The molding I bought was a form of plastic and easy to cut with an X-Acto knife. It’s important to get as even and straight as possible for a nice clean look. Take your time and with tape as a guide measure out where you’ll be putting your mullions. We also have smaller panes in the front of the house so six panes made good sense on our two kitchen windows. During our kitchen renovation years ago I had a window installed over our oven wall which has smaller window panes. In the end I decided on smaller window panes because of the traditional classic look it brings. Decide on molding size.īecause of the size of our windows I knew that I would either want four window panes or six. Most window have space for molding as mine did, but if not use another variation of wood or wood veneer cut to size, or just go with tape. Make sure that you molding is thin enough for your window to open once they are in. Clean your windows well.Īfter you put your diy mullions in it’s take more time to clean each little square so take the opportunity one last time to clean them. Here are the steps I took to make that happen. The two windows on put them in are above our kitchen sinks and I wanted a them to look as real as possible. I went with molding I found at Lowes to make my mullions. What I realized is that whatever way you do it whether through painting like here or tape like here, the most important factor is to make your mullions even and straight. The basic idea is to get the look of window panes, which were the only way to make windows long ago and add character to your home. While online I found several good tutorials of how to add window grids/mullions. After seeing the price of buying mullions I was determined to diy my own custom window mullions. This led to me researching where to buy these things, but first I had to figure out they’re actually called mullions. Late last year I was studying some photos on Instagram, you can find me here, and I noticed I was drawn to photos of windows with grids. The Goal: Adding character to Our Windows Add to that raising a growing family and mullions or lack of mullions wasn’t on my radar. There were so many changes we wanted to make when we first moved in that window consistency wasn’t even a thought. Honestly, I never really noticed this before a few years ago. To keep expenses low the builder put mullion on the front windows of the house but not the back windows. You know after getting a new hair cut you can’t stop looking in the mirror? Well I can’t stop looking at our “new” windows. It’s very empowering to improve your home or change it’s look. Whenever we finish a home renovation, no matter how small, it makes me appreciate our home more. I don’t want to move, but just like a new hair cut, a simple diy home project can keep you from getting bored and make you really feel good. One of the best things about home diy projects is how it gives a fresh, new feeling to our homes.
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