Pallet Playhouse

Step 15 Ice cream window, continued

I built a frame for the whole works out of some 2x6 lumber a nice guy in a nearby town gave me. He posted it on Craigslist and gave me a whole bunch of 2x6's, 2x8's, and 2x10's. The joints are simply butted and screwed together with two inch deck screws.

The "hinges" are pieces of an old dowel I had.  '

I would later build a rough opening for the whole thing, slide it in, and fasten it with long screws into the playhouse.  I measured ahead;  the overall depth of the window matched combined width of the framing, the siding, and the interior paneling.  It was a simple matter to attach mouldings to the exterior and interior when it was time for the finish work.

I also later added two handles, some wood strips to make it weather-tight, and a simple hook and eye lock to keep it shut when not in use.

If you look at the finished product in the later photos, you'll see that there are also wooden "x's" in each pane.  These were simply glued, directly to the glass.