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Do you have a bare wall in your apartment or home that needs something, but you're not sure what?
Why not add something better than a picture, why not add a new window!
Not a real window, but a faux window that at first glance is the real thing.
Just follow the instructions below and you'll have a new window in your room before you know it.
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Gather the Parts
This project may result in a sizable fake window, the dimensions are
up to you. The parts you'll need are as follows:
Parts You'll Need for a Faux Window
A framed cork board the size of your desired window.
Some wood strips for framing the window panes.
Some decorator cloth of a scene you like.
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Looking through my favorite suppliers I was unable to find a single source for all of these materials. I was able to find a few suppliers that had most of the parts, and a visit to two online suppliers will net all the parts you need.
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Step 1, Pick and Apply the Scenery
Once you've selected the size of decorative window you wish to make, you can
get your parts and begin construction.
For a moderate sized window, up to 2 feet by 3 feet, you can obtain a
single framed cork board like the one shown in the image.
With this size, once the scenery is attached, you can use wood strips to
break the image up into faux window panes.
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With the size decided, choose a scene. You might be able to use a poster, but I like cloth that has scenery on it. The cloth usually gives you a flat surface that looks more like a scene through a window, and you can select the section of cloth that has the scene just the way you like it.
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Step 2, Select and Attach the Cloth Scenery
If you use cloth scenery, select the section of cloth that contains the
scene that you want.
Cut it to a size that is about 1/2 inch bigger in
width and height than the inside edges of the cork board frame.
With a thin instrument such as a nail file, putty knife, or butter knife, shove the excess edges of the cloth beneath the inside edges of the cork board. It will tuck in tightly, and be all that's needed to hold the cloth in place.
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Step 3, Apply Some Window Pane Separators
Using either wood edging from a hardware store or wood strips from one of the online craft suppliers, cut some strips to act as faux window pane separators.
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For a simple 4 pane window, cut one length to go either the full width or height of your window. Glue it in place across the window frame centered along its
length dimension.
Cut two more to go from the cork frame to this centered strip and glue them
into place. You want to end up with 4 equal size rectangular faux window panes.
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The Finished Faux Window
At left you see a finished faux window. The original cork frame and the wood
strips have been painted white.
This window has a small shelf attached to the wall at the base of the window
to serve as a window sill. You can either make a simple window sill or purchase
a little shelf like this one at a local department store.
To dress up your window, you can add some curtains to the sides, letting them drape over the window to whatever extent you wish.
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