The stars have aligned. My friend, design collaborator and Urban Nest reader, Jill, called just as I walked in the door Monday with my paint samples. At some point in the conversation I said I had decided our shutters were too small and if we were going to all the trouble and expense to repaint the exterior, the shutters ought to be right.
Can you believe Jill was literally in the process, on Monday, of pulling down old shutters from her house? All but four were headed to the dump. The remaining four were still in perfect condition as they had been tucked behind trees and under an overhang. She planned to take them to our local ReStore later in the week.
We quickly whipped out our measuring tapes and discovered that they are the PERFECT fit four my two front windows!
Did I mention that the existing shutters on our house are faux woodgrain plastic? Jill’s are real wood. And I can install them with pretty brackets. Thank you, Jill!
Now if I could just get the painters to show up!
Back on Monday with Faux Real (part II) — I need more photographic evidence to convince you that my next exterior paint scheme is a terrific idea!
Tags: house paint, shutters
What a great coincidence!!! Can’t wait to see them hung with their new color on them!
Excited to see how the shutters turn out! We are in the process of converting our shutters into operable shutters as well.
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