I have a few different fabrics that I’m considering too for pillows and stuff like that.

So it’s given me the impression that changing a light fixture is kind of a difficult thing to do that requires some skill and finesse..Listen up all you finess-less folks!

The other day we were putting up a new porch light in the back and I asked Chris if it was something that I could maybe make a post out of.So he finally showed me how to do it as if he were showing it to all you lovely people (ie.with no cursing) and it was like a light shone down from above.

Well, a light did shine down from above, cause that was kind of the point of the project, but I mean like from really really above.You know what I mean..

So here I’ve been thinking he’s been doing this big difficult thing for me every time he puts in a new light, going all out of his way and doing me a big favor.

Turns out it was all a show and wow did he ever have me fooled!.You can do any size you like, we just went with a size that would cover up our existing shutters.

We made our shutters 3 boards wide and then put one board across the top and the bottom for a classic look.. Then we clamped them all together and secured it all with a few screws.. We cut a couple of little measury pieces to put up against the top and bottom cross pieces so we could make sure they were the same distance from the ends on both sides.We didn’t want any shifting to happen while we were adding the screws!.

We ended up with two perfect shutters.. Next we just painted them grey and hung them by screwing them straight into the existing shutters.. Bam!This really is one of the easiest little building projects you can do and it’s a great one for beginners, but what an impact it makes!