Window beams

December 16, 2015
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After tipping the kit over onto its side, I had to figure out my wall of windows. This build would require some portions to be solid to hide the back of the kitchen cabinets, base of the stairs, floor board and upper beam structure. Here's the earliest mock-up using paper. I ended up making the wall a bit more open in the end.

To make things easiest, I decided to make the window inserts go from top to bottom and built the solid portions to encase them where needed. Plexiglass will bend in long strips but wants to stay straight in short runs. Having long pieces would allow for a gentle curve.

Using strip wood, I created a channels over the beams to add plexiglass strips. Hey, there's my building buddy. :D

I painted the window beams using a mixed of 2/3 Liquitex Payne's Grey and 1/3 Silver by Apple Barrel. It's a dark navy metallic - a beautiful color that is hard to see in photographs and ends up looking like coated steel.

Once the window channels were in place, I used the original scored roof board to fill in the areas that needed to be covered. I painted these Warm White by Americana, patting the surface with a sponge brush to eliminate brush strokes. The scored lines look like siding.