Plantation Shutter Makeover and Installation

I purchased these Plantation shutters off ebay several months ago with plans of installing them in our living room. It has been a difficult space to furnish as it was designed as a formal dining space at one end and formal lounge at the other. Considering we eat our meals at the breakfast bar, we hardly need a formal dining room. When we want to have a "special" meal we sit around the dining table. It's very exciting.
Anyway, these shutters have been taking up space in the garage for far too long, so last week I attacked them with my spray gun.







I obviously haven't got the knack of the sprayer yet because look what happened....

I felt like this.....

However much I felt like it, I didn't give up. Sometimes with these things you just have to keep going and sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't. I spent the whole day on these shutters. I had more paint up my nostrils than.... than..... trying to think of a Dr Phil crack but I can't come up with a good one, but you get the idea.

Next began the installation process. Hubby and son hard at it.

Here are a couple of shots of the room from either end before installation.

(Those ceiling fan/lights have got to go!)

And after installation.....

I didn't want to completely block off the spaces from each other, just screen each area off, but also allow light to get through.

Now we have a formal lounge, (which will get used as long as there's a TV in there), and a media/music/study/reading space which gets a lot of use. It's so good to get these shutters up after thinking they would be in the "too hard" basket for another 6 months.

Angex