Monday, October 22, 2007

the shutters of providence



When I first came to Providence, I was fascinated that the houses had real working shutters! The only shutters I had ever seen were like on this mobile home:


faux shutters screwed onto the side of a house's windows, emulating the look of the all-american home.

So when I came to Providence, I finally saw shutters that actually seemed to have a purpose, which actually worked at some point, that pivot and close when needed and weren't just ornament. But who knows, maybe even the working shutters are all about ornament, I still haven't seen any closed yet.

But I guess these houses in Providence are the original American homes that all other homes aspire to look like, down to the fact that people will attach things that look like shutters but have absolutely no use at all.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Working shutters???!!!

What the heck?!

Denise said...

ha ha! Yeah, what the heck?! Vinyl non-working shutters are the love of my life!