Mountain Pine Shutters is family owned and operated and has been providing Southern California with custom shutters since 1979. We are dedicated to supplying fine, handcrafted shutters at affordable pricing. All of our products are installed by experienced craftsmen.

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Greg Lee
(818) 790-5822 (La Cañada)
(805) 696-5782 (Santa Barbara)

Shutters were probably first used in ancient Greece for light control, ventilation and protection from the tropical environment. It’s believed that these shutters were constructed with fixed louvers and perhaps even made out of marble.

As shutters spread throughout the Mediterranean, almost all built of wood, two styles developed. Movable louver shutters allowed varying amounts of light and air into a room, while solid shutters provided more insulation and repelled insects.

In medieval Europe, houses had rectangular windows with solid shutters that sometimes closed with a large iron bar for security. By Tudor and Elizabethan times, glass windows started to appear. The expensive glass was used in the upper half of window openings, while solid wood shutters were used below. Hinged glazed sashes started replacing the solid shutters in the 15th century. Later, interior shutters were used as decoration in homes. Woodwork-like window shutters and moldings became the main decorative elements in smaller houses in early 18th century England.

Plantation Shutters
As the Spanish started colonizing in the Americas, they brought shutters to the New World. Shutters were used on mansions in the South, giving rise to the term “plantation shutters.” These usually had wider louvers than earlier shutters, and they were usually painted white.

Traditional Shutters
The shutters often found in the New England states trace their roots to England, where the narrower louver was used. Café-type shutters, covering half the window, mimic the original use of shutters on the bottom portion of windows before glass was affordable.

Exterior Shutters
During the Victorian period, homeowners started using shutters outdoors as thinner wooden walls now allowed indoor access to exterior shutters. Earlier, stone and brick houses with deeply recessed windows had made access difficult.

Source: Ezinearticles.com /Steve Valentino