Cedar Shutters

great looking shutters, they would have made some nice looking chairs…

-- Dan Hux,,,,Raleigh, NC http://whitdaniel.com

Very nice! The wife and I were just discussing the other day about getting rid of the faux vinyl shutters and building some wooden ones! I will show her these in the morning! Again, nice job!

-- Chris in Maine - http://www.cooltoolshed.com

old wood usually has more personality. Always worth a look.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Thanks! These things are so easy to make. The hardest part is hanging them on the house actually. I still have some of the left over cedar and I’m using some of it to build lifeguard chairs. Some of the other cedar I have has carpenter bee holes in it which looks awesome.

Beautiful Shutters, Nice to run into such a lucky find!

-- Bobby,LongvilleLake,La

How about a detailed blog of what you did. You mentioned paint and sanding. Is that how the main picture evolved? Paint then sanding off the paint? The main pic has such a deep luster. Very curious. Reusing old wood really appeals to me and I really like what you did.

OOPS. you said PLANED (not painted). Duh

-- If You Haven't Got the Time to Do It Right, When Will You Find the Time to Do It Over?

haha planed, not painted… I do like that old look when you paint a base color, then paint over it with another color and then sand it off but I didn’t paint anything and I didn’t even use a stain on these. They are simply coated with water sealer. This wood was just really neat looking with those deep grooves and the colors were really pronounced when it was water sealed. They have been on the house almost two years now and they still look exactly the same with little to no fading.