From Transparent to Translucent
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
October 27, 2018 2:09pm CST
The front window in our garage was in need of a new shade as the original hung by the first owner of the house back in 1992 had begun to disintegrate.
Much discussion ensued about with what we would replace the shade. My idea of simply spraypainting the window black was quickly vetoed by the missus who also warned me against suggesting spraypainting the window any other color.
What we settled on was applying a translucent film to the window allowing light in but making it impossible to see the contents of the garage from outside. The film is available at Lowe's. It is fairly easy to install. And from what we can see thus far will do the trick nicely.
Moving all the things piled up in the corner of the garage that blocked access to the window and then cleaning the area took longer than installing the film. The nice part of that is having a cleaner more organized garage now that we are done.
Did you undertake any projects around the house today?
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@wolfgirl569 (135601)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Oct 18
Finished moving our bedroom back to the bigger room. I agree with your wife on the paint. 
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
27 Oct 18
LOL, she wouldn't let me paint over the window but now wants to paint the whole garage. I told her we'd call a friend of ours who is a professional house painter and see what he'd charge for the job. She's of the opinion we could do it ourselves. The ceiling in the garage is 15' high. We have a 4-foot stepladder.
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
27 Oct 18
@MALUSE She actually loves to paint, walls and such that is. However, her idea of what colors to paint rooms in a house she inherited from her father. He was color blind. She is not. But, having grown up with the garish colors he used, she favors and used the same. Myself, I don't much care. My parents always painted the rooms in our house some shade of white.
@wolfgirl569 (135601)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Oct 18
@DWDavis Walls are different from windows. I would probably like her choices. I even have a purple room here.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
29 Oct 18
Not today but been slowly doing stuff. Looks neat buddy, I like those type is windows for the rain alone. Rain makes them look neat.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
28 Oct 18
Does it come in different shades or designs ?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Oct 18
I undertook the project of testing out the couch for maximum laziness.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
27 Oct 18
@JohnRoberts One must be thorough. Remember, this is for posterior.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Oct 18
@DWDavis So far, yes. But more testing is required.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
29 Oct 18
no just trying to live here. lol. sounds like you are happy now you listened to wife
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Oct 18
I did absolutely nothing around the house today except watch football and take a nap, and I enjoyed it thoroughly! haha
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
29 Oct 18
Not always. She wanted to also put film on the window on the back door of the garage. I had to remind her we often look out that door when we are working in the front yard with the main garage door open and want to check on the dogs when they are in the back yard.
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@dave121495 (1294)
• Philippines
28 Oct 18
I don't do projects in our house. My parents think i'm just going to break stuff. Lol
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@dave121495 (1294)
• Philippines
29 Oct 18
@DWDavis It's best to call the professionals in times we don't really know what are we going to do.
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@snowy22315 (208774)
• United States
28 Oct 18
I was washing a chair covering. Not a major task, but it needed to be done.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
27 Oct 18
Always nice to clear things out and organize and that film works great, did you have a hard time getting the air bubbles out of it.
