A plan to save the shutters

The current 2-story dining room has lovely Elizabeth shutters covering both plate-glass windows. I aim to saw through the middle of the shutter unit so I can move the top part up into the new bedroom.

In the foreground is the bridge railing that must be removed. The new bedroom wall with french doors will go where this railing is. The opening in the wall from the office/loft to the dining room will be closed in.

At left, a view looking up.  The existing wiring for the chandelier will have to be moved into the new dining-room ceiling.

As you can see, it will be much easier for me to deal with creating the new upstairs window on that high wall AFTER I build the new bedroom floor.