May I bore you with my progress on a New Year’s Resolution was a goal for me this year?

While writing my 2010 wish list a few weeks ago, I decided I needed to paint more. After I went back to school full time, had the job from hell, and had an addition put on my house, that hobby kind of fell by the wayside. Don’t get me wrong, creativity was around, but I just kept looking at this certain project and went, maybe this weekend. Or not.

So here’s what’s been sitting in my garage since last summer:

Once upon a time, I bought these at a flea market and thought I might hang them on my garden shed. But then the garden shed made way for a garage, and now what?

So last summer I had a brilliant idea to turn them into a screen. There are actually 4 shutters, so I figured if I hinged them together, I could them into a really cool decorative piece.

So I stripped and painted them, and sketched out a design to transfer onto them:

So the project is taking shape, and best of all, I’m having fun with it! And extra bonus, I only paid 20 bucks for the shutters, so it’s economical too!

And now that I’ve posted this, I expect you good blogger friends will hold me accountable for making good on finishing this project.

Stay tuned!

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