Here is another terrific outdoor project. This customer made great use of Kestrel Exterior Shutters and Louvered Doors when designing their outdoor dining area and kitchen for their coastal home. To allow for both air flow and privacy an Operable Plantation Louvered Door (style 6212) was used for the bathroom. All of the outer windows …
Louvered Cabana Doors
Time to make your wish list of outdoor projects happen and we can help! Our Custom-made exterior doors and exterior shutters find a variety of uses outside such as for this terrific poolside cabana. These cabana doors are Kestrel style 6161 – Fixed Traditional Louvered over Tongue & Groove. The customer also installed our 3.1/2″ …
A Good Shutter Dog
A house with functional wood shutters but lacking shutter dogs is like a kite without a string. Without this type of exterior hardware a louvered or panelled shutter will swing freely banging against the outside wall and window. There is also the possibility of the shutter taking flight with a sudden gust of wind! To …
A DIY Wainscot Remodel
We recently posted a before-and-after remodel featuring our custom wood exterior shutters. While interior and exterior shutters and doors are a mainstay for us we also make other millwork items upon request. The pictures below on the left show how the original wainscot stairwell at this train station was very dated. This customer updated the look …
Functional Window Shutters In An Old Christmas Poem
I think what I like most about this time of year isn’t just one thing but a whole list including the many decorations on homes and stores, holiday meals and desserts like Gingerbread Cookies and the many fresh smells including the outdoor freshness of pine and balsam. I also enjoy the feeling of contentment that …
Exterior Shutters: Before and Happily Ever After
Once the shutters, doors, and other various millwork we make are shipped to a customer we often wonder what the job will look like once completed. That’s why the pictures sent in from customers are really nice to see. Before and after remodeling pictures are especially fun! In this before picture shown below the exterior …