Our Company: French Custom Shutters, Inc. is a family owned corporation. Founded in 1977 and structured to produce furniture quality custom wood shutters. The facility is located in San Diego near a small suburb between La Mesa and Spring Valley, freeway close to service the Carmel Valley region.

Every shutter and closet manufactured has a philosophical premise- this product can be honest to only one premise: it is either made following the path of least resistance, taking short cuts in order to make the shutter cheap thus inducing the consumer to buy because it costs less or, by following a more discipline approach, making the shutters well, thus influencing the consumer to buy on it’s merit and value. At French Custom Shutters, Inc. we adhere to the latter; it is our premise to design, manufacture and install our custom hardwood shutters to the highest standard and because you deal direct with us the manufacturer we offer very competitive pricing. Always assuring you the quality and value in shutters you want for decades to come.

Using the best quality wood for our shutters, louvers, and closets including: alder, knotty alder, cherry, red oak, white oak, maple (hard), maple (soft), teak, walnut, and more. We have used the highest quality woods to help Carmel Valley residents create beautiful shutters, louvers, closets, and more!

All shutters are not created equal!

At French Shutters, you will receive the highest quality service and materials, consisting of:

· Painted Interior Operable Louvers

· Painted Exterior Operable Louvers

· Stained Interior Operable Louvers

· Interior Closet Doors

· Exterior Fixed Louvers

· Shutters of all Shapes and Sizes

Serving all of Southern California, French Shutters has delivered the finest shutters to residents of Carmel Valley for over 30 years. We also have deep experience with stained pained louvers, interior closet doors, exterior fixed louvers, and painted exterior operable louvers.

With that said, it has been our sincere pleasure bringing quality shutters, closets, and louvers to Carmel Valley homeowners.



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More about Carmel Valley

Carmel Valley is one of the newer villages of the City of San Diego, California.

Carmel Valley is a master planned community that began with the institutional name that was formed by the City of San Diego in 1982 and is located just east of Del Mar, California and south of Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Originally only occupying a small area, Carmel Valley has grown by leaps and bounds. With the development of Torrey Hills and other adjacent areas, the community now fills the entire 92130 zip code.

Currently, there are approximately 40,000 people reported to live in Carmel Valley. It is also the home to some of San Diego's prominent companies and law firms. Carmel Valley is also home to Torrey Pines High School, one of the premier public high schools in the nation in academics and athletics.

Carmel Valley lies east of I-5 and Del Mar on the northern edge of the City of San Diego. The earliest settlers were California Indians who left artifacts along the Carmel Creek bed. A Spanish soldier named the area Cordero; early American settlers named other areas such as McGonigle Canyon after themselves.

The Butterfield stage and pony express system ran along what is now El Camino Real. In 1905, a group of Carmelite nuns built a monastery and dairy in the area changing its name again. The area was agricultural and devoted to horse farms until the mid-1970s.

A master plan developed in 1974 wanted to change the name of the area to "North City West" and advocated developing a series of residential neighborhoods on the mesas, leaving the canyons as open space. The name change didn't stick and the local residents changed it back to Carmel Valley in the early 1990s.

Development of the residential areas began in 1983, and there are now a variety of luxury homes, condominiums and apartments available. Residents are executives and professionals who often work in nearby Sorrento Mesa or Sorrento Valley's high-tech and bio-tech firms. There is also a developing business park in the area.

Residents are active and take advantage of the area's open space to bike, skate, walk and run. The Carmel Valley Community Park offers a sports facility that includes playing fields, a swimming pool and a gym. Summer concerts are held in the park, and homes are close to the beaches in La Jolla and Del Mar; the famous Torrey Pines Golf Course and the Torrey Pines State Reserve.

Carmel Valley is a newer, master-planned community that has matured into a place where people can live, work and play. Families with children are attracted by the large houses and award winning schools. Area amenities and easy access to much of San Diego County make the commercial center of Carmel Valley ideal for corporate offices, hotels, shopping and restaurants.

Recreational options include many neighborhood parks, a community recreation center, athletic clubs, golf and the nearby beaches at Torrey Pines and Del Mar. An early experimenter in smart growth, Carmel Valley includes open space areas and an extensive trail system.

The earliest known inhabitants of Carmel Valley were the La Jolla and subsequent Ipai peoples, who left cultural artifacts along the banks of Carmel Creek. During the Rancho period, the area was known as Cordero, after a Spanish "leather jacket" soldier. Following the California Gold Rush, miners drifted south and established homesteads here. McGonigle Canyon was named after an early settler. An old adobe Butterfield pony express and stagecoach stop sat next to a spring along old El Camino Real until the late 1970s. Later, the area was largely used for horse farms and agriculture, focusing on drought tolerant crops such as lima beans, which were grown on the property that later became The Grand Del Mar golf course.

Around 1905 the Carmelite Sisters of Mercy established a dairy farm and monastery in the area. The site, on the south side of Carmel Creek, was connected by a bridge to the St. William of York Church, whose cemetery includes the graves of some of the nuns and priests. Among other things, the nuns raised pigs, and even now local animal-keeping provisions say, "except for swine." Carmel Mountain, the last undeveloped coastal mesa in Southern California, takes its name from these nuns.

While the area has long been known to local residents as Carmel Valley, the master plan commissioned in 1974, adopted the name "North City West." This plan, inspired by Kevin Lynch, attempted to reduce sprawl by confining development to the mesa tops, leaving the canyons untouched. Planned development centered around an urban core surrounded by decreasing residential densities, where higher density residential areas were traded for increased community open space.

Carmel Creek, now largely marked by SR-56 and the CVREP corridor, was intended to meander freely to the sea, allowing water to return to the ground and providing residents with natural open space and recreational opportunities. The first houses in the planned community were built in 1983 and the local Planning Board brought back the name "Carmel Valley" in the early 1990s.

Local Carmel Valley government advising boards consist of the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board which advises the City on development and land use, and the Carmel Valley Recreation Council which provides community input on parks and recreation. City facilities include a fire station, and library. A police station is being constructed along El Camino Real.