Five-Window Casing Array, Living Room

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The problem

Five windows across two adjoining walls, all finished as drywall wraps — no interior wood anywhere. In a twelve-foot room the openings read as holes rather than windows.

The framing added a complication. Measured head heights varied by close to half an inch across the five openings. Nobody notices that on a drywall wrap. Everybody notices it once there are five casings meant to line up.

The approach

Full stool-and-apron treatment on every opening, with a built-up casing and backband sized to hold its own at twelve feet. A thinner stock profile would have disappeared on that wall.

The array was treated as one assembly rather than five separate jobs: the whole elevation measured first, a common head line established from the highest opening, and each window’s jamb extensions shimmed down to meet it.

Construction

Drywall wraps came off back to the window frames. Extensions were ripped to each opening’s individual depth and scribed flush to the finished drywall plane, so the extension absorbed the variation and the casing stayed true. Stools are horned past the casing on both sides with returned aprons beneath.

Every joint was cut for a tight, stable fit. Casing was prefinished, with only fastener holes and the final coat handled on site.