A shutter fence is as easy to build as any stockade fence once the posts and cross rails are installed. The only drawback is that your shutter wood is most likely made for interior use as opposed to pressure treated fence lumber. Do make sure that you prime and paint your shutters with a good few coats of exterior paint so they will last. That is my advice, although I was so eager to get my own shutter fence up that…guess what? I installed it as is. The paint will be peeling in no time. Yay, me! But it’s ok, because it will look even more “reclaimed”.

Shutter doors were purchased for 5 bucks per piece at Eddie Hibbert’s salvage garage. Total came to $20 for the line. They were going to be used as an interior wall initially but I just went with all sheetrock in the end.