Shutter BoysInterior shutters in Burien
Burien's seasons, indoors
Indoors, the season shapes how you use each room. Burien's warmest month is August, at an average high of 77.6°F, and its coldest nights come in December, at an average low of 37.1°F.
Renton, 7 miles away, has much the same number of days a year at 90°F or more (4).
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.
Early light in June
Around the longest day the sun is up for 15 h 58 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.
Bathrooms and laundry rooms
In a place with 39.5 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.
Street-facing rooms
57% of homes are detached houses, where front rooms face the street. Tier-on-tier panels let you close the lower half for privacy and open the top for daylight.
Room by room in Burien
The median home in Burien has 5 rooms, and the most common has 3 bedrooms. Most owners start with the bedrooms, then the rooms that face the street. In Renton, 7 miles away, the figure is 5.1 rooms.
19% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 70% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. A home office is often the next room shuttered. In Renton, 7 miles away, 22% worked from home, more than here.
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 three-bedroom home (3 windows)$970 – $1,190
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 Burien 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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