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Almost every homeowner wants to install custom plantation shutters in their home because they understand that they not only look beautiful, but they also add permanent value to your home and even help insulate against summer heat.

And, when it comes to shutters, if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, right?  Wrong.  All shutters are not created equally.  But just visit the showroom of Alpine Shutters and you’ll understand why there is a difference. 

With almost three decades of experience building and installing factory direct shutters, it’s likely that if you’ve seen a neighbor with shutters in their home, they were created at Alpine Shutters in Santa Clarita.

Additionally, Alpine Shutters is a Hunter Douglas gallery, meaning that they have gone through the rigorous standards of testing by the worldwide leader in window coverings and have been singled out as a top-tier distributor.  The next closest shutter dealership with the same distinguished title is 75 miles away from the Santa Clarita Valley.

“We’ve seen our shutter business double in the last four years.  It’s built on repeat and referral business,” says owner Paul Gatlin.  “People are continually referring and returning to us for their window fashion needs.  We have a quick turnaround time on our orders usually with a four-to-five week delivery schedule.  This past year, we built and installed shutters for more than ten thousand windows,” says Gatlin.

The popularity of shutters is due to the fact that they add intrinsic permanent value to your home, provide privacy and require virtually no maintenance.

“People will go the extra mile and buy the plantation shutters if it is financially feasible,” says Gatlin.

For those who aren’t ready to invest in wood shutters, Alpine also offers a variety of alternative window fashions.

“Sometimes people will just do the wood shutters in a primary room, like a living room and then cover the windows in the other rooms with blinds,” says Gatlin.

Comparing an 1800 square foot home with two-inch horizontal blinds on all the windows will average about $2000 versus the same windows covered with plantation shutters at a price of about $5000.

A key factor in the success at Alpine Shutters is excellence in customer service.  Being a locally-owned and operated family business, they realize how important service can be when driving their operation.  Gatlin’s mother works every Saturday in the showroom and his sister is also a valuable player in the success formula at Alpine Shutters.

Believing in giving back to the community, the company recently donated $5000 and one shutter for an auction toward the fundraising efforts of a local school, Trinity Classical Academy.

For further information, please call 661-799-8013, visit www.alpineshutters.com or the showroom at 21095 Centre Point Parkway, Santa Clarita.

Santa Clarita Magazine

Santa Clarita Magazine