Decorative Window Shutters From Recycled Lumber

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Video made by Stan Published on 11/02/2016, viewed by 2811 , 3 Comments

Window Shutters made from 100+ year old porch boards

What you will need

Recycled lumber

Cookies and exterior glue

Paint

Deck screws

Wood plugs

How to do this project

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Gather recycled materials

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Locate any remaining metal fasteners, wire brush dirt, load up planar with old blades, wear mask, surface plane boards. Take care to dispose all shavings that may contain lead paint

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esistant glue and cookies. Cut to length

Trim all lumber edges to provide a jointed edge. Glue boards with weather resistant glue and cookies. Cut to length

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Fabricate surface mounted horizontal keys

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end's wife idea.

Make a heart shaped template to router out a heart in each shutter. My friend's wife idea.

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Install keys

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Paint and attach to house hiding screws with wood plugs

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A happy friend

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Rafael Sanches avatar
Rafael Sanches
11/02/2016 ☰
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing! I'm looking for replacing my fake plastic shutters. Very inspiring.
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Ethan Gayle avatar
Ethan Gayle
11/04/2016 ☰
Good one!
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Vikram Verma avatar
Vikram Verma
11/18/2016 ☰
Hi
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