Best method for hanging exterior shutters on brick?
Basil
2 years ago
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PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
2 years agoBasil
2 years ago@Patricia Colwell Consulting, 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:
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