This week we've had a heatwave and I finished another window restoration. This is a window from Claire's room and I started it in the middle of April. I'm feeling a bit more confident with the steps. I've been doing a bit less of that kind of procrastination that comes from fear of screwing it up. It's not flawless but I'm happy.
Here's are the before photos – a very sad little window:
Ready to get to work:
Glass removed:
Scraped and sanded:
Primer is on. I worked on glazing while our house painters were working too. I was nervous to work on my window in front of the pros but they were really nice and encouraging. I think they were surprised to see me doing that work – not the typical housewives of northshore Chicago hobby. Ha.
The house painting job was completed but my window glaze had to cure for a couple weeks.
Time for a final coat of paint. I bought myself a new little brush for the most detailed and difficult part. It's the part where the paint has to overlap the glass by just a tiny bit. So hard to get it neat!
And here it is – it looks so much better and it opens and closes easily too.
Cannot zoom out this photo because this is a teenager's* room and I don't want to frighten anyone.
And the next window is already in the works:
* a twelve-year-old teenager
Laowai 
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