I could have paid the contractor who lives next door a lot of money to put one in, but then I'd have a view of my mother's garage. Why not have a prettier view instead?
So I found a level and some Frog Tape, and went to work.
It took about three hours to draw window frame lines that were straight.
Naturally, I wanted a view of the beach, with a lighthouse and a pelican, because hey, why not?
I gathered various reference pics of windows and beach type views, and cobbled them together.
I had to do a lot of taping and un-taping and re-taping to paint the frame and to paint inside the frame, and I think all that taping took more time than the actual painting part.
In hindsight, I wish I'd made the frame wider, but oh, well. I'm not about to change it now. Though I could...hm. Maybe that could be a project for next year.
A friend suggested I add curtains -- not doing that, either.
If I ever get tired of the beach (! as if!), I could get out the tape and paint a different scene. For now, though, I am happy to look at this view instead of the side of a garage or a blank wall.
In other home improvement news, I did pay the contractor who lives next door to add this little fence and gate around my front porch.
I did that because of this little scamp:
Pippin is an escape artist who had squirted out the front door a couple of times and taken off, and without a front-yard fence, this was just too scary. He is not very obedient and doesn't come when called, and I was lucky that he always ran right next door to mom's place.
He has a huge, fully fenced back yard to romp in, but no, he wants to run next door. My fear was that one day he'd squirt out, head over there, see a squirrel or cat somewhere else, and never return.
So now there is an extra level of security, and though Pippin doesn't seem terribly pleased with it, I am delighted.
My post next week will be the annual "Books Read" list, and then it's on to 2019. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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