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Window Reveal

7 years ago

The minimalist transition between the wood window reveal and the sheet rock is lovely. What did you use to finish the sheet rock and create a clean, trim look?

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Stanev Potts Architects
7 years ago
Thanks for the compliment! Those are mahogany windows from Loewen, and we had the contractor (who was excellent and very meticulous - Gary Mills and Sons from Plymouth, MA) rip a custom jamb extension. We had a standard drywall return, with a corner bead, then we tacked in a 1/4 luan spacer, which in the reveal matches the color of the window trim, but without shimming with mahogany. Then the jamb extensions went in, which sit about 1/8 proud of the face of the wall. Hope that helps! I'll try to attach a construction shot where they had done the drywall return and just started to tack in the luan spacer with the 1/4" setback to create the reveal, visible at the top of the lower window.
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