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It's #TipTuesday!

A quick tip on Care and Maintenance of your Westeck Windows

*Clean window and door frames with a mixture of mild dish detergent and water.

Abrasive cleaners or solvents are never recommended because they might cause permanent damage to frame finishes. Mild non-abrasive soaps are usually safest for most dirt and stain removal. Always rinse completely with clear water and wipe dry.

Ensure drainage holes are always clear of dirt and debris that might obstruct free flow of water, both inside and outside of the window or door in the bottom of the frame and sash.

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Repurposing Old Windows

A few years ago, I provided windows for a beautiful gothic church with lots of wood cathedral windows that needed to be replaced. These old windows were no longer structurally sound enough to remain in place. It occurred to me that the old windows were likely to end up in a garbage bin. This would have been a shame, so I approached the church property manager and secured permission to take away and keep all the old windows. At first, they were piled in my yard, leaning up against our shed, but as friends and neighbors saw the window sashes, one by one they began to disappear. I soon realized that these had become materials for a variety of home décor projects. This got me curious regarding what my neighbors had decided to do with the windows. Here are some of the ideas from people who took a window or two, augmented with a few ideas I liked from searching the internet.

Generally, it is the sash of a window, which holds the glass, that is the desirable part for an interior design or yard project. Sometimes the glass is an integral part of the project. Sometimes it is replaced by mirrors or more opaque materials. Sometimes it is best used minus anything in the glazing pockets.

Most of us have seen mirrors utilizing an old wood window sash. They are a favorite with designers and other decorators because they combine a great ambience with true functionality. They can be particularly useful in bathrooms or in bedrooms where there can never be too many mirrors! Another popular decorating material for a country feel is the use of heavily weathered barn board. An old sash can be the perfect complement to barnboard as part of a country look.

Depending on how many identical window sashes you have, they can be amazing doors ranging from a single medicine cabinet to a full set of kitchen cabinet doors.

How about a chalk board in a window sash? Perfect for a kitchen or office to track anything from shopping lists to appointments. You don’t even have to replace the glass as it can be painted with a product called chalkboard paint. Similarly, collect a ton of wine bottle corks, slice them in half and you can arrange them glued to the glass to create a cork board.

What can you do in a bedroom (besides the obvious dresser mirror?) Replace the glass with lexan or leave the sash empty to turn a window into a bed headboard.

What about a sash for artwork? A window sash is ready made for this purpose, or instead of mounting the art in the window, mount the art in another frame outside the window!

We already mentioned kitchen cabinets, but larger windows can make an excellent self- standing broom closet or curio sash to give a wooden picket fence a unique, eye-catching touch? Build in some window sashes into the design!

Build a mini-greenhouse or a garden hotbox out of windowsashes.

Your windows were designed to provide a view of your outside environment, so why not take a picture of a favorite scene on your property to be blown up and put in the window sash? Then, mount the sash on your wall and it is almost back to its original purpose, of course minus the air infiltration and difficulty opening! Go three dimensional and use your window sash as the front of a shadow box to display your collection of salt and pepper shakers, antique miniature trains (or whatever you fancy!)

How about using an old window as a table top? Attach legs or use an existing coffee table bottom. Put a piece of tempered glass over the window and look through the tempered glass to see the features of the wood window sash. Maybe you have a great side table top, so use two matching sashes as the legs of the side table in your living room or TV room.

Next is a hanging room divider. Suspend a sash from two chains in a room where you want to create the appearance of more separation.

Need a way to keep your pots and pans handy in the kitchen, but don’t have the shelf space? Use a window sash, minus the glass, hung from the ceiling and with hooks to hang a number of pots and pans!

Last on our list is a terrarium. This is a way to grow some interesting forest plants in your home. It is both beautiful and educational!

Consider the possibility of painting your window sash in any of the projects we’ve outlined. Early in the article, I wrote about using window sashes as a complement to barnboard in a country design. On the other extreme, painting your window sashes black becomes a complement to the black windows in which more and more homeowners are investing. Nothing country about that look!

Maybe you are not interested in the kind of projects we have described, however there is no need for your old windows to end up in a landfill. A Habitat for Humanity ReStore will happily take your windows that are no longer weather worthy but are structurally strong enough for one of our projects!

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How to cut glass to fit a #windowsash. #skills #igotskills #preservation #restore #architecture #style #tampaheights

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Sash practice. Testing out one of the machines I made. #windowshop #windowsash #woodworker #carpenter #sash (at Wood Window Makeover.com)

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Demonstrated how to cut glass to fit a #windowsash at a #window workshop today.