Our next "big" project is to trim out the new windows. While this task may sound small, it will make a world of difference towards a finished cabin look. After searching through multiple magazines and examples, we decided to go with a simplified colonial look. Ideally, we would love to use some of the more modern trims we saw . . . but they would be too large and heavy for the cabin plus be too expensive.
The primary goal is good looking windows -- the second goal is using materials that will not rot in the "sea air". To that end, we are doing the budget friendly mix and match -- hardwood for the extension jambs and sill with MDF for the inside trim. Kuddos to anyone who knows what "extension jambs" means!!! (This term took Gary a while to find)
We decided to use the back bedroom as our test ground. Gary got out his non-expanding foam for insulating the windows and started to insulate -- until he realized that the foam did expand, and expand, and expand. We ended up with goopy, yellow mess, but were able to clean it up and move onto cutting/installing trim pieces. Let me know what you think . . .
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| Expanding - non expanding yellow foam! YIKES! |
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| The improvement is AMAZING!! |
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| Finished window |
The only question now is regarding the header . . . does it look too small or would a bigger size be "top heavy"? At first, I wanted to go up a size on the top, but the problem is the depth would change. Then, I thought "butt stop" (yes my vocabulary is expanding on this project), but then the top would look exactly like the bottom. Gary's vote is too keep it like it is . . . what do you guys think??
