Exterior Shutters
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14 years ago
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Paint color, brand and sheen for exterior shutters? Funcolors?
Comments (4)Good lookin' house! I would go for a dark almost black navy blue, same hue family as the body. Because it would be the more edited, simpler choice. Edit and simplify is always a good plan IMO. Never use oil based for anything. It's especially a poor choice for exterior because it doesn't have the same flex and resiliency as water born paints. It's not flexible, doesn't expand and contract with vacillating temps and it cracks. No need for FPE unless you really want to try it. Ben Moore's top tier exterior is more than adequate for shutters....See MoreBest method for hanging exterior shutters on brick?
Comments (8)@Patricia Colwell, I included a link to the shutters in my post but left out pictures of the house and shutters because my question pertained to a method for hanging the shutters. I don't think there's a special circumstance or a design issue, just some help for some reluctant and unexpected DIY-ers. Here is the "after" picture that another Houzz user created for us that we've been using as a guide for our refresh project. Our house now looks essentially like the picture below now that the painting and new roof are done, but we went went a different color for the shutters and the front door. Our new shutters are half the width of the windows, and we are adding faux hardware to make them look operable. The shutters have no holes or hardware and didn't come with hardware to install them, which is why I'm reaching out to the Houzz community to ask about installation methods. Here are views of the shutters taken as screenshots from where we bought them:...See MoreInstalling exterior shutters on radius-top window with no trim
Comments (8)The trim is weird, though I did just have wider trim put on the rest of the windows and corner boards, but the original trim was not bad, just a little narrower than I wanted. The carriage doors unfortunately will be replaced soon with overhead doors as they let in too much cold air and there is finished living area above the garage. The new doors will be trimmed with the same arch to retain the look. We also have plans to add an overhang, as well as a third bay....See MoreExterior shutters
Comments (1)No shutters. Most of the shutters you have are too small because there's no room for adequately sized shutters....See Moretooskinneejs
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