We bought a short sale. Enough said right?! I mean some people luck out and find a short sale that is in great condition. We weren’t all that lucky. We had an HOA violation sheet with about 25 no no’s on it. One of the items was our shutters. We have blue siding and we had to work with that (who wants to spend all the extra dough on siding). The shutters before were a heinous burgundy color.
2012 House Listing -- I didn't take this.
I decided to change the color to black. Here’s the after.
The after.... shutters look much better
Much better, huh?1?! I love simplicity, that’s why I chose black. I had no idea where to start, so I went to Home Depot and the guy there was really helpful with what kind of paint to use.
Behr Paint that we used!
It was an exterior semi-gloss enamel, paint and primer in one. {So what if husband threw this paint can away, and I went dumpster diving to get it}. It cost about $40. Not bad for an exterior transformation. So, we got 18 shutters and a front door painted for $40.
All you do is take the shutters down (some people say to leave them up and spray paint them while they are up, I beg to differ). Here’s husband taking them down, they aren’t that hard to remove.
Husband taking down the shutters. Who said IT people can't be handy?!
Paint away!!!!!
I actually painted over the pegs that hold the shutters in, but you can buy them for pretty cheap too. Then you just paint, paint and paint. We wiped ours down really well before painting over an dust layer. I’m SO happy we did this. It did take a good while, but it was totally worth it!!! Oh yeah, I also got a few cans of spray paint and painted the backs since we have the old school shutters. I love it now!
About Dana Patterson
I'm an energetic SAHM of two fun little girls! It's never a dull moment with kids 21 months apart. I love life and enjoy cooking, working out and just hanging with my family.
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