Windows 08

There is this really useless window on the west side of the room. It is 11 inches wide by 5 foot high. Not nautical at all. It needed a disguise.

Using half inch MDF I measured a long oval shape that overlaps the opening of the window just a bit. I used an paint stir stick as a custom compass to draw the curves on either end.

I cut it out carefully with a jig saw. Sanded. Then added some of those rivets around the perimeter and painted. This was also an opportunity to try out some weathering techniques and I found that latex isn't as helpful as say enamel or acrylic in this regard. The end result is a little heavy maybe but since this is a window to the "deep" it should show a little extra rust.

Ultimately there will be a red custom sized curtain in there blocking the decidedly none aquatic view of the neighbors basement house.