This wasn’t really necessary because no one will see the back of them, but I decided to “do it right.” After figuring that out, I went and cut 48 (yes 48!) horizontal pieces and the remaining vertical pieces.Īfter cutting the pieces, I took them out in the garage and spray painted the back. This allowed me to accurately measure the length of the horizontal pieces. I made those cuts and attached them to the window with double sided tape. Having figured that out, I measured the length from the top of the window to the bottom (just the glass part). Next I decided how many horizontal pieces I wanted. I decided on two vertical pieces that were spaced about 10 1/4 inches apart. When I got home the first thing I did was decide how wide apart I wanted the vertical pieces. (Update: I later traded for this trim, which is just a hair thinner, so that my mullions didn’t rub on the window when I opened it.)
My windows are 32 inches wide and 72 inches tall and there are 4 total so decided I needed 16 pieces (which, by the way, was too much. Not only were they the right width, but at $2.38 for 8 feet, they were the right price. After a bit of searching I came up with these: The only problem is that the pieces on the front are not wood so they wouldn’t match. With that bit of knowledge I headed to Home Depot to find the perfect trim. Then I realized the grids were simply made up on two vertical pieces and 6 horizontal pieces. I walked around the house and looked at the windows with grids. So I did what I normally do with projects – drank coffee and just thought on it. I found tutorials that either were too complicated or looked really, really cheap. Naturally I took to the internet and was so disappointed by what I found. I will be honest with you – I didn’t know where to start. With this in mind I decided to add my own window grids. I think that if he really wanted to enjoy the view, he would have picked windows without huge dividers going through them. The more I thought about it, though, the more I realized he did it to be cheap. At first I thought the builder did this because he wanted to enjoy the view. I realized that what bothered me is that every window on the front of the house (even the little windows) have grids but every window on the back and side did not. I haven’t been 100% happy with the windows in my dining room for a while now, but I never knew what it was.
But at night, when the view disappears, I’m left with two huge, boring windows in my dining room. My most recent project is one of my favorites to date. I have worked for almost 5 years (yes, 5 long years) to make our house our forever home. Hi everyone! It’s Jill from The Rozy Home.
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Read all about it from Jill: How to Build and Install Custom Window Mullions So Jill came up with a great way to make her own window mullions, inexpensively, so that every window has the same grid look!
Jill has put a lot of work into her home (remember her range hood and trimmed arched windows?), and this latest project is simple but has such impact on the room! Half of the windows in her home had grids (mullions) - but the other half did not. Updating a cookie cutter house to a custom stylish home usually means combining large projects (like entry renovations and updating cabinets) with smaller details like choosing the right paint color and window treatments.
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