I live in a very cold place in Colorado and my dad recently remodeled our house. My sister and my bed rooms both have round windows and are waking us up early in the morning becuase of the light coming through. We thought of making/buying pillows for the windows but when we tried with just a regular pillow in my sisters window it cracked and broke. Something with the cold air and the warm air made the glass crack. We don’t really want to put a square shade above the windows and pull it down when we need it because it would look stupid but my dad is worried if we get something to put in the window even like stirofoam it might crack it again. Please help I need some sleep, midterns are coming up soon!!!
Whether you sleep during the daytime, or you just get way to much sun in your window, heres a quick and easy project that will darken your room like its night-time, yet still allow YOU to control the amount of light you want to let into said room. Its called a “Blackout-cloth window insert”, its very simple and inexpensive to make.
The Supplies you will need are as follows:
1. hammer
2. long finishing nails
3. small wood screws
4. screwdriver (for woodscrews)
5. 5 – 1 1/2″ thick pieces of pine wood
6. thumb tacks
7. self-stick velcro (as many or few as you’d like)
8. premeasured piece of “Blackout” cloth 1″ wider than measurement inside window frame (blackout cloth is avaliable at most major fabric stores)
First things first, you will need to measure the window “inside” the frame, so that you will be able to “insert” the “Insert”..so to speak. You can buy the pinewood, and have them cut it to size..build a rectangle, and add another (5th piece) into the center of your rectangle..using wood screws, screw all pieces together..so you have a large rectangle..4 pieces on the outside, and 1 piece “Inside” across the center. Cut blackout cloth to fit over frame, leaving 1″ extra around edges..Thumb-tack the blackout cloth to the outside edges of the frame on the top ONLY..use the self stick velcro around the top edges on the bottom of the screen, making it so that the bottom can be opened up by undoing the velcro. Put frame “inside” the window frame, using finishing nails to lightly “Tap” into “inside” window area..to hold frame in place. Now you can totally blackout your room..and unvelcro the bottom, when you need a little sunshine..
What would look cool would be some round plantation shutters that hinge on the sides of the window. Both would be a half circle and swing inwards. They would take some skill and the right tools to build however but if you want a custom touch, that’s what I’d do.
Can’t answer the question, but when you replace the glass, use tempered glass. It is MUCH, MUCH more resistant to heat/cold extremes.
Hope that helps.