An extensive shutter refurbishment. One challenge was getting the heavy 3.5 m tall shutters off in the first place. Some of them were already in a very bad way (see pictures), so we had to replace a lot of timber.
Shutter refurbishment on a villa
Tag: Shutters
Shutters modelled on the historic original – street side of a villa in Zehlendorf
A further 6 windows on the street side were given huge shutters modelled on the historic original. The photos only hint at the size. The lower shutter leaves are 181 cm tall.
Shutters modelled on the historic original – garden side
6 windows on the garden side were given shutters modelled on the historic original. The complete refurbishment of the property will be finished at the end of the year and is a real eye-catcher. 🙂
Shutters for a housing estate in Berlin-Steglitz – part 3
And another 10 windows with 20 shutter leaves. All the way round the lower ground floor of the third building, every window can now be closed up, reliably keeping the heat out in summer and the cold out in winter.
Shutters for a housing estate in Berlin-Steglitz – part 2
Another 12 windows (front and back) on the next building of the estate have been fitted with shutters. On this building both floors are being fitted out.
Shutters for period apartment buildings in Berlin – part 3
And that wraps up the project at this building, at least as far as the shutters go. It’s turned out really smart, the whole building.
Shutters for period apartment buildings in Berlin – part 2
The second part of the project at this building was to fit 7 windows on the first floor with shutters. Design made and fitted to the historic original.
2 large louvred shutters
Here are two large handmade louvred shutters. One of them is used as a door.
Shutters for a housing estate in Berlin-Steglitz – part 1
The first batch of shutters for the Beamten-Wohnungs-Verein zu Berlin housing cooperative in Steglitz. The outside of the six buildings is being completely renovated and beautifully restored. Lovely colours on all the buildings, very finely matched, and they radiate a lot of warmth.
Shutters for period apartment buildings in Berlin – part 1
In Berlin, the Beamten-Wohnungs-Verein zu Berlin housing cooperative is currently renovating some beautiful apartment buildings with a great deal of effort and attention to detail. As part of the renovation, we’re making some of the shutters. Here’s the gable end of one of the buildings. More shutters will follow here later. On the right you […]
Restoring shutters
We restored these shutters for customers in Berlin-Steglitz. Thanks to a sound basic construction, only the surface had opened up through swelling and wear, so with a lot of sanding, a bit of filling and of course several fresh coats of paint, the shutters are now doing their job in the customer’s chosen colour. In […]