The hinged kitchen window in open position, held up by a hook in the ceiling beam—a design inspired by Richard’s kitchen

The window is secured by bolts when closed

Working sketch for the shape windows with cross section detail

The star window held temporarily in the rough opening with tie plates

Surrounded by styrofoam insulation. The window is now secured by nailing from the exterior plywood panel. The cutout shape perched above the opening was used as a template to cut the exterior panel

Shimming the shutters into alignment before mounting the hinges on the bedroom window

Hinged shutters surround the bedroom slatted screen window.

Measure twice, cut once. Working sketch for framing the twenty pane East window

The framework for the 20-pane East window was fabricated on the concrete slab below and hoisted into position. The glass panes are held in place by cedar stops and weather-stripping

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