Look What We Found

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We tackled another house project today and were excited with what we found. When we moved in, a neighbor pointed out from outside that behind the pine above our fireplace were windows. Today my dad removed the pine and we found leaded windows with beautiful gumwood trim (not painted!). Here are the before and after shots:
 We still need to fix the trim around them (and by we I mean my dad). I wish the rest of the gumwood was unpainted like this.

Comments

Pat Tillett said…
Wow! Somebody covered those up?
That's amazing.
April 21, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Lisa Miles said…
Isn't that crazy! The only reason I can think of is that our neighbors have a side porch that faces the windows. But you'd have to stand on your tip-toes to see in or out. I so wish all of the trim in our house looked like those windows.
April 21, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Tricia J. O'Brien said…
How insane to cover those beauties and how awesome to discover them! It probably happened during the era when people painted over any wood, too. Happy renovating to you.
April 21, 2010 at 6:46 PM
Jeff King said…
I agree, someone would have to be insane to cover them up... not to mention with wood paneling.
April 21, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Bossy Betty said…
Oh my gosh! What a find! Love it!
April 22, 2010 at 12:57 AM
Kelly@ JustWrite said…
WOW! Who would cover up those windows!! What a nice discovery!!
April 22, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Sarah Ahiers said…
That is so awesome!
Who would cover up windows?
It reminds me of the malcolm in the middle episode where they discovered they had another bathroom hidden behind some of their stuff
April 22, 2010 at 9:48 AM
Raine Chasing said…
It's great that you discovered them. How did you discover them?
April 22, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Janna Leadbetter said…
Incredible!

The previous homeowners here, too, did things that made us scratch our heads. I wish we could ask them why they did (or didn't do) what they did.

Gorgeous windows!
April 22, 2010 at 5:48 PM
Lisa Miles said…
Noelle, when we moved in our next door neighbor said, "Hey, do you know you have two windows covered up over here?" We had no idea.
April 22, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Good Choice Reading said…
Whoa! That is freaky! That is like that show on A&E I think, where these people buy their house and find things from years and years ago lol. Freaky, but pretty neat at the same time lol.
April 23, 2010 at 11:53 PM
Melanie Hooyenga said…
Wow, that's just crazy! I'm with evyerone else in not understanding why someone would cover those up.
April 25, 2010 at 9:10 PM
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