Another happy shutter customer who took advantage of our half off sale. Naturally, you send us the measurements and we give you half the shutter you need, but then again did you really need shutters on the garage?

I’m rarely without words and yet...today... *sigh*

When you’re on the fence about what size shutters to use I suggest using the “straddle method”. It’s the best way to let us know you’re aware of the problem but still too lazy to do something about it.

Sticking with our theme of garage door shutters today I found this one extremely troubling. It’s as if the faux strap hinges and one pair of shutters didn’t quite cut it and as they stood back someone actually believed that the solution was yet another pair of shutters. Hmmmmmm...

I hope you guys are ready for some hardcore shutter education today!
Rule #3 Shutters should be the same shape as the window they cover. If you’ve got rectangular windows then there is no need to add arched shutters.
Sad because other than the arch they seem to be the right width and height for the windows.

Real Shutters = $$$$
Fake Shutters = $$
Hand-drawn Shutters = Priceless

Remember all those things you said you’d do when pigs fly? Surprisingly that time has come. Better get busy!

Budgets are tight these days. Just because you can afford to remove a window and brick it in doesn’t mean you have the money to pull the old shutters down too!
A+ for not doing anymore than is absolutely necessary.

It’s a Texas size Shudder Sunday this week! Go big or go home, right?

So much going on here it’s difficult to know where to start. Let’s make a list.
1) Don’t put shutters on a corner window...ever.
2) Shutters vs. Downspouts: As the song says, “You gotta keep ‘em separated. Ohhhh-ohhh!”
3) Shutters on a bay window need careful planning. This was not careful.
4) Shutters and windows should ALWAYS be the same height...Always!

Soooooo many issues I decided not to circle anything because I would have to circle everything.
As a side note this house is available for sale for $179,000 if you should feel up for a project and want to fix those shutters to keep my head from exploding.
One thing I want to point out is that the electrician really worked his magic to get that power meter right next to the windows and avoid the shutter.

When things get tight you can either sell a kidney or sell a couple unnecessary shutters in your yard sale.

I hope you guys are ready for some hardcore shutter education today!
Rule #3 Shutters should be the same shape as the window they cover. If you’ve got rectangular windows then there is no need to add arched shutters.
Sad because other than the arch they seem to be the right width and height for the windows.

Ahhh corporate shutters. Even the apartment complexes can get in on shutters sunday I can hear it now. “Hey Bob, how do we dress up the building to get higher rents?”
“How about adding shutters?”
“For those massive windows? That’s gonna be too expensive.”
“Hold my beer...”

Because shutters can come in lots of fun shapes and sizes!

Maybe pink and purple don’t mix well with brick.
Maybe a mid-century split level tract home doesn’t need shutters.
Maybe that bay window...oh who am I kidding? There are no maybes here, just more mistakes in one picture than I made my whole college career (and that’s saying something!)

Unless you have 2-story windows you don’t need 2-story shutters.

When you can’t decide if you should should add a paved driveway or shutters to your garage I would always recommend the driveway first and the shutters NEVER.

If you scroll alllllllll the way back a few years ago in my feed you’ll see a picture of the garage on this house which was the very first house that made me crazy enough to post shutter fails. So, yes, this is the first Shudder Sunday house.
The crazy part is that I drove by it yesterday and noticed that they took it a step further and painted their shutters.

This picture makes me feel like these 2 windows are hiding in the corner at a dance because they are embarrassed at how their homemade prom outfits don’t fit. Someone should bring them some punch and cookies and tell them they will grow out of this phase.

Remember, there is a fine line between shutters and parentheses, architecturally speaking.

Bay window, bay window your shutters are awful. Bay window, bay window this ought not be lawful.

In case of inclement weather you want to make sure you have shutters to protect your precious window AC.
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In fairness, rarely are the shutters the least of my concern. This house has a lot of things working against it. Someone must really hate sunlight!

Always the poor middle child that gets forgotten!

There are a lot of things that you could do to fix up this house, adding these shutters is not something that would have made my list.

Since I began this Shudder Sunday journey I have been on the hunt for the “over-shudder” and this week it has finally revealed itself like an unexpected plumber’s crack at Sunday brunch. Enjoy your mimosas!

The Under-shudder making a strong appearance today. Good to see it still going strong in the suburbs!

This is a “shockingly” bad shutter installation.

Let’s start the year of right with a double header Shudder Sunday today!
I call these “Danny Devito Shutters”. Very short and very entertaining!