As promised...THE WORLD OF WINDOWS continues!

Due to time constraints (wanting to keep working on the house) I shall mainly post several photos of what has gone on here since yesterday (Monday) afternoon. Keep in mind it is Tuesday! Unfortunately the formatting for this program isn't agreeing to me so the photos are not matching up to the text when this is posted- I apologize for the confusion but I think you can figure it out!

Here you see the original triple window that glows in to the dining room/hallway by the front door. Originally I wanted to restore this triple window with three more bigger/new windows. That being said I currently have a double in place- in order to put the triple back in we would have had to tear the wall even more apart and my Dad would have needed to build a new header ( a beam that supports the wall above a window or door). Having done this already when we put in the 9foot sliding glass door and the new living room windows I didn't want to put my Dad through more unnecessary work. Plus- his friend Jason was coming from SC and I wanted us to be ready to roll when he got here to help put windows in! All this in short, I have a two new bigger windows in place of the three smaller ones!





Here we've just got the windows out, yes it is raining outside. No that part wasn't fun.













Now they've cut down the wall to fit for the new longer windows. And here is the " it is fitted " look! Obviously we will have to put up new siding and finish trimming the window in.

Even John was having fun! It was only sprinkling by about 9:30 when we decided to move on to the guest bedroom window.



Here Jason and Dad are cutting apart a double window to get ready to put single windows in the bedrooms.
















The guest bedroom window being straightened out to perfection the next morning.







The front view of the house with all new bigger windows!

Wainscoting & the joy of updating a living room continues...

Here you see where we are tonight as we are on the homestretch as the wainscoating comes together!


Since I last posted we've been busy putting up the rest of the drywall and my Dad has generously done all the sanding for this project, the sanding gives me the nails on the chalkboard feel because every now and then I scrape my fingernail on it and that is just no good! The sanding and mudding was a huge undertaking- it took three plus coats in some areas- ie: mudding/sanding, mudding/sanding, mudding/sanding...now you get the picture. Then of course priming the wall- this piece of the project wasn't so bad and it was greatly rewarding to see the progress of how it looks to no longer have dated paneling but drywall up, my clean, fresh canvas to create my very own first home within.
Because a picture is worth 1,000 words here's where we will start this post. Things are not always what meets the eye, there is so much more that goes on with these projects than one could imagine. Particularly what comes to mind when I look at this plywood was simply the process of purchasing it. My Dad and I scouted for the best prices, researched what product would yield the expected result and went over the budget time and time again. Eventually on October 30th we set out to Talberts Building Supply at 7am, trailer in tow. I was dressed as a Sheriff since the hospital was celebrating Halloween on a Friday and we were attempting to make this purchase before I went to work. Much to my surprise the staff at Talberts were having a costume contest and I fit right in! Plus- they gave us the supplies at contractor pricing!

In order to create the recessed panel look we had to create this type of frame with cut BC plywood (my effort to save over $100 versus using already cut southern yellow pine). It took three of us to handle the plywood on the table saw but the effort was well worth it!

Below: the frames primed and ready for trim!