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title: 'Fake Window'
date: '2019-09-18T18:46:34+00:00'
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  - Woodworking
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# Fake Window

The last couple of offices I’ve worked in had no windows. So I decided to build a window for myself.

It’s a lot of fun when people come in my office and look at the window, but know there can’t be a window because we’re deep in the middle of a building. No one, so far, has been brave enough to suggest that the window is fake because questioning windows is nonsense.

[![fake window on wall](https://gregr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20190918_124713-768x1024.jpg)](https://gregr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20190918_124713.jpg)The window is constructed out of 1/4″ plywood that I painted white, [6000k LED tape](https://www.amazon.com/LEDMO-Non-waterproof-600LEDs-brightness-SMD3528/dp/B013C2U0IO/), and [some cheap blinds](https://www.homedepot.com/p/White-Cordless-1-in-Vinyl-Mini-Blind-23-in-W-x-64-in-L-201504001/206094465).

[![](https://gregr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190918_124750-1024x768.jpg)](https://gregr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190918_124750.jpg)

[![](https://gregr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190918_124727-e1568832591649-768x1024.jpg)](https://gregr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190918_124727-e1568832591649.jpg)

I painted the plywood, let it dry for a couple of days. The LED tape can only be cut at certain points, so I figured out how long each of the strips needed to be given the cut-point-constraint. I peeled the backing off the tape and stuck it down. I was a little nervous that the adhesive faling at some point, so I added a few zip-ties. Finally I glued some 2×2″ bocks to the top of the plywood and screwed the blinds to the blocks.

The whole thing is mounted on my office wall with three [heavy-duty command hooks](https://www.amazon.com/Command-Toggle-Decorate-Damage-Free-17065CLR-ES/dp/B00U82CJWW/).