Antique Shutter With Wreath Door Display
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When you find a perfectly aged antique shutter, it needs to be on display. Hanging a wreath, which is what i did, on the shutter then hanging the whole thing on your front door is genius. But first comes the wreath.
I put a Fall wreath together but it just wasn’t working for me. Too plain or small or something. The vintage shutter from my junk stash was the perfect backdrop.
Shutter Wreath
I love color, you guys know that. I didn’t want to use the traditional oranges, browns, etc., etc., of Fall. I found the purple flowers at Old Time Pottery in Nashville.
Purple is not a color I use very often but this shade of purple is perfect for Fall.
I gathered some Fall greenery, a grapevine wreath, and a piece of burlap from my junk stuff then grabbed the glue gun.
How do you guys feel about glue guns? I have a love/hate relationship with mine.
I love how I can throw a craft together in no time at all with the glue gun but I hate the fact that I usually end up with a burn or two every time I plug it in.
I do have a great tip for using glue guns. Grab a wood Popsicle stick or a screwdriver and use them to hold the two glued parts together until the glue is set. Saves your fingertips that way.
I put the wreath together and knew even before I hung it on the door that it wouldn’t do. Way too small and skimpy. No character either.
Don’t you guys love how I just left all those dried leaves on the porch. No clean up at all for the photo.
This antique shutter has been hanging out at the back door in a display. Just what I needed. I added a wire hanger to the back, left the finish all crusty and gritty, and hung it on the front door. I nailed the wreath to it and …..
….ta-dah! Much better. That’s how to snazz up a small, skimpy, wreath. I love that shutter. The chippy, crackle look is my favorite and the real thing is hard to find.
In the past when I’ve hung a wreath on the front door the house numbers running down the middle of the door are distracting. The shutter covers them up perfectly. I think the size and shape is a good fit for the front door too.
Yeah, I still have ferns and summer décor out. I just couldn’t get it together to change out the whole front décor yet. I mean, it’s still hot as heck here.
DIY Shutter Wreath Craft Idea
Did you think adding the shutter to the wreath was a good idea….or not so much?
How about putting a wreath on a frame. See the one I did here…..Super Simple Wreath on Frame.
The is day 3 of our Fall tour but this wreath idea will work for all seasons! I hope you guys have been following along. If you missed the first two days you need to back track.
The displays are amazing. Wreaths is the theme of the day. I bet I’m the only one with a shutter wreath.
Time to take the wreath tour. Just click the “pink links” below.
Wednesday- Wreaths
Sweet Pea | Petticoat Junktion
Thank you for being here! Kathy
