Our Living Room

[Nemesis]

Ah, Squirrels v birds. Well clearly the answer re wildlife conservation is to shoot the squirrels?

 

[Penners]

The insides of the shutters, which were nailed shut, are unpainted, presumably as they should be.

If by "should be" you mean "correct for the period of the house", then that's probably not the case. Softwood shutters would almost certainly have been painted, or wood-grained to make the cheap wood look like expensive wood.

We will look to se if father can find some router bits to finish the dado round that corner

Are you sure you need to mould up the dado yourself? You might be able to find a standard moulding that would match.

Have a look at the following:-

http://www.dresser.uk.com/

http://www.wintherbrowne.co.uk/products.asp

http://www.richardburbidge.co.uk/main.asp?page=0

In each case you probably won't be able to buy consumer quantities direct, but they'll certainly tell you where your nearest stockist is.

You've got a lovely room there.

 

[Nemesis]

The insides of shutters were often not painted though - maybe to save the expense! (I occasionally delve into these sorts of crannies when visiting historic houses).

Presumably when closed it wouldn't be noticed as curtains would have been pulled?