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Eyebrow Window Shutter

Date09.22.2009

Hopefully this project will get me a mention on SomaCow for being manly.  I have this shitty window in my house that faces west and just dumps heat into my living room in the afternoon.  It's rectangular with a bit of an arch at the top which makes it impossible to buy any shutters "off the shelf" for.  We priced out a custom built shutter that was $1300.  Fuck that!  I saw a company on line that makes faux shutters and I basically modified their design and built one out of medium density fiberboard (MDF).  All in all I think I spent under $100 building and staining it.  

The reason why I'm posting this is because I think I stumbled upon an incredibly easy faux wood grain solution for MDF.  I looked all over the web trying to find a way to give MDF a wood grain finish but the general concensus is that unless you are an artist, or skilled at faux finishing, it will look like shit.  Check out my results.  

All I used was Minwax PolyShade Polyurethane Stain in Bombay Mahogany from Home Depot and the cheapest paint brush they had.  I literally slopped it on as quickly as I could using long strokes and the end result looks just like wood grain.  I put it next to my cherry wood floors and I could hardly tell the difference.  This is definitely the way to go if you want to make cheap MDF look like real wood.  I can't believe they don't market it for this purpose.  

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The Eyebrow Window

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Assembling the parts.

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Applying the stain, don't let any air move over it or you will get dirt and hair in it like I did.

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More pic's on the Flickr page, just click on any one of the pic's.

 

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