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{ Outdoor Showers }

After spending weeks on again and off again at the beach, my husband has fallen in love (again) with the idea of an outdoor shower.
So I did what every normal pinner does, and searched outdoor showers on PINTEREST

Why are outdoor showers only at vacation homes?
Why can't we have one at our house?
Here's the some of the inspiration I came up with...on pinterest

Out door shower love Hoop outdoor shower

simple outdoor shower Outdoor shower/Outdoor seating

and TONS more....
if you'd like to follow along, join me here.

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{ Painting the Shutters }

6:13 PM | Labels: handy, Outdoors, Paint

A few weeks ago I made shutters for our house.

I finally got around to painting the shutters.

I wanted a a color that I could stain to make it the perfect shade of aged copper.

Here goes.

I tried using a paint sprayer, but that was a complete failure.

The sprayer was a hand me down from a friend. I think it was about 20+ years old

with dried paint in the nozzle to prove it.

So, I went ahead the old fashioned way with a brush and a roller.

There are only 10 shutters (so far), so it wasn't to bad.

Here's the winning color....

Here are the two shutters side by side.

I like the shutter without the stain too, only not for my style house.

May be if I had a house at the beach I would use this color without the stain.

Here's the process I used to stain the shutters.

I used Annie Sloan dark wax.

I applied it with a brush and a little pencil.

I used the pencil to get deep into the groves of the shutter.

I brushed the wax on the shutters with the grain of the wood.

Then I smudged and rubbed with a soft cloth all over the shutter.

Here's the before picture of the shutters. (minus one, obviously)

Here's a little trick I used for hanging the new shutters without having to drill new holes into the stone.

I laid the old shutter on top of the new shutter and pushed the screw through the old hole to make a mark in the new shutter where the screw should be.

I hope that makes sense (?)

Here we are half way there.

What an improvement, eh?

And, with both shutters attached.

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{ How to make your own exterior Shutters }

5:52 PM | Labels: handy, Outdoors

Yes, I made all of these shutters myself...In like, a half an hour.

When I tell you you'll spend more time talking to the guy who cuts the wood at Home Depot than you will actually making your shutters, I'm not kidding.

If you don't think you're handy, try this project, and then get back to me and tell me how amazed you are with yourself.

Here's the "before". blahh

What your about to make is a "board & batten" style exterior shutter.

Measure the shutters that you currently have on your house now (or your windows if your lacking shutters and want to add some).

Put on your cutest outfit and run over to Home Depot, or Lowes.

Purchase pre-primed lumber and have the man (or women, but I have yet to run into that situation) who cuts the wood, cut the lumber down to size (which would be the LENGTH of your shutters - the boards).

Have smaller cuts of the wood made equal to the WIDTH of your shutters - the batten, you'll need 2 of these pieces for each shutter that you are making.

Purchase a container of these exterior screws.

You'll also need your drill, and bits.

Have some other serious looking tools lying around too, so people will think you are

AMAZING.

You might even want to clip a measuring tape to you belt and put a pencil behind your ear.

You'll line up your boards.
I used 3 boards, side by side. face down.
Attach these boards using the smaller board you had cut, the batten (placed UNDER the boards while your drilling).
Use a piece of cardboard as a template to line up where the batten will sit, so it will be equal on all shutters.
Drilling from the back of the shutter eliminates the need to counter sink and fill with wood fill.

Drill from the back of the shutters, attaching the smaller piece to all 3 long pieces.

(and wear shoes)

Do the same thing on the other end of the shutter, and...ta da.
You just made your own shutter!
now, repeat 11 more times.

Up next, using a paint sprayer (I never have before)

and the big reveal on the shutter COLOR choice!

Oh, I can't wait!

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{ Spots of Color }

5:44 AM | Labels: Outdoors

I love the rustic look browns and tans and creams in a room.
But every now and them I feel the need for some color. Especially when the weather gets warmer and Spring really gets going.

There's been more and more color add to our house lately.
I thought I'd share a few images with you here...