~it was just an old window~

It was just an old window.
Really no kidding, it was only a leftover window from a house made long, long ago with paint that was peeling on each of the sides.
Some people would say its purpose was now done and that it was time for the burn pile or the city dump.

But not this guy.
This guy had another plan.

His wife needed a "little library" for the boys and girls in her classroom to use.  So he took the old window and studied it  He drew out the plans on a sheet of gridded paper and set to work and it all started with the old window.

As the days passed by the little library began to take shape.  Leftover boards that were bought at a habitat store provided the walls all around it.  Very little money had to be used in order to construct it.  

The variegated colors of the different woods made a striking pattern for each of the sides and back.  

It came to life right there on the living room floor.  

Yesterday it was delivered to my classroom and it looked very wonderful.  It was just what I imagined it to be.  Now to fill it with books for kids to take with them if they choose and never have to be returned again.  Once they leave the little library, those books belong to them.

It was just an old window to begin with but the truth is this.
It was destined to be something much greater than that.