Wall of Shutters

Woooohoooo, the wall of shutters is almost finished.

Early last year I responded to an offer on the rEcycle list I co-own. The member had two sets of approximately 6 feet tall shutters that he had removed from his livingroom windows. I was lucky enough to receive them from him and thankfully before we could get them installed last summer the kid across the street crashed into our front wall. Since the room was rebuilt last year, the shutters have been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting to reach the top of the "to do" list I had for Randy.

This is the before. Behind our futon is the back of the upright piano, my computer desk is across the room and to the right.

Then the almost complete after shot. We still have to paint, or that is I have to paint. The shutters didn't fill up the entire space so on the left is a small bookcase that will soon have shelves to hold doo-dads and across the top of the shutters is a long shelf for more doo-dads....and believe me we have enough doo-dads to fill that space and more. The futon will be infront of the lower part of the case but the shelves will be there in case I ever rearrange furniture. The shutter section that has a gap at the top between it and that long shelf will be hinged to the shutters on the right to make a doorway for me.

Ever since I was a young girl I have had dreams of a room behind a secret doorway and now I will have one.

When I finish painting and everything is really finished I will post another picture. I am also going to make a plaque to hang above the door way that says "SUKHAVATI - Place of Bliss" and when I do not want to be disturbed I will have a sign that says "Nobody gets to see the Wizard! Not nobody, not no how"

toni wrote:

and when I do not want to be disturbed I will have a sign that says "Nobody gets to see the Wizard! Not nobody, not no how"

So now you are like the Wizard of Oz behind the curtains? You need to install a loudspeaker so you can shout out things from behind there in a menacing tone Mr. Green

So did you get the shutters for free Toni or was it a trade? In any case you did a great job installing them even if they were not 100% suited to the location size-wise. They look totally natural there now, if you had switched the before and after pics I would have thought someone drove through another wall Wink

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And also interestingly we got to see the Toni desk. Is that Stew I see flittering on the screen? Wink

Good job Toni!

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