bedroom series part four: the old window

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i have a thing for old windows.  there’s something so architectural about them.  they make a statement because they’re gorgeous enough to stand alone, whether they’re acting as a functional window or just hanging out.  i would hang them in every room of my house.

so my dad rents an old duplex and has as long as i’ve been alive.  obviously, the windows were replaced at some point and my mom (who i think i get my love of decorating from), has them all stashed away for future makeovers.  she let me have one.  score!  it’s an eight pane old wooden window with the heavy lock and all.  i’d seen an awesome window re-do from our vintage home love and was inspired to go with black.  i thought and thought about it and just couldn’t make up my mind. 

leshia and i scraped the paint off as much as we could.  it was chipping and flaking off and if i wanted to paint over it, it needed to happen…although not a particularly fun job.  after we scraped off as much as we could, i had to use a paint stripper.  this was my first experience with one, and it wasn’t too bad.  i used krylon off.  be sure if you are using a paint stripper in any form that you use a mask.  the fumes are pretty potent.  i sprayed, let it sit for a few minutes, then scraped.  i did this on all the sides until the can was empty.  this window had several coats of paint on it, including something similar to enamel green. 

i still couldn’t decide what to do with it, so i opted to go ahead and scrape all the paint off the glass.  i just used a putty knife and it worked fine.  just another time consuming process. J 

so here’s what it looked like after all that.  and the more i looked at it the more i fell in love.  you can see some of the original wood, along with some of that enamel green paint.  i almost felt bad leaving it like that…like i was cheating or something.  but sometimes “junk” in it’s original state is prettier than anything we could come up with! 

i just love it hanging in our bedroom.  it’s on my side of the bed so i get to look at it lots. J

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