My husband and I love a good weekend project. To add charm and give our {old} home a cottage feel, we created wood shutters. We originally planned to paint them, however, the cedar was so pretty, that we just went with a light stain.
Creating custom wood shutters is easy! With the help of a little paint, we took our home from this…
to this…
How to Make Wood Shutters:
To achieve this, we first decided that we did not want any space between the boards.
We measured our windows and cut the wood to the appropriate length for eight.
Using the same cedar boards, we cut them to the appropriate width.
Use Sprax screws to adhere them togetherproperly.
Time: 1 afternoon
Cost: $150 for 4 sets {we added them to the side as well!}
Added Charm: Priceless!
What do you think?
I came across this on dwellinggawker… love the wood shutters!
Thanks Julia! I hope you enjoy my other home posts as well!
I think they look beautiful! They give it a charm that is quite welcoming. Well done!
I’ve been meaning to make my own wooden shutter for our basement remodeling. Thanks a lot for this very helpful tip!
Hey your wood shutter looks great! It was done like a pro, good job! I am a frequent lurker of your blog Julie, and I love your every post! I learned something every time.
Thanks Maggie! I miss that house for the shutters alone! Glad you enjoy the blog!
Well, since it seems that everyone is gushing about the shutters, I have to join the bandwagon. It really does look great, considering you did that yourselves. It’s a shame that you have to leave the house after you’ve done so many beautiful things in it.
Thanks Kari! I miss our little cottage, but have had fun on our adventures with our “new” house. I hope you enjoy reading about it!
I like your house! I was also planning to do my exteriors, but I wanted to start remodeling the interior first. All I need is to store all my furniture and other stuff in a warehouse, so I can remodel freely inside. What kind of wood did you use? And what tint of varnish is that? I like the color! Thanks!
Thanks Chrissy! If I recall, we used pine. We originally planned to paint them, but the wood was so beautiful, I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. We used a really light tinted stain, but unfortunately I do not recall the color. Thanks for reading! I hope you continue to find inspiration in our new home adventures!
I love visiting your blog Julie! You really serve as an inspiration to everyone with all the beautiful things you do to your old and present house. You were truly amazing!
Thanks Monique!
The windows and woods are a perfect match! If I am to remodel my house, I will surely include woods near my windows and put bigger outdoor lights.
Thanks Maisie! Wood is timeless and beautiful, isn’t it?
If you would look at the wood shutters alone, they look very simple. Yet, when it was installed, it gave another edge to your house! My, I just love renovations! I’m a very impulsive buyer when it comes to our house, Because I just have to agree to you: they really add priceless charm to the house.
Thanks Zara!
Talk about old-school wood shutters. They look even cooler without any paint applied, though I think it would be nice to have some cream-colored ones for the main windows.
Nice work with the paint and shutters. I think the wooden finish on the shutters fit the window frames perfectly.
Odd to think that wood covers that look unfinished actually look good on the windows. I wouldn’t be able to duplicate that here at home.
I may have to agree with what Natalie said, nice work there with the paint, it made your house look bigger and spacious. Your place looks good and beautifully remodeled; I also want to achieve a house that’s being fixed like this one.
What are the sizes of boards you used? Thanks
We used 1x 6’s Kara! Enjoy!
Thanks!!! 🙂 how did you adhere them together? Just screwed them on the back or?
It’s a delightful way to know the the real essence of how can your house could look better. As I read the whole article it gives me a clever idea about home improvement.
You’ve just created a perfect and exquisite window shutters. The exterior design of your house looks compelling. Now, I am so eager to see how your interior design looks like.
This was such a great idea! Suddently the house becomes a happy space, just by making it white and giving a raw wood colour. Very positive kind of style, I like it! Thanks Julie!
Thank you!
Hi Julie. Your home is lovely and I just adore your shutters! You mentioned that you used cedar in the first paragraph and then pine in one of your responses. Can you please let me know what kind of wood you used? Thank you so much!
Sorry about that! I confirmed with Chris {my husband} and we used cedar. Enjoy!
Doing the exact same look on our home. Yours is perfect!!! How did you paint the front door to match the shutters so perfectly? Because it looks like its the same exact front door just painted. Am i right? I would love not to have to buy a new front door.
The front door was original to the home. We spent a couple days removing the paint using chemicals and a sander and absolutely loved it! Sadly, the new homeowner replaced it shortly thereafter, I wish I would have taken it with us!
What stain did you use on these?? They are gorgeous!
Thank you! We just used a clear coat!