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<\/a><\/p>\nPretty good for a mere girl, eh?<\/p>\n
The Wandering Monk installed the French doors last year. I’ve spent the last month-ish finishing around them. It was complicated. Many, many picky little details from shimming to trimming, with endless steps in between.<\/p>\n
I had a few adventures along the way. Crookedness caused frequent cussing. One day I was more tired than I knew and spent hours banging my head trying to fit a warped 1 x 2 when my more-awake self would have just tossed it out. <\/p>\n
Then this morning, while drilling various-sized pilot holes for the shelf brackets, I learned exactly why the instructions always<\/em> say to unplug the drill before changing bits; I gouged myself good and missed drilling a wrist artery by a fraction of an inch. Never do that again; the scar will remind me next time I’m tempted to get lazy.<\/p>\n Anyhow …<\/p>\n The colored windows began life as squares of smooth plexiglass, which I treated with crystal clear liquid “stained glass” to give them a nice texture and more opacity. They came out just as I hoped.<\/p>\n The above-door shelf was a last-minute brainstorm to cover a bad seam. I like that, too, although I think nice, carved wooden brackets would be better than those metal hardware store jobs.<\/p>\n The trim on the living room side isn’t done yet, and that may be a task for The Monk when he decides to emerge from self-isolation. But you can see how pretty the effect of those plexiglass windows is going to be. (Pardon the rubble lying around; it’s still a perpetual construction zone.):<\/p>\n