I’m really excited to share this fun guest post with you from an anonymous guest author! She has such good ideas for decorating and organizing with shutters, makes me want to go find some so I can incorporate them into our home decor too!
Today I’ve been thinking about how to organize my home better, since everything gets easily cluttered when you’ve got lots of creative people living under the same roof. I’ve also had some thoughts about repurposing shutters. I’m the lucky winner of a set of 10 plantation shutters that used to be on my neighbor’s home. They got curtains, and I got some inspiration! Here are 4 unique ways to use shutters around your house for some decorative organizing!
Noticeboard extravaganza!
I’ve been feeling the need in recent times to have a noticeboard right by the front door. That way I can leave messages for my loved one; he can leave messages for me, and we see them as soon as we walk in the door. Now, our notes and useful information seems to get lost under the sea of ‘things’ in the kitchen. The angled slats of the shutters work well as a place to slot in notes and cards and everything else, and they rest against the wall behind, so nothing falls out easily.
Nursery display for the grown-ups
We haven’t much space here, but the kids keep creating works of art that I want to keep. It must be a mom-thing. Instead of losing them in the clutter, or risking them becoming too dog-eared, I realized that the shutters would work perfectly for these too. Creating heavy-duty cardboard frames around the drawings, I pinned them directly to the shutter wood, in a straight but not too regimented way. Looks quirky and cute, and the kids love seeing their work on the wall above the dining table.
Hanging rack for the kitchen
I realize people might think there is a bit of a shutter theme in my kitchen, but continuing the theme of organization and clutter-control, I put three large shutters on the largest wall in the kitchen; cue s-hooks hung through the slats. Instead of suffering from overloaded drawers, my wall now holds serving spoons, saucepans, tongs, a garlic press and a whole bunch of other essential kitchen stuff.
Toy box for better storage
You don’t need a set of shutters for this job, and actually I only had two left over, but you’re looking for four pieces of wood, preferably shutter-shaped, three of which you can hammer together, long side to long side. The fourth should be affixed on the top using the hinges (already present on the shutters if that’s what you’re using), and that creates the lid. Two pieces of thick square plywood hammered onto the sides should finish it off. There are a few extra touches if you like; I put a strap on the inside of the box lid so that it didn’t flip the whole thing over. You could also paint them in a lovely shabby chic style, although shutters come with such unique colors and finishes that there’s very likely no need for that at all.
I know it, I’m now obsessed, but luckily for everyone in my family, I’ve run out of shutters, and everyone has benefited because our home is that little bit more orderly.
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