A new and fun project I did over the weekend

in #farmhouse7 years ago

I had been wanting to make these shutters for sometime now. And i knew that i could do it, if I put my mind to it. I had the tools, and the time so i just made it happen.

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Step 1.

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I bought two boards of wood. 95” Long.
I knew that i was going to need measure the mirror that each shutter was going along the side of. It was 30 “ Long. So i cut 6, 30 “ Long slabs. I had one long spare piece of wood in the garage that i hadn’t used for anything so i used it for the top and bottom parts of the shutters. I measured it to be 11.5 “ long.

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And I sanded them all! My hand was sooo numb when i was done.

After sanding for what seemed like hours, i whiped off all the sawdust. And put them all in place to make sure it all looked right.

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Next step was to stain them. And just position them with he decor to see how it would look against the galvanized metal bucket.

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I knew i wanted to brighten up my living room and i knew that third was too dark, to keep like this. So i chalkpainted it white next! Again positioning it all together.

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Then i took a price of 220 grit sand paper and distressed it in places that i wanted the stain to show through. To give it a rustic/ chippy effect!

Next i got my Gorilla glue to give a little extra secureness . And i had my husband @captainobviou3 to use the nail gun and nail each board along the top and bottom.
Then he put a screw in the top center of the shutter so i can hang the basket on there. And he also had put a metal bracket on the back strong enough to hold it onto the wall for when I want to hang it up ! And here’s the finished product!

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And this is the finished project. 💗

I hope that you enjoyed the pictures!!!

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Very nice!

Fantastic job. Good work!

My mother used to tell me that I could do anything I set my mind to.

Congratulations on "going for it," and thanks for sharing your process with others to encourage them. :D

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