umm...remember when i said i had one more painting project to show you? in april?
whoops! just found this draft hiding among so many posts and couldn't delete it.
this is a good one! so...better late than never?
this is my shutter shelf.
my grandad made it for me when I was in college.
it was a project he tackled after we saw something similar while browsing first monday in canton.
in college, i didn't bother painting it. i just used it for a few months in our dining room before packing up my life and moving to new york. so for the past 5.5ish years, my shutter shelf was held hostage at mom and dad's house.
but when i moved in to my dallas apartment with lindsey last january, i decided it was time for a little shutter shelf finishing project.
the solution: staining.
i am new to staining. it was trickery. especially with all those slats.
but i think you'll agree that these shutters had such potential with a natural look. painting a color would have been easier, but i couldn't picture it. and i knew grandad would have stained it.
so stain i did. with a lotta help from mom. the pro-stainer herself.
it turned out so much prettier than i'd imagined. love the way the different wood soaked up the same color stain.
the finished product is pretty great. i am super happy with the way it looks in our living room.
staining project, check check!
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