Sharing the love: the shutter bug.

Raise your hand if you love old shutters (and old windows for that matter, which I also have, but haven't decided what I'll do with them)?  On a recent antique jaunt, I picked up a beauty, eh.  Seriously, you're just gonna (fill in the blank) when you see this.

I mean, look at the color!  It's like a green-y, blue-y, gray-y shade of chippy goodness.  All weathered and worn with a story to tell.  Wish I knew it.

See the rusty hinges?  I think I would've loved the house this old shutter adorned.  What color do you think that house might have been?  A pristine white farmhouse maybe?  Or a gray-beige Nantucket cape cod?  Or how 'bout a terracotta beach bungalow?   That color of lusciousness would compliment so many shades of loveliness, don't you agree?

In my house, I think I shall hang it on the horizontal above my aqua couch in the living room, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite rooms in the house.  With it's mistinted grey/natural walls, white painted furniture,  drop cloth drapes, and pops of aqua.  After the holidays I will be adding some finishing touches to my living/computer room as I finally found my inspiration, beginning with this ravishingly beautiful shutter, a pair of my great gramma's rose-strewn plates and matching chippy pitcher.

Gorgeousness.

 

 

 

Are ya feeling it?

 

Stay tuned....

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