The Dining Area
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Back in the early 90's, our dining area was 'windowless' (just like our current kitchen and bathroom)...
Instead of natural sunlight and a view to the side yard, we had just a solid wall. One of the best improvements we ever made to our little cottage was knocking a hole in the wall to have this little bay window put in.
And after it was installed I got to have fun decorating it with a Battenburg lace valance, prisms, and silverware windchimes.
But man, oh man, can windows get grungy and dirty! I was having a hard time seeing all the beautiful fall colors outside, so a couple of weeks ago I grabbed my Windex, Pledge, and paper towels and went to town...
Unlike all the other windows in our house, the dining room and living room windows tilt in for easy cleaning. (I know... tilt-ins negate my right to complain about cleaning windows!)
Before Photo (the bad): "Hello, shed!!! Are you still out there??? I can barely see you......"
After Photo (the good): "Oh, you are still there! You look so much better through clean windows!" See what I mean about how BAD the 'before' windows were??
The Living Room
October 22, 2009
And remember the living room window I shared with you last week, with the gorgeous yellow maple tree out front?
November 4, 2009
Well, here it is now. All of the brilliant yellow leaves have turned rusty brown and are dropping from the tree at an alarming rate...
Pretty soon, Spotty won't have any falling leaves to watch from his kitty cushion...
But whatever he watches, he'll at least have a sparkling view!! (At least until they get dirty again... but unless we have some incredibly warm weather throughout our New England winter, this is the last window cleaning til spring!!)
Pretty soon, Spotty won't have any falling leaves to watch from his kitty cushion...
But whatever he watches, he'll at least have a sparkling view!! (At least until they get dirty again... but unless we have some incredibly warm weather throughout our New England winter, this is the last window cleaning til spring!!)
Thank you to Cielo at The House in the Roses for hosting Show off your cottage Monday!! Please visit Cielo to see her cottage post and to find a list of others participating in "Show off your Cottage Monday."
Have a wonderful week, everyone!!
Donna