Homemade Garage Door Windows

Here is the before photo our boring garage door has been this way since we moved in 8 years ago.

Homemade garage door windows.

Painter s tape we used scotch blue platinum 1 41 wide rust oleum frosted glass spray paint window cleaner rags large piece of some what transparent paper to make pattern additional painter s tape and scrap paper safety gear goggles respiratory type mask ryobi hybrid fan. How to add a garage door window. If daylighting is your main purpose install. Step 1 take measurements for the garage door window.

They often feature small windows at the top of the garage door and are made from wood. A couple weeks ago i finally spent some time putting my plan into action and created some faux windows to our garage door. Optimizing privacy and security. Similarly if someone will be living or staying in the garage conversion or you don t.

Homemade carriage house garage doors. Step 3 use jigsaw to cut openings. It must fit. I made it happen so i think anybody armed with minimal car.

Make your own carriage garage doors by drawing a sketch to resemble the look you are going for and cutting wood to the size and shape with a saw. Decide on the right placement optimizing daylight. A garage door window has to be the correct size so that it fits in your door. A year or so ago i read a post from melissa at silhouette school how she used vinyl to update her garage doors.

This is a step by step on how your average schmoe can build beautiful carriage house style garage doors i m a computer programmer and this is the first time i ve done anything like this. Step 2 mark the spot for the window.