Shutters of a Different Color

A couple of folks guessed what my little sneak peek was of my latest project. It is shutters, but not my outside shutters. No, I don't think I would paint them red. These are the shutters that were made into a screen in my sunroom. We bought these four single old dirty dusty shutters at a huge supply warehouse several years ago. We got the four of them for twenty dollars. My husband hinged them together and I originally painted them a yucky beige with some crackling and glazing. I was going to use them in a different spot, but they ended up in the sunroom. The color was getting on my last nerve so I thought I would brighten things up a bit and paint them red.

This is the before shot....boring

The after is much better. I primed with a gray primer found in the oops pile at Home Depot. Followed by four coats of the red paint. I will never use Martha Stewart paint again. It would not have taken four coats on top of primer if I had gotten a quality paint. Well, I had never used it before and thought I would give it a try. We learn by trial and error.

New bird from Hobby Lobby half price. Copied my sister, she had one.

Found this urn on sale at a local decor store and thought it would look nice in this

corner across from my bold yellow cabinet in the opposite corner. Filled it with some hydrangeas.

Close up of the detail of the crackled finish.

Thanks so much for all your wonderful comments. I really do appreciate them. I am trying to do better about visiting your blogs, too. Finished the trim painting today. One job just leads to another.

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KIM

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