
Real wood
Wood Shutters
North American basswood, milled and finished at our Lake Forest factory.
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Orange County, California
Designed, milled, and finished at our Lake Forest factory, then installed by our crew. Run by the same family since 1989.
25 minutes from our Lake Forest factory.
Materials
Real wood for living spaces, moisture-resistant poly for wet rooms, and our exclusive Polylux when you want both.

Real wood
North American basswood, milled and finished at our Lake Forest factory.
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Exclusive hybrid
Our exclusive hybrid: the look of wood with the durability of poly. Only from Golden West.
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Moisture-resistant
For bathrooms, kitchens, and laundry rooms. Wipes clean and the paint won't crack or peel.
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Newport Beach & Lake Forest
Newport Beach has more bay-window openings, more arched tops, and more salt-air exposure than any other ZIP we work in. The 1960s-and-earlier homes on Balboa Island and Lido Isle were built before standard openings existed, so a catalog shutter set will not fit them; every panel has to be milled to the actual opening. Corona del Mar's coastal-contemporary remodels, the Eastbluff hillside homes with their canyon views, and the Newport Heights cottages all share that same custom-fit problem.
For oceanfront and waterfront homes, we recommend our Polylux hybrid or polyresin shutters over real wood. Salt air and unfinished basswood are not friends, even with our ten-step finish. The composite handles humidity and UV without warping or yellowing, and it sands and finishes like wood.
Most of our Newport projects start with a measurement visit, because the windows almost never match what the homeowner expects from a contractor's quote. We'll show you side by side what wood versus Polylux versus poly looks like in the room, on the actual louver size that suits the opening. The Lake Forest factory is 25 minutes up the 73.
Neighborhoods we install in
Nearby
Salt air degrades unfinished wood over decades, and even the best finish eventually shows wear when it's hit with daily fog and brine. Our Polylux hybrid has a hardwood core with a UV-stable composite shell. It holds finish indefinitely. For oceanfront and waterfront homes (Balboa Island, Lido Isle, Newport Coast), we'll usually recommend Polylux or full polyresin over real wood.
Yes. These older homes rarely have rectangular openings. We mill arched tops, sunbursts, and bay angles to your specific measurements. The mill is 25 minutes away in Lake Forest, so panel revisions happen in days, not weeks.
A Golden West designer comes to your Newport Beach home with samples, measures every opening, and provides a written estimate. No charge, no obligation.