Here a shutter, there a shutter, every window has a shutter!

One of the best gifts (if not the best) we received for Christmas was shutters for our humble abode! I have been wanting shutters since we bought the house - just to give it a little extra touch. And when I asked for them for Christmas, it was a crazy idea (much to pricey) and I never gave them another thought. So when I opened this oddly wrapped gift on Christmas morning I was so surprised! You see, I forgot how handy-dandy my pop is and that he can create almost anything for a fraction of the cost! Yes, my friends, he built us our shutters! Yahoo!

No for the color debacle. I love colors -bright, vivid, colorful, colors! So I thought a deep burgundy would look very nice against our grey home, however, my hubs, being much more understated and conservative with colors, did not. Geoff (not being very keen on the whole shutter idea in the first place) put his foot down on my burgundy shutter filled dream. He wanted a more muted and, in his words, not so stand-outish color. After toying around with the color black, and a little insight from my dad, we decided on Navy. And though it's not as vivid as I originally thought I wanted - I love it so much more!!

Downstairs - done!

Window done and screen back in place . . .

Upstairs - done!

Subtle yet beautiful!