The more you do, the more the bits you haven’t done stand out. Do you remember a very long time ago I told you about the flowery windows? All the opaque glass we have is flowery. It's in the front door, the hall windows, the bathroom and it is… well flowery! And we are not!
As we often do on a Friday evening, we headed to our favourite microbrewery bar in Sandown (Boojum and Snark) and over a few beers and a chippy tea, possibly inspired by the artwork of local artists that adorns the walls, we decided we could tackle the job ourselves. It may have been the beer, but I like to think the creativity inspired us.
We can change the front door panel and several windows, sure we can! While we are at it, we agreed we were wrong previously, we do need a fan in the bathroom (it gets mighty steamy in there) and the only sensible place to put it, is in the window, as the roof arrangement clearly didn’t work (see earlier blog)
I got to work measuring up the door and Ian used his research skills to find a supplier. I do find it incredible how much you can order online that you would think would only be available commercially.
Picking the design of glass and window did however, take longer. Knowing the impact when it is wrong makes decision making harder - we needed to get this right! Funnily enough the door wasn’t so hard. To make life easier we were keeping the door frame and just replacing the panel with a more secure, and (we think) funkier design, so options were limited to particular designs, although still extensive. We also wanted the theme of simple clean lines and ‘square’ shapes to go with the rest of the house, we found our panel, and in the order went!
Picking the glass was tricky, we got it down to about 3, but then it was hard to choose between them. It needed to be good at it’s job.The hall glass panels are opposite the bedroom, so if the door isn’t shut when I get changed, there is a sight to behold, particularly in the evening when the lights are on… the world is not ready for that specticle!
Our fabulous neighbours have a very attractive front door and glass panel, so Ian sent me off to inspect it. What glass did they have? Did it work in keeping prying eyes out? It felt a bit odd standing staring at a neighbours door, checking my phone to match the pattern, but when I knocked on the door to explain myself, they didn’t bat an eyelid. I’m not sure if that is good or bad news for how I am perceived here.
Anyway the pattern was matched, opacity assessed and a decision made.
A few days later the door panel arrived and in it went… very ‘Space 1999’.
Ian made friends with the local glass supplier, and within a few weeks the first window arrived, ready for the fan in the bathroom. Being the super efficient person he is, the glass went in and the electrics set up, ready for the next loft visit, when I could connect it up.
Next was the back door.
And then the glass in the front door pannel.
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