{"id":3772,"date":"2009-10-12T23:56:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T03:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2009-10-13T00:02:33","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T04:02:33","slug":"suzanne-shakers-window-improvisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/10\/12\/suzanne-shakers-window-improvisation\/","title":{"rendered":"repurpose: japanese screen as window &#8220;shade&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3778\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sshaker-screen-retouched2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3778\" title=\"sshaker-screen-retouched2\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sshaker-screen-retouched2.jpg\" alt=\"Suzanne Shaker\" width=\"394\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sshaker-screen-retouched2.jpg 394w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sshaker-screen-retouched2-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sshaker-screen-retouched2-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suzanne Shaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suzanneshaker.com\/\">Suzanne Shaker<\/a>, whose spare modernist house was posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimprovisedlife.com\/?s=Suzanne+Shaker&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">here <\/a>a while back, wanted a window shade for her bathroom that afforded some privacy, let light in and didn&#8217;t block the view completely. She found an old japanese screen with paper on the back that was ripped. She removed the paper and her husband Pete added hooks and simple chain. It&#8217;s a beautiful bit of repurposing. Here&#8217;s another picture.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3779\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/suzanne-screen-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3779\" title=\"suzanne-screen-21\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/suzanne-screen-21.jpg\" alt=\"Suzanne Shaker\" width=\"394\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/suzanne-screen-21.jpg 394w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/suzanne-screen-21-78x100.jpg 78w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/suzanne-screen-21-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suzanne Shaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Related post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimprovisedlife.com\/?s=Suzanne+Shaker&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">A Modernist Island Retreat (on a Budget)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suzanne Shaker, whose spare modernist house was posted here a while back, wanted a window shade for her bathroom that afforded some privacy, let light in and didn&#8217;t block the view completely. 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She removed the paper and her husband Pete added&hellip;<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/10\/12\/suzanne-shakers-window-improvisation\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,6554,6,8362,7],"tags":[529,494,530],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>repurpose: japanese screen as window &quot;shade&quot; - Improvised Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Suzanne Shaker, whose spare modernist house was posted here a while back, wanted a window shade for her bathroom that afforded some privacy, let light in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/10\/12\/suzanne-shakers-window-improvisation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"repurpose: japanese screen as window &quot;shade&quot; - 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