These pointy arches were possibly Lauren and my least favorite aspect of tyhe new house. We couldnt wait to get rid of them. We considered doing curved arches, but finally decided that going squared off was a better look and would hopefully stand the test of time - unlike these beauties.

Heres the unadulterated look, from the living room. (08/29/2012)

First we scored the sheetrock just outside where we thought the studs would be. (10/06/2012)

Lauren takes her first swing with her pretty pink sledge hammer. Probably taking out her agressions from something I did. (10/06/2012)

Looks like it should be pretty easy. We can just take out the angled 2x4s and leave the existing square frame. (10/06/2012)

The rough opening. (10/06/2012)

We pried the toe-nailed 2x4s down (10/06/2012)

Looks better already. (10/06/2012)

A little bit more trim work, and things are starting to shape up nicely. (10/06/2012)

We put up some sheetrock to cover the bare studs and got to work sanding. Unfortunately we could only find 1/2" (10/07/2012)

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