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DIY Patriotic Shutter

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Decorate your Front Porch, Yard or even inside your home with this easy to make Patriotic Shutter. With just a few supplies and an old shutter, you have a cool decoration perfect for Fourth of July and all Summer long. 

Welcome your guests all Summer long with this fun Patriotic Shutter! With just a few simple supplies, you can take an old shutter and make it new again! Click on the photo to see the instructions.

I picked up an old plastic shutter at a Garage Sale a couple weeks ago, and with some spray paint and a little time…the Patriotic Shutter was done! Isn’t it the coolest ever? I shopped the house and pulled the other items together for the Summer Front Porch Decorations. I’m just so tickled with how it all came together! Let me show you how Doug painted the shutter.

The supplies are simple…

Make your own Patriotic Shutter

DIY Patriotic Shutter Supplies:

  • Shutter – plastic or wood, any color and old is fine
  • Primer Paint – we used Krylon Dual Paint and Primer in one
  • Paint – we used Krylon Fusion for Plastic in Navy and Red Pepper (the color is on the back of the can, near the bottom)
  • Painter’s Tape – Doug is loving this Delicate Surface Frog Tape, it goes on easy and comes off great too, without pulling the paint off

Make your own Patriotic Shutter

Step 1:

  • Give the shutter a good coat of Primer. Be sure if the shutter is plastic, to buy paint that will adhere to it. Let the paint dry at least 24 hours.

Make your own Patriotic Shutter

Step 2:

  • Cover the sides and top with Frog Tape. Be sure you seal it down well, and get it all the corners.

Make your own Patriotic Shutter

Step 3:

  • Next you will need to tape off the inside of the shutter. This took Doug quite awhile, but after the taping is all done, the painting goes quickly. Cut the star out of paper for a pattern, place it on the shutter and trace around it with a pencil. Tape off the star.

Make your own Patriotic Shutter

Step 4:

  • Now it’s time to spray paint the upper half blue and the bottom red. Use a drop cloth to cover the area if you need to.

Make your own Patriotic Shutter
Step 5:

  • After 2 coats of each color, and drying time in between each coat, it’s time to take the tape off for the big reveal.

Painting Tips:

  1. Let the primer dry at least 24 hours
  2. Be sure you let the shutter dry between each addition of paint. Read the directions on the paint, but we let the shutter dry about 30 minutes between coats.
  3. Use an X-ACTO Knife to push the tape into the corners and also to remove the tape {like we did with the Corn Hole Toss}
  4. If the star doesn’t turn out perfect on the edges {like ours}, just spray some paint onto a piece of wood or paper plate, and use Q-tips. I like the Precision Tips, just dab the Q-tip in the paint and clean up the edges of the star.

Welcome your guests all Summer long with this fun Patriotic Shutter! With just a few simple supplies, you can take an old shutter and make it new again! Click on the photo to see the instructions.

To soften the edges of the Patriotic Shutter, and make it a little more unique and whimsical, I pulled apart a grapevine wreath and just draped it over the edge, tucked in a piece of burlap and added a tied piece of rope.

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84 Comments

  1. I love anything red, white and blue, and this is so creative — love it! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday. 🙂

    1. Madeline from HoosierHomemade says:

      Thanks Dee!

    1. Madeline from HoosierHomemade says:

      Thanks so much Cindy!

  2. What a cute, patriotic idea! Thanks for sharing =) Found your blog through wake up wednesday.

    Blessings,
    Edye // Gracefulcoffee

    1. Madeline from HoosierHomemade says:

      Thanks so much Edye- hope you stop by again soon!

    1. Thanks so much Angie! It is a favorite of mine too!
      ~Liz

  3. Sandi Allen says:

    Love this! Thanks for sharing your tutorial!

  4. Glenda @ Busy-at-Home says:

    L.O.V.E. !!! Liz, this is so cute! Thanks for sharing the simple tutorial. I think even I can make something like this with your easy instructions! 🙂

    1. Hi Glenda, so excited you like the shutter! Thanks for stopping by!
      ~Liz

    1. So glad you liked the painted shutter! Thanks for stopping by!

      1. Madeleine says:

        I made a shutter similar to yours and gave credit to your site on FB for the inspiration. Thank you!

  5. Very cute what a great idea…..

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