Reloved Window

I’ve always had a thing for old windows.  Years ago I dragged my dad out with his pick-up truck when a local nursery had changed out their windows and there was a stack of the oldies outside.  He was always game for my nonsense and we loaded up his truck.  I hoped to one day make a greenhouse with them but dad is now gone so…. so is that dream. 

I’ve since dug into the stash and done some upcycling.  You can see some of those projects here. 

My latest project is similar to this one that I have over my bed….

I did this one for the shop……

I used waistband elastic to hold the pictures in place.  I glued two strands across each pane on the sides (you can see them below) so that the pics can be easily changed out.

NEXT!

Grey & White Love!

Imagine a lovely, curvy French provincial side table from the 70’s in all it’s dark wood splendor……unfortunately you will have to imagine it because I don’t know what I did with the pics.  Again!

 

Whenever I shop the hardware stores I check out the “Oops” paint.  It’s hit or miss.   While shopping at Lowes last week I came across a gallon of grey.  It was so light that I had to compare it to a white color card to see if it was really grey.  It was!  Just a whisper of grey (called Bay Waves).  Sold.  Not only was it $10 a gallon, when I took it to the register it qualified for a $5 rebate – awesome!

I painted the “frame” and legs in the grey.  It still looked almost white.

Taped off the center sections of the table and drawer and painted those white.

Now it shows!

The handles were painted white then highlighted with silver guilding paste.

 

Waxed and ready to go.

Installed in the shop.

 

I have a feeling there will be a lot of grey furniture in the coming days.   This table barely made a dent in the gallon!

Weathered Window & Wire

While I’m in window mode….why not do another.   I did this one a few days ago.  

The glass was intact so it was perfect for adding my flower pics to.  The next one was a little rougher.  No glass.  (Although they both had the same fuzzies and could have used a shave!)

Chicken wire to the rescue!

 

I didn't have a D-ring to hang it so I improvised.

I used a pop tab from a soda can and voila!

A new place to hang keys, the dog leash, etc.

Installed and ready to use. 

P.S.  If you’ve never used chicken wire, beware… it bites!

Flowers & Weathered Wood

 Two of my favorite things!   As a matter of fact I was supposed to be outside planting flowers this weekend but Mother Nature had other ideas.  So instead I spent my time inside…. printing flowers.

I needed some wall décor for my freshly painted breezeway  /mudroom so I pulled out an old window that I cleaned up earlier.

There was an odd ‘fuzziness’ on parts of it –probably from being out in the rain.

See?  I sanded it off as best I could but it was tough to get at without breaking any glass.

I dry-brushed the paint on and lightly sanded with a sanding block.  That took care of the fuzzies pretty well.  Then I chose the photos for the frames.

I wanted the pics to be removable so that I could change them out seasonally so I added 2 bands of elastic to the back to hold the pics tightly to the glass.    They are  easily removable when I want to change them up.

And this is the final result!  

Easy…and free!
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