Today, I worked on the Houseworks working windows for the kitchen.  I had already given them their first coat of paint and applied the crackle medium to the exterior some time ago.  I can fiddle with windows and painting tiny parts only so long, then I have to move on.  So, they've languished in the "to do box" since then.  :]

They have their original acrylic inserts, which I will worry about aging later in the build though right now they are appropriately dusty.  :D

For the large double window, I glued the top window pieces in place, and the lower portions are loose enough to require dowels to prop them open.  :D  That makes three windows like that in the kitchen, the other being one of the bay windows.

I'm so glad I added the casement window above the sink.  I think it's the perfect addition for a farmhouse.

Building up the outer edges of the window trim not only helped make up some of the difference between the thickness of the wall and the depth of the working window, it also makes the windows look more realistic in construction.

The padding I added to the inside wall makes up the rest of the difference in wall thickness so the interior surfaces of the windows are flush with the wall surface.  This will make adding the interior trim much easier.

When I take photos where the open back will show through the windows, I often prop up a spare piece of matching wallpaper to make the room feel whole.  Here you can it in place.