Atlanta – Georgia
French Château Windows & Doors in Atlanta
The true French casement, made in Europe, for the manors of Buckhead and beyond.
In Atlanta, a French château is never only a house. It is limestone and slate, a long drive under the oaks, and a façade that has to keep its composure in the Georgia light. The window line decides whether it succeeds. Chablais brings the authentic piece: the French casement à la française, in solid wood, with a working crémone bolt and true divided lites – conceived like a piece of high jewelry, and built for the climate of the South.
The Setting
Atlanta Has Always Looked to France
From the Beaux-Arts-trained hands that drew the first great houses of West Paces Ferry to the limestone châteaux rising today in Tuxedo Park, Atlanta’s finest streets speak a classical language that was learned in Paris.
Neel Reid studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. His protégé Philip Trammell Shutze became the master of what historians call the Georgia School of Classicism. A century later the same instinct runs through Buckhead: steep slate roofs, dormers with stone pediments, symmetrical wings, arched openings in pale stone. These houses are built to last for generations – and they deserve windows drawn with the same discipline.
Most American windows were never designed for this architecture. The sightlines are too heavy, the sash sits too deep in the frame, and the hardware has nothing to say. A château asks for something else: slender profiles, a sash flush with the frame, divided lites that are real, and the quiet turn of a crémone. This is the work we do.
The Signature Piece
The True French Casement
In France the window is called la fenêtre à la française: two leaves that open inward and meet at the center without a post between them, so the whole opening becomes a doorway to the air. The sash sits flush with the frame – the Old World profile – and a single crémone bolt, turned by hand, locks the window top and bottom in one gesture.
It is the detail that makes a façade read as French before a visitor can say why, and it is the detail that cannot be imitated with a stock product. We draw it to measure for every opening, from a powder room oculus to a two-story stair window.
For families who prefer the American habit, we also offer the out-swing casement with the same proportions, the same solid wood and the same finish – so a house can carry in-swing windows in the principal rooms and out-swing where a screen or a terrace asks for it. Explore La Française, our French casement collection.
Savoir-Faire
Composed Like a Piece of High Jewelry
In the great houses of the Place Vendôme, a creation is judged by its proportion, its setting and the hand that finishes every edge. We hold our windows to the same standard.
Built for Georgia
The Climate of the South, Taken Seriously
A French window in Atlanta has to do more than look right. Summers are long and humid, the rain comes hard and sideways, April covers everything in pollen, and the sun through a west-facing loggia can be unforgiving. We specify for all of it.
| Wood | Accoya, teak and mahogany for the most exposed elevations – species that shrug off humidity – with multi-layer factory finishes. |
| Water | Deep rebates, drainage channels and multiple weatherseals. Our in-swing windows are engineered to drain outward, even in a summer storm. |
| Glass | High-performance low-E insulated glazing, NFRC-labeled and specified to Georgia’s residential energy code. Laminated glass where you want silence and security. |
| Screens | Discreet retractable screens for in-swing casements and French doors, so a Georgia evening stays on the terrace. |
| Scale | Oversized French doors, two-story casements and wood curtain walls, engineered for the loads of a large opening. |
The Addresses
Where Atlanta Builds Its Châteaux
The French house has its neighborhoods in Atlanta, and we know them well. Wherever your lot is, we bring the samples to you.
Buckhead
Tuxedo Park, West Paces Ferry, Paces, Mt. Paran, Kingswood and Chastain Park – the estates that set the standard for the city, where the finest houses now change hands for eight figures.
Sandy Springs, Brookhaven & Vinings
The Riverside corridor and the wooded acreage north of the city, where new French manors and Provence-style houses are rising behind long drives.
Milton, Alpharetta & Johns Creek
Horse country and gated enclaves such as Country Club of the South, where the château and the French farmhouse both feel at home.
Intown and Across Georgia
The landmark homes of Ansley Park, Druid Hills and Morningside – and beyond Atlanta, Lake Oconee, Sea Island and the mountain retreats of Highlands and Cashiers.
The Pieces
The Château Pieces
Every opening of a French house, drawn to measure and made in Europe.
The Commission
From First Conversation to Delivery
By Request Only
The Château Collection
We keep a private portfolio of one French château residence, photographed room by room – the façade, the entrances, the rooms and the details – from the architect’s first sketch to the gilded crémone on the garden door. Every window and door in it was drawn to measure by Chablais.
It is not published. We share it with homeowners, architects and builders who are planning a French house of their own, as a reference for proportions, divided-lite patterns, hardware and finishes.
To receive it, send us a note about your project and mention the Château Collection.
Questions
French Windows in Atlanta – Your Questions
What is a true French casement window?
A true French casement opens inward, with two sashes that meet at the center without a fixed post between them. The sash is flush with the frame – the classic Old World profile – and the window is locked by a crémone bolt that drives rods into the head and the sill. It is the window you see on the châteaux and manor houses of France, and it is what we make.
Do you make in-swing and out-swing windows?
Both. The in-swing casement is the authentic French window. The out-swing casement is the American habit, and we make it with the same slender profiles, solid wood and finishes. Many Atlanta homes combine the two: in-swing in the principal rooms, out-swing where a screen or a tight terrace calls for it.
Can you match my architect's drawings or a chateau in France?
Yes. Send us your elevations, or photographs of the house that inspired yours, and we work from them: proportions, divided-lite patterns, arches, hardware and finish. Every project goes through detailed shop drawings before anything is made.
How do French wood windows handle the humidity and storms of Georgia?
With the right wood and the right construction. We propose species such as Accoya, teak and mahogany for the most exposed elevations, multi-layer factory finishes, deep rebates and drainage channels, and insulated low-E glazing specified to Georgia’s energy code. Solid European wood windows have stood on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts for centuries; Atlanta is well within their comfort.
Can an in-swing window have a screen?
Yes. We offer discreet retractable screens that sit outside the frame for in-swing casements and French doors, and classic screens for out-swing windows. The screen disappears when it is not in use, so the proportions of the window are never spoiled.
Do you deliver to Atlanta and the rest of Georgia?
Yes. We deliver crated windows and doors to building sites across metro Atlanta – Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Milton, Johns Creek – and across Georgia, including Lake Oconee and Sea Island. We also serve the mountain communities of Highlands and Cashiers.
Do you work with architects and builders?
Most of our Atlanta projects begin with the homeowner, but we work just as closely with architects and builders: shop drawings, installation details, finish samples and technical support for the full window and door package.
Atlanta
Every Château Begins With a Conversation
Tell us about your house, your architect and the light you live with. A few photographs or a set of elevations is enough to begin. We will propose the windows, the wood, the hardware and the finish that belong to your home, and prepare a proposal built around your project.
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