So when we bought this house, there were no screens in the windows. This was rather irritating and we tried and tried to get the seller to replace them. Why the heck they were missing in the first place, who knows. I guess probably because the house was built in 1977 and still has the original windows. Guess the screens didn't fair as well.
Several weeks ago, during one of the first Colorado warm-ups (before it decided to snow again) the house was getting warm and I wanted to open the windows for fresh air. But, alas, no screens. So we went to Lowes to buy some. Well little did we know that Lowes AND Home Depot don't sell pre-made screens. No biggie...they sell the supplies to make them yourself! Yeah!! So we bought all the stuff and the nice man told us how to do it all and gave us a pamphlet. On the way home, it started raining. Even though I wasn't going to open the windows immediately, I decided that I would get a start on them. I made the screen for the front window and it looked great!!! Until I tried to put it in the window that is. Apparently I don't know how to measure and it was too small. I was so frustrated that I have not worked on it since then.
Today, it was almost 80 degrees and apparently when my mom put Eva down for a nap, she woke up because it was so warm in the room...and of course my mom couldn't open the window with no screen in it!! Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer...opening the windows will be a must!
I made a screen for Eva's room, but I can't test it because she is sleeping. I also made one for our room...AND IT IS TOO SMALL!!!!!!!!!! Somehow I measured wrong again. And I was super careful this time. WHAT THE HECK??!?!?!?!
I am now spending my time blogging about how frustrated I am instead on making any more screens. I have also googled people who make screens for you. Sometimes trying to save money is just not worth it!!!
Now...I am going to bed and will cross my fingers that the screen for Eva's room fits in the morning.
Who said that being a home owner was easy? They lied!!!
Hugs, they do look good! Can you reuse the same materials? If not, there's gotta be some art project begging to get out of those screens! :)
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