If you sing it to the tune of "painting the roses red", you could almost be fooled into thinking it's not that big of a job. Almost. It's a big ol' bear of a job!! But, one that has to be done. Here is my living room with the oak shutters.
I taped around the moldings and removed the shutters from the frame. Zero wants to know why I moved the couch so far away from his favorite view. Then I wiped them all down with a deglosser a couple of times so the paint will stick better.
After painting my office shutters with a brush and Hating. Every. Minute. I decided there has to be a better way. That better way is a spray gun. I watched some videos online of how professionals paint shutters and learned a few tips. One of them is to nail some long nails at each end to rest the shutters on while you paint. Genius. This was the first time using a paint gun for me. It took a little getting used to. It goes through paint pretty fast, but I really only had to do one coat because it goes on pretty thick. And it's paint and primer in one. I use Behr from Home Depot.
I also learned to use a ladder to put the shutters on to dry. One of the videos was a company that makes plantation shutters. They said the most popular shutter color is Swiss Coffee. That's the white I use on all of my doors and trim in my house! And that's what these shutters are painted in!
It's been a few days of work, but I'm excited to see them up and see the transformation.
Stay tuned.
