DIY Grid Windows

Grid windows often grace colonial style homes, which are trending big time right now but are also very timeless! Our home does not have existing grid windows but we have been slowly adding some vintage flare to our interior this year & I've been drooling over them for some time now. When we rearranged our living room & placed our sofa in front of every window of our living room, we had to get creative on finding a way that they could still make a statement in the room and not feel covered up or hidden. One way to do this is to add texture through the use of window treatments, but we didn't necessarily want to cover up every window. The one we desired to keep wide open the most faces south, we LOVE the sunshine that pours into this space in the afternoons. If only it had some ~spice~ to it.

Material -

The material we were looking for needed to be something relatively thin, durable & something that could even withstand some moisture from time to time. Insert........automotive molding? YEP. I imagined something sticky on the one side and just a rubber on the inside. Automotive molding is exactly that. Luckily this was pretty easy to find on the internet for a decent price. We found this Trim-Gard Automotive Wheel Well Molding on Amazon. We ordered 50 feet of it for only $44.00. There is a black option if you happen to have black windows.

Installation -

The first step to me was deciding what design or pattern I wanted the grids to be. I was pretty sure I wanted 9/0 (9 squares on top, leaving the bottom half of the windows without the grid) It felt classic to me but Pinterest is a great resource if you're unsure or open to something a little more unique! There are endless possibilities, have fun with this! It's pretty straightforward when it comes to actually installing this on your windows. Give them a good cleaning first, measure, map out with something like painters tape if needed & adhere to the window! I used scissors to cut the molding & this worked but I do think it'd have been easier to use something more hefty like wire cutters. If you get a piece up on the window & it needs moved its not too difficult to pull back off. BUT it does have the durability I was looking for so they don't just fall off easily either.

Demand -

Overall this was definitely doable with one person. Once I got the hang of it I flew right through it. One window took me about 10-15 minutes! I used a leveler to make sure each line was straight & wam bam. Grid windows.

Tools needed;

Tape measure

Automotive molding - https://rivr.link/CAH-dvofDW

A leveler

Scissors or Wire cutter

Thanks for being here! Most sincerely, CA