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Arts & Craft project for old wooden window shutters?

I picked up these old wooden window shutters, though they don't fit any of my windows I still want to transform them for other decorative use. Can anyone offer any suggestions and technics on how to transform these shutters?

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1. you can use them to make a plant stand http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/crafting/article/0,,HGTV_3352_1398691,00.html
2. I did the same thing and have made a bunch of things with mine. I used two, put a lattice between them and a window box under the whole thing on a bare wall on the side of my garage. I grow vines in the window box which now have grown up the lattice and it looks like a little decorative window. I used 2 shutters cut in half to make a cupola for the top of my shed. I also used two inside my house on the sides of a mirror to dress it up. I used one placed horizontally at an angle above a window mounted on wrought iron baulstrauds as a kind of window valance to block the sun from coming in. I cut 2 in half, connected the four pieces together and made a planter box. I hope other people also come up with some neat ideas as I still have a few more taking up space in my garage...
3. if they are tall enough you could make a screen out of them by attaching hinges If they are smaller you could paint them and attach them together and hang upside down and hang stuff on them like earrings You could put it over two ends to make a table or over an existing table with a piece of glass or plexi over it