Bonus Room Shutters

Our upstairs bonus room has open arches into the main living space. We wanted a way to temporarily reduce noise of kids playing upstairs without permanently interrupting air flow as the house uses two A/C units. After looking at various options, we settled on this. Used four panels to span the opening. Using hinges joined…

Our upstairs bonus room has open arches into the main living space. We wanted a way to temporarily reduce noise of kids playing upstairs without permanently interrupting air flow as the house uses two A/C units.

After looking at various options, we settled on this.

Used four panels to span the opening. Using hinges joined two panels together so they could open 100% or 50%.

Added magnetic catches to keep them closed and also added hooks to lock them.

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