Hi everyone,
It’s that time of the year, or let’s say that time in my career that I have to build interior shutters. They will be hung at the living room so, of course, there’s the heat of summer and the cold winter here in New York City that could affect, I like to think, their functionality (expansion and contraction.
These shutters are more like regular frame and panel doors. They won’t have any louvres, and instead I will be putting a recessed panel.
My opening is 36” wide by 72” height. The person I’m building them for wants 4 panels per opening. That makes up 8 panels total that will bifold by pairs.
That means each panel will be about 7-7/8” wide by 72” tall more or less.
Someone suggested to use pine, cedar, sapele, or even Medex, which is waterproof MDF. They will be painted white as well.
As I said they will be built more or less in the Shaker style.
I would love to hear what others here think