House to Home Pt. 2

One of the first projects that really bugged me was this office window that we had. I honestly just was not thinking when I studded out the wall that the window would need to be encased. After dry walling I realized that my ignorance early in the project would come back to bite me in the toushy later. 

I cannot tell  you how many times I would be sitting in the office and my eyes would glance over to the window and I would see that sore in the wall and just cringe. Honestly, it made the office feel “not as comfortable” because it just had that unfinished look to it. 

Anyways, I was sitting in my office last Friday on a Work From Home day waiting for some students to log in for help. I kept looking over at that window…

Looking…

Thinking…

Zoning…

And then it hit me that I had some wood left over from another project that I was doing, and that the pieces might actually fit the area around the window. Isn’t it funny how sometimes you think and think about something, but when you get a moment when you aren’t feeling the pressure…it all just comes together? So as luck would have it all the pieces fit (minus two). However, those two pieces were able to be cut down by a good friend of mine who has a table saw in his basement.

Here is how the window project turned out:

The ugly, opened window hole...at least I tucked the insulation back before this photo.

I closed off the left side with a piece of 1x6 pine. Unfortunately I didn't think it quite through when I was dry walling, so this side of considerably wider than the other side.

I added a piece of 1x4 to give a little bit of a window sil.

This side was fitted with a 1x4 piece of pine, and so there is a 2 inch difference between the two sides :(

Covered the 2x4 with a piece of 1x3 pine.

After all the pieces of pine were in place I had to fill the holes so that it would look nice when I painted.

I gave it the first coat of prime and decided that I should probably call it quits for the day.

Then I added the trim and I caulked every little gap, hole, and imperfection around the window and added a second coat of primer.

Early the next morning I put on the coat of trim paint and it was basically finished.

Then after a long day I being out and about, I hung the rod and the curtain...and it is basically finished. Not too bad if I do say so myself. At least a lot better than the rough cut in the wall.

Then and Now