Hello friends! So happy to be stopping by again from Making it in the Mountains, where I blog about our journey to renovate our first fixer upper to create the {farmhouse} of our dreams!
Since popping in to share my book page garland last month, I’ve had a ton of questions about the beautiful cedar shutters I showed it draped over. Y’all have been asking for a tutorial, so today, I’m so happy to show you just how quick and easy those rustic shutters were to whip up!
To make each shutter, I started with 3 cedar deck boards cut to my desired length, which for me, was 4 feet. I laid them all out side-by-side and then cut two shorter boards that would lie across them all, one for the top of my shutter and one for the bottom – these two pieces are what will actually hold the shutters together. I used some clamps to hold my cross boards in place, turned it all over and, with a couple of screws, I attached the longer boards to each of the cross boards beneath. Screwing first through the longer boards, and then into the cross board, allowed for the screws to stay hidden, so they were’t visible from the front of my shutter.
Once it was all together, I gave it all a quick wipe down with this natural danish oil to bring out the grain and protect the wood.
I think they look so pretty sitting on top of this beautiful buffet table in my new office space! But really, there and SO many ways I could put these to work all over the house!
These rustic shutters were so quick to whip up, I’m already planning to build a few more to throw in with my holiday decor.
Wishing you SUCH a lovely day!
Cute cute cute! Love Kristi’s office space mucho,
and her gorgeous DIY Chalkboard Painted Wall!
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