I had been looking for something to add to our mantel to give it a little more depth.
Our fireplace sits against a huge wall and sometimes the things that I put on our mantel get swallowed up by the big wall.
So while I was out junkin' one weekend, I came across a pair of shutters that were just the right size to sit next to the mirror on our mantel.
How did I know they would be the right size??
Well I carry a handy dandy little tape measure in my purse at all times, or course!
The shutters weren't very pretty when I bought them (for 10 bucks!).
This is actually a picture of the backsides (looks the same as the front did) because I got too excited and spray painted the fronts before I took a 'before' picture!
Speckled red paint on the trim with bad gold paint on the louvers.
Nothing a little sand paper and spray paint couldn't fix though!
And viola!
Here is how they look now after a few coats of Valspar Warm Grey spray paint.
Pretend you don't see the beginnings of my Christmas decorations, just look at the pretty shutters!
Now I think I need to paint the ginormous wall behind it - ugh.
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Very nice!! And I am so excited to start decorating for the Christmas season. The day after Thanksgiving! Yay!! :)
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Beth.
Love the shutters! Drooling over your beautiful mantel.
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever to carry a tape measure w/ you!
I am going to have to find a mini one! Ours weighs a ton.
The shutters look beautiful! I have a tv over my fireplace :( My hubbie loves it and it is super nice to have it up and out of the way but I miss out on decorating my mantel... Oh well, I guess that means I just get to drool over everyone elses :0)
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative and see things I would never see. I love the shutters!
ReplyDeleteThe shutters look so smart and beautiful...so exciting.
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