windows – The Home They Built

As I was perusing Instagram I came across a beautiful kitchen designed by HGTV’s Joanna Gaines (which looked very similar to our kitchen!).

Love the wood awning!

I loved the wood awning that she incorporated above the window. I asked Kevin if he would build me something like that for our kitchen, because our windows look naked! He agreed and built me them in 1 day! I’m always impressed with his can-do attitude and his ability to get it things done so quickly.

Before he began, I wanted to do a little tweaking to the original inspiration. Instead of having the raw wood look, I wanted it to have more detailed moldings, like the rest of our house. Kind of like this range hood here:

Nevermind that it is over the range… this will make the perfect wood window awning for my kitchen!

Our turn…

A wise man once said… measure twice, cut once.

Notice our naked windows… Kevin first created a mock up with cardboard.

Perfect fit!

Wood Awning Frame 1

Wood Awning 1 with detail pieces added. Goodbye naked window!

Wood Awning 1 Close Up

Both wood awnings completed!

Now I need to decide what color to paint them. I’m thinking of a rubbed dark gray so that the wood grain is still visible. What do you think? I also want to install a pull down shade underneath for privacy. Pictures of that project to come!

DAY 2

We didn’t waste any time. Right after work we headed over to the house to begin planning for this massive renovation project that we just took on. The first thing Kevin did was pull out his knife and begin ripping out the old green carpet in the living room and the uneven, sloping wood floors in the dining room. Our mom’s began cleaning the dirty shutters… but how cool that the house came with new windows and plantation shutters? Can’t complain about that!

We didn’t even have the electricity turned on yet, so our neighbor kindly ran an extension cord from his house to ours so that we could at least power some overhead lights.