GiGi's Covina Cottage: 2019

Sun Room ReDo

This project was kick-started when my AWESOME BROTHER WAYNE found a great deal on a printer for me but alas, it wouldn't fit on the shelf.

I didn't want that shelf there anyway so until we find the right cabinet it will go on a table. Now while we're at it, I've wanted the divider shutters re-mounted from the sun room side to the family room side of the frames to get them out of the way.

There are folded back tri-fold shutters that I had added to the side frames a few years ago.

Enter my AWESOME BROTHER WAYNE..

Mounting the shutters on the other side of the old window frames.

But now I have to paint.....

As seen through the DARK family room. This 'room' was enclosed years prior from an outside patio area.

I believe the family room was originally the dining room with french doors to the outside patio.

They took out the windows and doors and left the frames.

Notice the low ceiling.

Shutters are now on the family room side.

View from the 'now' dining area (formerly a kitchen nook?)

Pictures in process of paint. Such a nice sunny room, Yes I had to unstick all 3 single-hung windows.

Second Project: WINDOWS

This old house had been updated with furnace and CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING. So nice in sunny southern California! ....but.... they calked, sealed (sometimes with nails) and painted ALL windows shut.

Seriously? I do like to open a window or two in the breezy evenings.

So I tackled the windows. Most were double hung with pulley and cast iron weights, the rest were casement windows.

These are from the dining room. There were 3 sets of double hung. The ropes had been cut but the weights were still inside the frame.

Many layers of paint and a lot of damaged frames. I only broke one plate of glass and rather than spend $35 to have one reglazed I googled and did it myself. Thank you YouTube.

These are from a bedroom and an example of their condition. Total ~~are~~ were 18 sets of casement windows to be opened and refinished.