I’ve formally crossed off the primary undertaking from my 2025 checklist of dwelling objectives. My workshop has shutters! First, let me remind you ways this workshop regarded proper after we had it constructed…
It was a really plain constructing with tons of potential. And naturally, my purpose is to show this from a plain, drab little constructing into one thing that appears like a cute little cottage in our again yard. Step one in the direction of that purpose was so as to add shutters to the constructing.
I might have bought shutters from the corporate that constructed the workshop for me, however I didn’t just like the shutters that they provided. First, their shutters had been manner too skimpy for my liking — very slender shutters that didn’t match the proportions of the home windows. They might have regarded like this…
These would have regarded manner too tiny on my a lot bigger workshop. But additionally, I would like my workshop to appear like an extension of our home, and since I constructed the shutters on our home, I wanted to construct these to match. And since I constructed them myself, I might make them the right proportions for my home windows.
I didn’t take footage of the steps I took to make, set up, and decorate these shutters as a result of I’ve already lined all of these steps the primary time I made them for our home. However I did made these precisely like those for our home. They’re made out of PVC boards (which I buy at Lowe’s) in order that they’ll by no means rot. I painted them Benjamin Moore Gentleman’s Grey, which I had shade matched at Sherwin Williams in order that I might use their formulation that’s protected for vinyl siding, which is critical because it’s such a darkish shade, and darkish colours that aren’t vinyl protected can warp in solar and sizzling climate. (To make it vinyl protected, they mainly take away any black from the formulation and exchange it with blue.) And for the ornamental touches, I used these T-strap hinges (I used the 8-inch on these shutters), these cast iron shutter dogs, and these cast iron ring pulls (all affiliate hyperlinks).
This was a four-day undertaking. It took me at some point to construct the shutters, at some point to color them, at some point to put in them, and at some point to place the ending touches (ornamental hinges, pulls, and shutter canine) on them. And right here’s how they turned out…
I really like how they turned out! That is solely the primary undertaking I’ve deliberate for the outside of this constructing, and already it’s such an enormous distinction.
And right here’s a glance in the back of the constructing. I put shutters on all 4 home windows as a result of they’re all very seen. In reality, the again of the constructing is what I see probably the most because it’s seen from the road and from the driveway each time I pull into the carport. So the again of the constructing must look simply as cute because the entrance.
Whereas I didn’t take footage of the DIY course of this time, I did do movies of the entire course of. In order that video is coming for these of you preferring video tutorials over written tutorials. Certainly one of my foremost objectives this yr is to deal with doing a complete lot of video tutorials for my initiatives. However I’ll nonetheless have written tutorials with a lot of photographs for brand spanking new initiatives as effectively.
Right here’s a close-up view so you’ll be able to see the small print of the completed shutters. The entrance hinges are solely ornamental, as are the shutter canine. The shutters canine are actually glued onto the shutters, in order that they don’t truly flip. However I really like how these little particulars actually elevate the look of shutters that might in any other case be fairly plain.
So undertaking #1 for the yr is marked off of the checklist!
And despite the fact that the climate has turned chilly on us, I’m decided to get a couple of extra initiatives executed on this constructing earlier than I flip my consideration to the bed room suite. It might be chilly, however the solar remains to be shining (for now), so I plan to reap the benefits of that whereas it lasts.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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