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DIY Furniture Home Decor Trash To Treasure

Repurposed Shutters

Trash to Treasure Ideas: Repurposed Shutters

Shutters are probably the one item that you can find in every flea market, garage sale, salvage yard, or recycling stores like Habitat for Humanity Restore.  Not only are they abundant, but they are usually inexpensive. With a little paint and creativity, you can literally turn trash into treasure. Check out my trash to treasure guide for why you should buy furniture secondhand. It also includes a list of trash to treasure tips and project ideas.

Here are some great ideas for repurposed shutters.

In my search to find DIY inspiration for repurposed shutters, I found that most were used for organization.  Shutters could be used for organizing everything from mail to potted plants or from family photos and post cards to kitchen utensils.

 

Here is a great idea using shutters for decorative display from 221 Vision.

Make a big impact in the dining room with these beautiful ideas.

 

This repurposed furniture idea is an outdoor table is from Goodhouskeeping.com.

I LOVE this free standing headboard from a display at Anthropologie.  Once again, GREEN is my color!

This crafty shutter shelf is from BHG.com

Shutters work well for bathroom organization as well.

Additional Photo Sources: Etsy.com, Goodhousekeeping.com, Pintrest.com, Dwellinggawker.com

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  1. SallyAnn says

    September 8, 2012 at 5:57 am

    Hi Dinah,

    I just love your site and wanted to comment on this article about the repurposed old shutters. I love all the pictures because they give so many different ideas, but the one that I love was the first one for the bathroom. Putting the wire basket on the front of the shutter is so shabby chic and very cute.
    Thanks for posting this article and sharing more ideas with us.
    SallyAnn

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    • dwulf says

      September 8, 2012 at 7:14 am

      Hi SallyAnn! Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting! I love that one too. I’ve seen so many repurposed shutters and that one is very unexpected and clever. 🙂

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    • Sarah says

      February 18, 2013 at 3:35 am

      I love anything to do with shabby chic and I am in love with these shutters! Thanks for sharing, I definitely have inspiration now to get decorating my new home!

      Reply
  2. mj says

    September 8, 2012 at 6:56 am

    I love the one outside with the mason jars. what a cute idea 🙂

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    • dwulf says

      September 8, 2012 at 7:15 am

      Hi MJ! Yes! That one is great. I think different sized jars would be cute as well. 🙂 Thanks for commenting!

      Reply
  3. jenny says

    October 1, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    Love this

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  4. Cathy says

    March 23, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    Hi, just found a post that leads to your post on shutters. Do you have the specific source for the white shutter with the jars with herbs? I’m interested in how they attached the jars and need the source to find out how.
    Many thanks,
    Cathy

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    • Dinah Wulf says

      March 23, 2014 at 9:08 pm

      Hi Cathy! I couldn’t find the proper source but I think you could use metal pipe clamps to wrap around the Mason jar and then zip tie it to the shutter in the back. I hope this helps!

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  5. Teresa Devereux says

    August 5, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    Wow, Dinah….you are very creative!

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