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Cafe Plantation Shutters

August 5, 2015

I had a dream of beautiful bright plantation shutters in our kitchen dining area.  I quickly  realized that dream was a little far fetched one I started looking into the pricing.  Hot-dang!  Those suckers are expensive!   Challenge Accepted!DIY plantation shutters www.sawdust2stitches.com

 She transforms thrift store doors into planation shutters! www.sawdust2stitches.com

Anyone who knows me, is fairly aware I am pretty  dang stubborn.  Once I had my heart set on plantation shutters,  I WOULD figure out how to do it, within my budget.  So, I hit up our local ReStore,  I was able to find this set of plantation doors.  They weren’t the right size, but for $20  I could make them work! Plantation Shutters Makeover  www.sawdust2stitches.com

  I started dismantling them by removing the tilt bar.  I  just used snips to cut the staple.

Deconstructing a plantation shutter www.sawdust2stitches.com    After I removed the tilt bar, I proceeded to remove the Louvers.  I was surprised at how easily  they  popped out.   I also removed the “shutter pins”.  I saved these, and would use them later. plantation shutters makoever saswdust2stitches.com  Next I needed to create new frames for my plantation shutters.  I cut “stiles” for the frame. Plantation Shutters Cut Stiles www.sawdust2stitches

  I then drilled holes that would receive the shutter pins.

plantation shutters www.sawdust2stitches.com

 I then placed all the shutter pins. Insert shutter pins sawdust2stitches

 I then cut down the louvers to fit my new frames.  I intentionally cut down from both sides so that I could keep the original center staple in place.      Plantation shutters sawdust2stitches.com

Once the louvers were cut to size I needed to drill the center hole that would receive the other side of the shutter pin.

Plantation Shutter pin sawdust2stitches

Next it was time to assemble. I partially assembled the frame using a  Kreg Jig pocket holes.

add top rails

I then proceeded to slide all the louvers in place. Once all the louvers were in place I finished securing the rails to the stiles.

Attach rails on Plantation Shutters Sawdust2stitches

 I then gave it a final paint job.

www.sawdust2stitches.com  plantation shutters

I then needed to replace the original tilt rod. I  first cut it down to size. tilt rod sawdust2stitches.com

I had no clue  how I was going to get these attached, but my husband is a genius and  suggested  simply  buying the same size staples , and simply  push them back in!

Attaching tilt rod sawdust2stitches

…and that is just what I did. I placed a small amount of glue in the original holes, and then placed a staple through the center staple on the louver and then pushed through into the  tilt bar.

DIY Plantation Shutters sawdust2stitches.com

Last thing necessary was adding hinges.  My plantation shutters required two sets of hinges.  One set to connect the two doors to each other and the other st to hang the shutter on the wall.  As you can see in the above image,  I mounted the shutters to frame work around the window. ( I have seen them inset, but this is just how I chose to do it.)

… and that my friends is how I made custom cafe plantation shutters for less than $45 ! Whoot Whoot! diy planation shutters from thrifted doors sawdust2stitches.com  DIY plantation shutters www.sawdust2stitches.com

 Thanks for stopping by and take luck!

Corey

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Comments

  1. Tonya says

    August 6, 2015 at 8:28 am

    Very nice.

  2. Mindi says

    August 6, 2015 at 11:47 am

    Holy patient woman!! You are so cleaver, they look beautiful!!

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      August 9, 2015 at 3:46 pm

      hahah Thanks Mindi! More accurately like “holy crazy woman!” haha. Thanks!

  3. Sharon diaz says

    August 8, 2015 at 1:54 pm

    I love getting a product that I love for so little in cost! Well done.

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      August 9, 2015 at 3:45 pm

      Thanks Sharon! Gotta love a product with potential! Thanks for reading!

  4. Pauline Henderson says

    August 8, 2015 at 4:42 pm

    Can I just tell you how amazingly brilliant this is?…
    Because this is AMAZING AND BRILLIANT!!
    Awesome Corey.

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      August 9, 2015 at 3:44 pm

      hahah Thanks Pauline! I am cheap and have and obsessive nature. It was bound to happen! 🙂

  5. Ellen says

    August 9, 2015 at 12:05 pm

    Great job! Your project is brilliant. I have always loved shutters—way back to those little skinny things with the narrow louvers. Quite a few years ago, I put plantations shutters across the windows of my house—a big splurge for me—and I’ve never looked back. Those shutters are the only window treatments on the front, and I think they are especially great in small rooms. I don’t plan to ever take them down.

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      August 9, 2015 at 3:43 pm

      I could not agree more! I absolutely love them, and have been sizing up a few more places I would love to put them!

  6. Charisse says

    August 28, 2015 at 9:17 pm

    Utterly genius!

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