Simply Smitten: Statuesque Windows

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Happy Tuesday, Cuties.  Hope your week is off to a great start.  I am loving these statuesque windows and French doors that are admitting plenty of fresh air and sunlight. Winter just doesn't want to let go here in Boston, but I am consoling myself that everything will be blooming before we know it!

Simply Smitten: Windows

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"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."
~George Bernard Shaw

Confession:  I was the student always staring out the window in class.  I still do it.  I always choose the seat near a window whether it be at a restaurant, airport, or doctor's waiting room.  The first thing I do upon entering a hotel room is throw open the room darkening blinds to explore the view and let in the light.  Some would say it's the dreamer inside but I think it is more about staying connected to the world.
You know that feeling you step outside and you notice the clouds or see a sliver of the moon?  You feel miniscule... part of a bigger plan... your problems become minor in the scheme of things.  It's the same for me when I view life through a window.  The buzz of a city viewed from a hotel window or the first blossom on a pear tree viewed through the kitchen window help to remind me that there is a whole world out there just waiting to be appreciated and lived to the fullest.
Do you stare out windows too?


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{Interiors} Windows to the Soul

It's Saturday! It's a miracle but I have nothing pressing that I have to do.
   We have no college tours scheduled this weekend that would require us to drive 2.forever hours just to arrive on time.  There are no family obligations, (yet)!
 Just a pile of laundry that I may or may NOT
completely get through.  So, what is it I would like to do? NOTHING!
  Well, nothing I don't feel like doing to be exact.  A home cooked meal
sounds good, warm brownies from the oven, and curling up under a throw and
reading my new Nicholas Sparks novel, (and if I happen to doze while reading... so
be it).  I think these spots look like the perfect spot to curl up and revel in nothingness!
Whatever you have planned.... enjoy... Monday comes fast.
Photo credits: Sweet Home Style (tumblr), Book of Secrets (tumblr)

292 - Weekend Work

Filled up the skip - Dad and brother jumping on it to make sure it is well and truly compact.

Removing windows for cleaning, fixing and easing the sashes.

Dad - the master painter with a steady hand.

Eased the sashes, primed the the windows/facings and one coat of paint. The paint colour looks terrible next to the white. Not for much longer...

Removed all existing electrical wiring for recycling.

We had a productive day this weekend. We filled the skip second time round completely to the top with the last of the demolition rubbish.There was a bit of jumping action to settle it all down. 

My brother dropped by and helped out for a couple of hours - which was great. "Many hands make light work"...

We also removed all the electrical wiring for recycling and create a clean slate for the Electrician when he comes on board.

We are now prepping the windows to get ready for painting. It is a fiddly job and old timber windows requires patience!! We've done one coat of the final paint colour after the priming -  the colour doesn't look too good next to the existing white exterior colour right now, so we'll just bear with it until we start the exterior painting. Not too far off, I hope.

Photos by Charlotte Minty.