Fabulous Thrifty Finds

A couple days ago, mom & I went thrifting for a little while, & found a couple of awesome treasures to add character & texture to our homes. Among these items was an old vintage shutter, a sweet little bird cage, both absolutely perfect for my laundry room, & an adorable chair pad for the kitchen desk chair, which I had repainted & distressed, & for which I had been searching for the perfect chair pad. My favorite - the vintage shutters!! During this process, I learned a couple of things about buying old shutters, which I had been planning to do for a while, but haven't had the guts : 

1.) If you're looking to decorate with old vintage shutters or doors, you might be better off buying ones that aren't painted or have already been stripped of paint, because as I just learned the hard way, this old paint peels off so easily & can make a gigantic mess in your backseat, trunk, or lawn, if you choose to hose them off, thinking that you'll hose the dirt off, when in reality, you're just hosing the paint off. You can always repaint them afterwards if they're just brown wood and simply avoid the beautiful mess of peeling paint, which could be proove to be hazardous to your health...if you ate it, I guess.

2.) Make sure that the hardware is on tight, & that there are pins fastening both latches together, opposed to realizing that one of the pins is missing when you arrive home.

3.) If you're going to separate the shutters assuming that you buy them in a pair, & you're planning to hang one as decor, choose the shutter with the hardware still attached, & attempt to hang it on the wall using the hardware since there are most likely little holes already there.

Have a wonderful evening & enjoy the rest of your fabulous weekend!! While you're at it, Go shutter shopping - It's loads of fun!!