Reader Project: DIY Shutters

My wife and I have always admired the stained shutters you see on new homes but were unwilling to pay the $80 price tag at our local home improvement store. The total cost of our homebuilt shutters (wood, stain and varnish) was less than $30 per shutter, and they look great!

Once the shutters were completed, we stained our wood posts in the same manner for an additional wow factor. — Glenn Galbraith