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Shuttercraft Madison, Connecticut (203) 245-2608 shuttercraft.com The company Shuttercraft was born in 1986, when Colleen Murdock’s father, Dwight Carlson, wanted true movable-louver shutters for his house and couldn’t find them anywhere. Murdock worked with her father, eventually buying the business outright about 17 years ago. Shuttercraft makes both exterior and interior shutters in dozens of historic styles, to order, using mortise-and-tenon construction. Their go-to wood for exterior shutters is clear Western red cedar. “It’s the most decay-resistant wood now available,” Murdock says. “It can last a lifetime if it’s sealed properly.” In addition to making movable- and fixed-louver, raised panel, batten, and panel-and-louver combinations, Shuttercraft repairs and replicates historic shutters. They’re known for certain historical details, such as the side stiles known as “horns” that extend about ½” below the bottom rail. “The type is often…