Window project

We have this bigass walk-in closet that is kinda like a tomb. A month or two ago, I swapped out the light fixtures in the closet and the dining room area, who made more clear that there really isn't much light in there. 

Fortunately,  with a little detective work, I determined that on the other side of the mostly unnecessary sheetrock wall, there is window glass, covered with a heat resistant film. Perfect.

So I started cutting stuff. (First the wall, with a jigsaw and drywall saw.)

And in one of those "The World is GREAT!" coincidences, as I was literally taking my bike out through the loading dock to go to Home Despot to buy wood to box the windows out, someone had left a dismantled bookshelf on the dock. You know, one of the $40 cheapies from Target, pressboard and weird proprietary screw systems. PERFECT!

So I cut the crap out of that, turning it into various 8" wide pieces, and boxed in the windows.

Then I got some corner molding from the Despot, cut it up, primed it.

Then spent MANY hours on a ladder framing in the windows. Which is not a non-trivial project, at least to make it look good. And it looks pretty darn good, if I do say so myself.

I also re-learned that mitering corner molding on the correct angle is a more complicated task than you might think.

Now I just need to paint it, but that's kind of a massive project of removing everything from the walk-in closet, and either taping or removing the shelving system. Ugh.

The whole project made me very glad that when we moved into a one bed, one bath condo, I kept the compound miter saw, table saw, air compressor, nail gun, laser level, and all the handtools that made this project possible.