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Topic: Decorating with Old Windows!!

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Started 3 years ago by shamrockerin
Latest reply from junxtaposition

shamrockerin
Member
I love to find cast away windows! They have so much potential!Here's what i do with them:
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Posted 3 years ago #
momlvcntrt
Member

that is cool

Posted 3 years ago #
Leveta
Member

Is it material? I can't paint so that's what I use...Really like your window...And welcome...I hope you have more windows Ideals...They are my favorite...

Posted 3 years ago #
Breznlin
Member

I usually fill my old windows with vintage quilt pieces!

Posted 3 years ago #
AnnOfGreenoak
Member

we have tons and always looking for more projects....lots on my blog, including some big projects www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com
currently we are doing vinyl words on some and then painting the backs....also some peace signs and also chalk paint.....im collaging on some in the basement....but not fit for sale yet...
i havent tried table tops yet....it seems kind of risky....
almost forgot ....mirrors in the panes.....
another onei want to try is cork...and thanks to here i have some directions....
we just got a 7 ft tall 3 ft wide with a curved top....hmmmmm
ann
www.greenoakantiques.com

Posted 3 years ago #
Breznlin
Member

I have a 12 pane window that hubby brought home from a job that is pretty large and it's still sitting outside - not sure what I want to do with it. I would love just to bring it in after I clean it up and stand it against the wall near the corner behind my lamp and end table but not sure if hubby would go for that!!!!

Posted 3 years ago #
Leveta
Member

Breznlin maybe if you sneak it in and put a throw over part of it, you know kinda make it look funtional...He won't notice...LOL

Posted 3 years ago #
ILoveJunk
Member

I've recently painted my livingroom chocolate brown, and I'm going to do something amazing with a big old window on the wall behind my sofa...Thanks for another idea to add to my list!

Posted 3 years ago #
Breznlin
Member

I still haven't done anything with that 12 pane window yet. We've been too busy working on the outside - installing a new paver sidewalk, weeding, mulching but the sidewalk should be done today so maybe one day when he is not home, I will clean it up and try to carry it up the stairs into the house!!!

Posted 3 years ago #
csudderth
Member

Breznlin, your life sounds like mine right now--busy outside. My sisters and I were looking at a gardening magazine last night and found a paned window used as a garden gate. It was great.
Christy

Posted 3 years ago #
Nifty Vintage
Member

My Grandma made mats to go in each frame of a triple paned window for pictures. It was a big window and had different sized openings for different sized photos. I have since taken the mats out and replaced with mirror. It hangs with thick cording. I will try to post a pic a bit later.

Posted 3 years ago #
Breznlin
Member

My window still has all the glass in it so it's a heavy bugger. I'm hoping to clean it up this Friday since I took a vacation day to clean my house but we did get the sidewalk done over the weekend! Still have to clean up the mess from the sidewalk project - like dirt, stone, sand, and some large rocks that were originally the sidewalk....it's never ending.

Posted 3 years ago #
Nifty Vintage
Member
Here's the window...it doesn't have all of the mirror in yet. The round thing it's hanging from is a huge button cover.
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Posted 3 years ago #
thehillbillies
Member

I love it!

Posted 3 years ago #
cowpalace
Member

I've been collecting old windows so that I can make a conservatory out of them. Linda Smith sells them in Canton, Texas, and they are gorgeous and so unique. Here is her website: http://web.mac.com/lindasbluegate/iWeb/LInda%27s%20Blue%20Gate/home.html

Posted 3 years ago #
Leveta
Member

What a wonderful site...Thanks for shareing it...

Posted 3 years ago #
junxtaposition
Member
i have done many many things with windows over the years......here are some flag windows i just made this week and sold at a show over the weekend. i have one old prim flag and 2 windows in my junk pile.....they fit perfectly !! would have been trash, now they are both cool prim flags hanging over fireplaces of my happy customers !
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Posted 3 years ago #
Leveta
Member

Do you use glass med. They are great...You are so talented...

Posted 3 years ago #
Nifty Vintage
Member

After we replaced the windows of my old house a few years ago, I gave away over 60 large wooden windows. Don't throw tomatoes!

Posted 3 years ago #
chiccottagejunk
Member

Oh, wow, those painted windows are beautiful junkxtaposition! I really like the flags and I've never seen that around here before. Thanks for the ideas!

Sue

Posted 3 years ago #
paintwife
Member

Love your windows. Th flag idea is a great one.

Linda

Posted 3 years ago #
junxtaposition
Member

the flags arent painted, it is a REAl vintage old old flag...i cut it up and used spray adhesive to attach to the back of the window. the flag was greatly yellowed/browned/aged///i didnt even have to coffee stain it !

Posted 3 years ago #
dianeinthevalley
Member

my husband has a fit when i mess with a flag.. "It should be retired" meaning a ceremony where the boyscouts or VFW burn the flags. Although i did take an older flag and attach to the back of a window but heaven forbid if i had cut it. Diane

Posted 3 years ago #
junxtaposition
Member

i did think about that, but i decided that keeping it and using it was better than burning it !

Posted 3 years ago #