WINDOWS

YIKES!!!

I cannot even believe this is our house!

As we near the end of our "planned" renovation

I walked through the house this morning as I often do

to just 

BE GRATEFUL

for getting to live

in such a wonderful home

do you agree that windows are the soul of the home?

I would imagine that these storm windows were the bombdiggity at the time they were installed

but

can we say 

REPLACE???

as we set about to renovate 822 we replaced

EVERY SINGLE WINDOW

big expense?  not really...we didn't replace the windows with windows but with

glass...windows are expensive but glass is cheap!

We splurged in a few areas 

like the beveled diamond panes

in the front and in the turret

for a grand illusion!

inside the turret

inside the living room

and I just love stain glass...so it was a for sure

but you know?  I bought these both for

$75!!!

there were 2 strange doors but rather than take out the cool wedding cake porches

we just put windows in..they are really my favorite!

these came from Ebay 

my intentions were to take a stain glass class and make them

maybe someday..

...but this works for now

what I love about old houses?  the cute stuff that no one thinks about anymore

speaking of garage sales

I adore old windows

these will be the little windows that go in the new addition of our

"fancy lawnmower shed"

they will be put between glass and built in to protect them

seriously...I'm not exaggerating...I do have the exact figures stored away somewhere,

but I think $150 covered this window

it's no wonder I love to do the supper dishes in the morning!

This looks out into the backyard

we've come a looooong way!

it's a wonder I get any work done on my newspapers looking out this window!

do you have a favorite window in your house?

it's hard for me to choose, but I love this one in our guest bathroom

it's surrounded by ivy

and has the most pleasant view!

the glass block was here

we just built a shower around it!

this little window was here too...we just made it better

there are lots more windows in this old house

but that's kind of the tour...you're probably bored right now

me?  I will never get bored with the windows at 822

they are probably the one thing that make me still say

wow!