Project - Windows cont...

the bedroom windows were brought down to the basement where we scraped and sanded them.

the black paint is on the exterior side of the windows, the white on the inside.  the white around the panes is a glazing compound.

The window trims were also sanded and the bottom sills were scraped and sanded to the wood.

the newly painted windows ready to be re-installed-

The restoration window guy came back to put the windows in place and get the mechanisms working again.

the bronze chain replaced the old broken cord

all done!  it is a real joy to have working, clean windows.  it is much warmer in the bedroom and the windows are much nicer to look at without the old chipping paint.

Project - Storms

Our master bedroom was the only room in the house without any storm windows. Why? who knows. Our old windows only work so well and some are hard to operate or don't at all. We decided to go whole hog on the master bed windows and get new storms and completely renovate the windows in the hopes of having warmer nights where the cool breeze outside doesn't make the banner across the window sway, even when the window is closed.

Here is a before shot- it's hard to really see the windows but you can get a sense of the age at least.

We hired window restoration guys to come in and install the storms and take apart the windows. We are going to do the scraping, sanding and painting, and then they will come back and install them with new parts so that they actually function. Our hope is to be observant enough that we can take on the restoration of other windows in the house ourselves.

Here is the bedroom all plasticated while the window guy works.

The windows are out and the new storms really makes the old trim and wallpaper look bad.

Just having the new storms, even without the windows up, had made the room way warmer. They were installed right before the coldest night we've had so far- we were thankful.

Next steps are getting the windows back in shape for installation and probably sanding and painting the window trim as well.

Putting the Carlsons to Work

much thanks to uncle tom, cousin kevin, brother ian and papa carlson for their blood, sweat and tears while working on the house.

starting to strip the wallpaper- goodbye pink dogwood!

the restoration of a garage window

taming the roses- for access to the foundation, siding and screen porch

birds' nests

the florida contingent of the carlson club