Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Finishing the entry "Sunroom"

On the front of our cottage is a room surrounded by windows that we refer to as the "Sunroom". It is also the first room you enter when passing through the front door. Originally, this room had wood batten strips to hide the wall panel joints and help hold the wall panels in place. This look gave the walls texture and added a certain old Florida charm. We saved the original batten strips to be reused after the new drywall was installed.
At the same time,  all of the original double hung windows were made operative and new sash cords added.
Here are a few pictures of the process.

The dark vertical stripes are the wood batten strips before they were painted.



Adding door trim

First of three coats of paint on the ceiling




Wood trim around the windows


Getting ready to paint the walls


Finished room. Very bright and cheerful.



This is a collection of hardware removed from the original windows. To be replaced with brass window closures.



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