Idea Guide

With the words and the photoshop brushes, it's probably easier than you think. Ariana over at Becoming Home just found a 'make your own stencil' thing where you can print out your pattern onto stencil-paper and then cut it out with an exacto knife (a little time consuming but totally doable). You can get real etching solution or fake "frosted glass" spray paint both at Michael's, both very easy to use. Tape stencil to glass, brush on etching solution or spray with spray paint, let dry, remove stencil, voila.

I'm like a craft diva over here, I've been spending so much time doing DIY displays for the jewelry business. ;)

That stained glass, though, is AMAZING. I want it.

The hanging window thing was done in John Cusack's movie "High Fidelity". The rocker he flirts with has a series of old window frames hanging in her swank loft to separate her sleeping area from the living area. It looks really cool! Check it out. (Good movie, regardless of the design ideas.)

That is the coolest stained glass window! Just love the flowers. I really like your ideas too. And thanks for linking to Wall Words. I've wanted to find something like that and had no idea how. As always, great blog!!
Best, Kristin

Thanks for the ideas. We recently were given an old church window (plain, but old glass - not stained glass) from the little country church where my husband's family attends. (They have lived in this area since the 1850's) The windows were replaced in favour of energy efficient models. The window isn't very big. I'm not sure what I'll do with it. It's too big to really safely hang in an existing window - we also have 2 lively dogs who might damage it if a "intruder" ie, mailman, neighbourhood dog, walked by. I have been seriously considering mounting a mirror behind it and putting it on the wall opposite the stairs going upstairs - which reflect the little light there is there.

Again - thanks!

I always LOVED the High Fidelity wall-o-windows. So very cool in Lisa Bonet's even cooler apartment.

We took a large 6-pane window and put framed black and white photos in each pane - mounted on the backside of the window. We gave one as a gift, and we have one hanging in our house. Everyone who sees it thinks we're geniuses and it was really easy to do.

The stained glass would be awesome, but if you're not ready to learn the technique you could always replicate that look with the fake kits at craft stores. JoAnn's sells fake leading and glass paint, so you could go with your own design. I bet that'd look great!

We have old wood windows around our deck-we left them clear and attached them to the deck railing and the pergola on the top with chains. They preserve the view, but block the wind well. The only issue we have had is several birds committing hari-kari with them ( and a couple that just knocked themselves silly, but recovered) In retrospect ,if you do that , put some sort of unobtrusive pattern/ etching to hopefully warn the birds.

Oooooh, Jamaila! Excellent tip!

And, Mindy and Jess, I knew I needed a reason to re-rent High Fidelity. It just went back on my Netflix list. That's probably where that idea came from...my subconcious. The part of it that filed away my memories of High Fidelity :)

Thanks for the other ideas too! I can't find a resource for those windows on the 'net, but KJ (my sis-in-law) says that it was made by the daughter of the family that owns the Crow Creek Gold Mine in Girdwood, Alaska.

http://www.crowcreekgoldmine.com/

I have nothing more to say but...
gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous.

I love.

Hello, I was just googling my friend Kates Toohey's name, she is the artist that made that glass window in Anchorage. as I live in Scotland I haven't gotten to see as much of her work as I would like, but remember when she was making this panel and was telling me about it. How great to see it!