Back Room

This room was built using SOLID concrete walls (ughh!). Therefore we had to be a little creative when it comes to insulation. We used a ceramic additive to the paint. The ceramic particles are supposed to dissolve into the paint and create a heat reflecting membrane within the paint.

The windows came out great, notice how we made sure to use casement windows as these were prefered by the architect. We also tried to match the style of the window using the existing original windows as our template.
We installed an Armstrong cherry laminate ceiling and pine cased windows stained cherry. We tried at least 12 different shades of premixed cherry from different stain manufacturers to get the windows to match the color of the manufactured ceiling. Even after conditioning the soft wood we still ended up with a blotchy finish that did not match. A trip to Super Menards in Oak Forest solved our problems. They sold cherry stain in a spray can which went on like a dream come true! We bought every can of spray stain they had as each window took 1 1/2 cans to complete. After 3 trips of buying out stock of cherry stain we completed staining of the windows.