Slow Progress On Windows
by projectbuddy
The progress on my living room and dining room windows has been going very slowly. This is partly because it is one of my least favorite tasks and partly because it creates so much to clean up from old flaking paint and sanding. All of this definitely reduces my enthusiasm!
If able to do this all over again, I would probably delay the floor restoration until after the windows had been completed. It really is best to work from the ceiling downward to the floor, although looking back, there were some places in the floor where you could fall through!
(This photograph was taken October 2015. There is still more work to do, but the way that the crisp white window casings stand out against the walls is very nice and will hopefully be a motivator.)
I LOVE the boxed ceiling! We want to do something very similar in our kitchen. Do you make it yourself or was it original to the house?
Hi, Stefani. Thanks, and I’m really glad you like the boxed beam ceiling. Here’s a link to a post and photo when I was working on this a few years ago.
https://1house100years.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/continuity/
I have to say that it was a lot of work, but worth it since it makes a rather ordinary old house into one with a little extra character.
Sure hope that you will give it a try in your house! Thanks again!
Thank you for the link. I am going to go check it out right now. Unfortunately we had a plumbing leak above our kitchen and it ruined the ceiling which has a custom stamped plaster pattern. There’s just no way to easily patch it so we figured a box ceiling with a panel would be beautiful and cover te 5×5 gaping hole!