Make Super Easy Farmhouse Shutters
by
Jessica-Sara Morris
(IC: blogger)
2 Materials
30 Minutes
Easy
These are the easiest DIY farmhouse shutters. Tutorial on how to make them & how to get the easy distressed farmhouse finish
Want to learn how to make super easy farmhouse shutters? This project is super effortless and easy. Anyone can do them. If you have been a following my blog, you know I love imperfect and uneven decor. I love to mix it with modern pieces to create the coziest home decor. I made these shutters about six months ago but the place I made them for they didn't quite work. I recently stumbled upon these amazing pink chairs, see the redo here, and they have made me revaluate my room. I love color. But when there are too many colors fighting for attention I go a bit crazy. I love blues and greys and I had quite a bit in my living room. The existing shutters were a dark grey-blue and although I adored them.. they totally clashed with my pink chairs! Something needed to change, and then I remembered I had these old shutters. Cue in a big smiley heart.
Want to learn how to make super easy farmhouse shutters? This project is super effortless and easy. Anyone can do them. If you have been a following my blog, you know I love imperfect and uneven decor. I love to mix it with modern pieces to create the coziest home decor. I made these shutters about six months ago but the place I made them for they didn't quite work. I recently stumbled upon these amazing pink chairs, see the redo here, and they have made me revaluate my room. I love color. But when there are too many colors fighting for attention I go a bit crazy. I love blues and greys and I had quite a bit in my living room. The existing shutters were a dark grey-blue and although I adored them.. they totally clashed with my pink chairs! Something needed to change, and then I remembered I had these old shutters. Cue in a big smiley heart.
Aren't they the prettiest? But with my pink chairs I felt like I was living in a bubble gum factory. I can't have colors compete. It doesn't jive with my style. So I took them out and put my white shutters in. These literally took me under 30 minutes to make. I didn't even measure really as I wanted a really imperfect, uneven look. I measured the length of the shutters and that was it.
You want to screw the back horizontal pieces on first as you will be screwing straight down into the shutters. Once those are on, you can glue the top pieces on. No screw holes - unless you want screw holes. I'm not a fan.
Next step is to paint your shutters. We have this easy, effortless way to get the farmhouse look. We use black or brown spray paint and spray the edges & between the boards. Let dry & then paint white, or your choice of color.
See how one the top horizontal panels are uneven? That was done on purpose. haha - at least, that's what I'm going to tell you. I originally built them to go on either side of the TV. I didn't think they would be next to each other. You could easily measure 6 down and put them on even. But I didn't think I would of needed to.
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Suggested materials:
- Scrap wood
- Screws
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Published May 16th, 2016 1:42 AM
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