Salvaged ! The 32 Shutter Challenge ~ repurposing shutters in the garden
I had pretty much given up hope on pulling ivy in part of our back garden and resigned myself to just making it look halfway decent with garden accents. Then, last year a neighbor gave me ten shutters and I made two raised garden beds from them. It really worked, a way to garden even
Salvaged ~ Build A Fence From Shutters!
What do you do with thirty-two salvaged shutters? Well, one of the projects I did with fourteen of them was building a fence/screen to define a new garden area in our yard. The shutters were salvaged from a friend’s home that had just been painted. They decided to go for a more modern look
Build A Raised Bed Garden ~ Our Fairfield Home & Garden
Ever since I made two raised garden beds out of my neighbor’s cast-off shutters, I have wanted more! But, unfortunately, materials to repurpose were just not coming my way. Then I saw a wonderful raised bed by Aristata Land Works posted on Pinterest and was inspired. For only $68 worth of materials I could have
Salvaged ~ Build A Shutter Arbor!
If you can use an electric drill and a screwdriver, you can make your own garden arbor out of salvaged shutters. Lay the pieces out on the ground and attach one shutter on to the tops of two others. A strip of pressured treated wood was added for extra stability on the bottom
Salvaged ~ Build A Potting Bench From Shutters!
When you are given thirty-two old wooden shutters there’s a lot of projects to make! Here’s what I made from just four of them – a potting bench. Right next to the garden and attached to the garden shed, this potting bench is in the perfect location. If you can use a saw