A window shelf...

Hi Everyone!  There's nothing like having fast internet again!  It had been running slower and slower until it finally didn't let me log in at all while I waited for my internet company to get new equipment in and then finally upgraded.  And now that it has I can once again upload pictures to share with you!  I have a stack of window frames and unfortunately I don't have or can't find a before picture.

 It had broken glass panes that I carefully removed and then cleaned and scrubbed the window...then added a shelf to one side and a flat board to the opposite side to give it a more finished look.

I painted the whole thing black and then a top coat of white and then sanded.  I turned a pip berry garland into a wreath and hung it in front of the window.  Something simple yet cute and an easy way to turn a broken window destined for the dump into something useful and cute.  It will be available at my Fall Open House next Friday.  Thanks for stopping by.

Linking to:
http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/2014/09/catch-as-catch-can-181.html

An old window remake....

Hi Everyone!  I hope you are having a great weekend.  The weather has been great the last few days...thank goodness.  So I've been able to be out in the shop working.  I have almost a month to go before my first craft fair so I've been busy trying to get ready for it.  I've also had several custom orders which I'll show you later this week.  Tonight I thought I'd show you what I did to one of the windows that my Uncle Bill rescued from a dumpster for me which you can see here.

 Here are two of the four windows that Uncle Bill gave me.  I took the one on the left and spent about and hour and a half cleaning it up on both sides.  It was dirty and grimy and gross.  But I got it clean.

 I taped the edge off with frog tape.  And then sprayed the back with Krylon's Looking Glass Mirror-Like Paint.  I just love this stuff but it's expensive for a 6oz can.

 Once it dried, I painted over it with black flat spray paint to protect the mirror finish.

 I applied some dark wax to the front of the window/mirror to give it an aged look.

 I thought the window/mirror needed something so I made this wreath to hang on it out of a pip berry garland that I had on hand.  It has barn red hearts and rusty keys attached to the garland.  The tag says love is the key.  I thought it was the right size for the window/mirror.

And here it is hanging on the front of the window now turned into a mirror.  I need to hang it on the wall in my studio but I didn't want to wait to show it to you.  I like how it turned out.  What would you have done with this window?  I have three more of them.....

The weather tomorrow is suppose to be good and I have a long list of things to accomplish out in the shop.  Thanks for stopping by.

Linking to:
http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/2012/08/catch-as-catch-can-85.html 
http://www.504main.com/2012/08/tickled-pink-no-111.html 
http://www.mysimplehomelife.com/2012/08/features-simply-creations-link-party-70.html 
http://alderberryhill.blogspot.com/2012/08/make-scene-monday-36_19.html 
http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2013/02/sns-175-what-to-do-with-old-windows.html