{ Painting the Shutters }

A few weeks ago I made shutters for our house.

I finally got around to painting the shutters.

I wanted a a color that I could stain to make it the perfect shade of aged copper.

Here goes.

I tried using a paint sprayer, but that was a complete failure.

The sprayer was a hand me down from a friend. I think it was about 20+ years old 

with dried paint in the nozzle to prove it.

So, I went ahead the old fashioned way with a brush and a roller.

There are only 10 shutters (so far), so it wasn't to bad.

Here's the winning color....

Here are the two shutters side by side.

I like the shutter without the stain too, only not for my style house.

May be if I had a house at the beach I would use this color without the stain.

Here's the process I used to stain the shutters.

I used Annie Sloan dark wax.

I applied it with a brush and a little pencil.

I used the pencil to get deep into the groves of the shutter.

I brushed the wax on the shutters with the grain of the wood.

Then I smudged and rubbed with a soft cloth all over the shutter.

Here's the before picture of the shutters. (minus one, obviously)

Here's a little trick I used for hanging the new shutters without having to drill new holes into the stone.

I laid the old shutter on top of the new shutter and pushed the screw through the old hole to make a mark in the new shutter where the screw should be. 

I hope that makes sense (?)

Here we are half way there.

What an improvement, eh?

And, with both shutters attached.

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