in 78% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
Ages (B01001), working from home (B08301) and value (B25077): U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Rankings compare the US cities we have figures for.
Nashville weather and your shutters
At Shelby Bottoms Nature, TN (3 mi away), July averages a high of 89.3°F and January a low of 27.5°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to February.
About 51 days a year reach 90°F, 75 nights fall to freezing and 54.8 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 57% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 37 min on the longest day to 9 h 42 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 77° above the horizon in June and 30° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Shelby Bottoms Nature, TN (temperature) and Berry Hill 1.6 Wnw, TN (precipitation, 3 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 27.5°F | 4.3 in |
| Feb | 52.2°F | 31.2°F | 5.2 in |
| Mar | 61.9°F | 38.6°F | 4.9 in |
| Apr | 72°F | 47.4°F | 5.4 in |
| May | 79.9°F | 55.7°F | 5.7 in |
| Jun | 86.7°F | 63.9°F | 4.4 in |
| Jul | 89.3°F | 67.9°F | 4.6 in |
| Aug | 88.6°F | 67°F | 3.9 in |
| Sep | 83.6°F | 59.3°F | 3.9 in |
| Oct | 73.2°F | 47.2°F | 3.7 in |
| Nov | 61.6°F | 36.7°F | 3.9 in |
| Dec | 51.1°F | 31.7°F | 4.9 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 54.8 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Fitting them in Nashville
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.
Near Nashville
- Hendersonville 14 mi
- Franklin 18 mi
- Smyrna 21 mi
- Murfreesboro 30 mi
- Spring Hill 30 mi
- Clarksville 42 mi
More about shutters in Nashville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Nashville’s own figures.
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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.