The Growlery originally had three very small windows which were really beyond refurbishing. Then I caught a little luck, and coupled with a little cutting and banging boards around, I got two new windows.
The large window was part of an earlier remodel of the house next door, which was then razed last Fall. I got the window. It's a good window, double-glazed, low-E glass, etc. John Rust and I enlarged the opening (a lot) and we put it in the south wall where it would maximise my sunlight.
I was going to just block off the other two windows, but I would have lost cross-ventilation and the view to the north from my desk chair. The other day I was visiting Tom Furleman looking for a keeper for an antique rimlock. Tom sells a number of lines of replacement windows and I noticed his sample windows were about the same size as my original little windows. We struck a deal. I came away with an extra sample window and he got rid of one.
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The view from the Growlery door - Lorna peeking from behind a white lilac which is just starting to open.
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7 comments:
the only problem with covering them with paint is that you feel bad using thumbtacks for pinning stuff.
Thumb tacks? Periodically. I give myself the "It's just a shed" reality check and I grab the claw hammer and galvanized roofing nails.
Near as I can tell, the work ain't too bad. I looked up the word so I wouldn't sound stupid, no luck. "What's a growlery?", this Stupid asked.
A retreat. The word was stricken from the OED a few years ago. A shame, a good word.
Dicken's Bleak House, "This, you must know, is the growlery. When I am out of humour, I come and growl here."
Looking good. Next I suspect will be the addition for the hot tub.
I see you have more breezeway for the Cigar Smoke to exit.
Yes, smoke, ventilation.
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