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I have had this plantation shutter for a long, long time. I don’t even remember where I got it. I’ve never really had an idea of how to repurpose it until I saw something at Cracker Barrel that gave me an idea for my upcycled shutter.

This was my inspiration for this upcycled shutter project. My shutter was larger, so I chose to do my phrases a little different.

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I didn’t take a picture of my project before I started, but it was just a large plantation shutter similar to these.

Easy upcycled shutter project

First, I removed the tilt bar and added a scrap piece of thin wood to make the louvers stationary.

I used Heirloom Traditions Paint  Buttermilk Chalk Type Paint to give my repurposed plantation shutter a nice vintage look. I used some Heirloom Traditions clear wax.

How to design multiple lines in the Silhouette program

The design was done in the Silhouette program using the Gabriola Font in a size of 135. I did all of the phrases, and just let some hang out off of the working page. Then I just moved them when I wanted to cut them out.

Easy vinyl transfer with Painter’s Tape

I used  brown vinyl (from Silhouette) and took advantage of the easy transfer method using painter’s tape. You can transfer several lines reusing the same piece of tape. I like the gentler hold of the painter’s tape compared to transfer material for small items like this.

Voila! here is the end result! This was a quickie project that I did a couple of months ago.

Don’t you love how it turned out? I do and I wonder why it took me so long to repurpose this plantation shutter.

I hope I’ve inspired you to do your own upcycled shutter project! It’s so much fun to do shutter projects, and fake shutter projects using bi-fold doors. 🙂

gail

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