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When we bought this house 20 years ago I replaced the windows with inexpensive vinyl ones. Eventually, the miters in the vinyl frames came unglued and would leak if the rain hit them the right way. We decided to replace the window (6’ wide by 3’ high) with an Andersen slider. When we pulled the old one we found rotted wood in the frame. We exposed the entire wall replaced the bad wood and reinsulated. Finally, I built cabinets and a window seat for the room (my daughter’s).
My wife did the painting, curtains and seat cushion.
I used birch ply and poplar for the cabintets. I made the drawers out of 1/2” ply with two coats of shellac.
I put more pictures at: http://home.comcast.net/~debridgeman/jebthumb.html
-- Dave _-^-_ Baltimore, MD































18 comments so far
MsDebbieP
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posted 806 days ago
what an amazing transformation. I really like the series of photos that tell the story.
Sounds like it was the good ol’ “Let’s replace this.. oh now we have to do this.. doh and now this… ” story.
Wel done—and the end result is wonderful!!!
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Dadoo
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posted 806 days ago
I can see that this was a lot of work. Did you have to move the register as well? Great job! I’ll bet the wife is quite happy too. I want to build the same thing for my office/den with a lateral file cabinet under the seat. You’ve given me some ideas here. Thanx!
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
DustyDave
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posted 806 days ago
Dadoo,
Yes I did have to move the register. I was a little nervous about that, but it went well.
Thanks for the kind words.
-- Dave _-^-_ Baltimore, MD
rb1
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posted 806 days ago
Lets go Chargers!!!
Nice job. I now have a better understanding of what to do with my daughters’ room. Wife will like the progression of pics. She will probably get involved. Thanks.
I would be happy with the outcome. Again…nice.
-- rb1
TomFran
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posted 806 days ago
Nice job on a large project!
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Thos. Angle
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posted 806 days ago
Good project and good in progress shots. Looks like you got some help from the family as well.
-- Thos. Angle
Greg Mitchell
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posted 806 days ago
Great job on the built in Dave. How did you paint them?
-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net
Karson
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posted 806 days ago
A very nice wall unit and replacement for the window. You can be proud of this job.
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Karson
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posted 806 days ago
Duplicate. Sorry
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DustyDave
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posted 805 days ago
Thanks everybody.
Greg,
We used Kilz primer and Behr latex semigloss. I can’t take any credit on the painting. The wife did it all.
-- Dave _-^-_ Baltimore, MD
David
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posted 805 days ago
Dave -
Very nice work and a wonderful project . . . you and your wife should be very proud!
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cajunpen
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posted 805 days ago
Well done – your daughter should be very happy with her “new and improved” bedroom. Looks great!
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Napaman
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posted 804 days ago
i love this!!! very nice job…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
Napaman
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posted 804 days ago
wow it is really worth it to click on the link with extra pictures…GREAT JOB and thanks for documenting all the steps with phtos…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
jeanmarc
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posted 530 days ago
Great job
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GaryK
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posted 529 days ago
Looks like you did a great job on your windows!
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
DustyDave
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posted 288 days ago
Updated link: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze11mqvv/JEB_ROOM/jebthumb.html
(switched from Comast to Fios)
-- Dave _-^-_ Baltimore, MD
Todd Thomas
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posted 288 days ago
wow…looks great ….nice job..
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