Greenhouse: Greenhouses out of old windows!, 1 by curvesarein

curvesarein wrote:
We bought some wood and made supports inside. But we are putting more up on the outside, it didn't feel as stable as I would have liked. It looks nicer too. I have some old swinging door shutters we cut the curve off of and will put on the front on each side of the windows by the door. I am thinking maybe I should paint the whole thing white and then sage green on the shutters, some crackle medium and white on top. Thinking of putting some chicken wire on some of the insides of the windows to add fun stuff like seed packets pictures with clothespins. Hubby is making trusses now for it. I got to use my own tools for the first time an use a saw, now he's got me going. I am afraid it will get hot, so we have to think of venting , although there are some leaks I am sure. I was thinking I have a nice jasmine evergreen vine growing nearby. I could plant another one to go up the end, it doesn't grown real fast or invasive. It still lets in light. I could put chicken wire on the outside of the windows for it to climb if I need some shade. We will probably use corrogated roofing or just some sign material we have for right now that we can staple to it. It is very heavy plastic canvas. We also have pond liner to staple to the floor. Then make a dutch door.
So far hubby says we have $50 in it. We had to do it cheap or it wasn't happening. As most of you know the windows were donated. I still have 3 windows left that I can change out cracked window panes, they are double paned, but not sure if we should do that or it might cause more problems.