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Hello everyone,
It only took me 17 years to actually post a prop of my own on here. Mind you, I've worked at a few haunts and have had many awesome opportunities to design and build props, displays and haunts over those years. They just haven't been MY props/displays/haunts.. for my house.. not a client, or an attraction. But now I have a house and my own neighbors to scare.
I wanted this year to be big on Halloween, but that's just not in the cards anymore (have you seen the gas prices?) I simply don't have the funds to do what I want at this point. But I have been able to take on some smaller projects.
I made these "non-destructive" boarded up window displays. It's certainly not a feature prop but it does play a strong role in setting the right atmosphere.
These are boarded windows with a twist. I did NOT want to drill any holes in my house. Thusly, I big-brained this funky but effective system that clips a large, window sized frame into the screen panel track. I often seen people install boarded up windows by whole hog sending a screw through some pallet wood and directly into their most expensive purchase. I understand it's not doing any real damage, but my perfectionist brain just can't have holes in my house. So, here you go: boarded windows for the weak-hearted.
If you're worried about the hold that these things have, I can assure you that these aren't going anywhere even in the worst of what global warming could deliver 17 more years from now. Seriously, I've TRIED knocking these things down short of destroying the windows, and they barely had any play at all.
The frame is made of 2x3 which just so happens to end up flush with the shudders when pushed all the way back to the screen panel slots. My goal was to make them look like they're just part of the window frame. I think they were pretty successful in that way. The frames are then clipped into the slots with aluminum angle bar.
The boards are made of foam. Please: if you want to make this, just use old pallet wood. You'll save so much time, headache and cost. With that said, I chose foam for a few near rational reasons:
Install is easy but you do need two people. I did record video of this whole build, so IF that ever sees the light of day, this install process will be a lot easier to follow. But here goes in writing:
Side note: It makes me a little emotional thinking about how this forum is still kicking, even though the sites of my childhood (Monster List, Scary Terry, Vilethings, Devious Concoctions, Skull and Bone, Softly Spoken Magic Spells, Our Haunt, those artfully sloppy GeoCities blogs etc) have all dramatically pivoted or faded out. Thank you to everyone who's keeping this place and my anti-social agenda alive.
Now, here's a bunch of photos of the build in non-sense order:
![Wood Lamp Shelving Flooring Tints and shades]()
![Mammal Yellow Grass Hat Leisure]()
![Window Wood Cross Twig Line]()
![Shoulder Shade Textile Wood Gesture]()
![Wood Window Rectangle Twig Cross]()
![White Wood Bone Skull Building]()
![Building Window Wood Plant Shade]()
![Window Building Wood Fixture Composite material]()
![Window Wood Rectangle Twig Line]()
![Azure Rectangle Wood Fence Aqua]()
It only took me 17 years to actually post a prop of my own on here. Mind you, I've worked at a few haunts and have had many awesome opportunities to design and build props, displays and haunts over those years. They just haven't been MY props/displays/haunts.. for my house.. not a client, or an attraction. But now I have a house and my own neighbors to scare.
I wanted this year to be big on Halloween, but that's just not in the cards anymore (have you seen the gas prices?) I simply don't have the funds to do what I want at this point. But I have been able to take on some smaller projects.
I made these "non-destructive" boarded up window displays. It's certainly not a feature prop but it does play a strong role in setting the right atmosphere.
These are boarded windows with a twist. I did NOT want to drill any holes in my house. Thusly, I big-brained this funky but effective system that clips a large, window sized frame into the screen panel track. I often seen people install boarded up windows by whole hog sending a screw through some pallet wood and directly into their most expensive purchase. I understand it's not doing any real damage, but my perfectionist brain just can't have holes in my house. So, here you go: boarded windows for the weak-hearted.
If you're worried about the hold that these things have, I can assure you that these aren't going anywhere even in the worst of what global warming could deliver 17 more years from now. Seriously, I've TRIED knocking these things down short of destroying the windows, and they barely had any play at all.
The frame is made of 2x3 which just so happens to end up flush with the shudders when pushed all the way back to the screen panel slots. My goal was to make them look like they're just part of the window frame. I think they were pretty successful in that way. The frames are then clipped into the slots with aluminum angle bar.
The boards are made of foam. Please: if you want to make this, just use old pallet wood. You'll save so much time, headache and cost. With that said, I chose foam for a few near rational reasons:
- It's cool to make stuff look like other stuff
- It does make it pretty easy to install
- I'm less worried about a foam board flying into my neighbor's window during a storm
- No splinters!
- Those moments when I get to tell someone they're actually foam and they respond "okay." Or "why."
Install is easy but you do need two people. I did record video of this whole build, so IF that ever sees the light of day, this install process will be a lot easier to follow. But here goes in writing:
- Lower the window to make room for a clamp
- One person lifts the frame into the window from the outside, the other clamps the frame in at the top
- The angle bar gets screwed in
- Everybody claps
Side note: It makes me a little emotional thinking about how this forum is still kicking, even though the sites of my childhood (Monster List, Scary Terry, Vilethings, Devious Concoctions, Skull and Bone, Softly Spoken Magic Spells, Our Haunt, those artfully sloppy GeoCities blogs etc) have all dramatically pivoted or faded out. Thank you to everyone who's keeping this place and my anti-social agenda alive.
Now, here's a bunch of photos of the build in non-sense order:
