DIY Fake Stained Glass Home windows

Learn the way Linda turned her present window into a fake stained glass window with simple to put in leaded strains. It’s a fantastic traditional design and provides privateness to a plain window, and it’s simple to make your individual stained glass at residence!

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DIY Fake Stained Glass Window Tutorial
by Linda at It All Began With Paint

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Hello everybody! My title is Linda from It All Started With Paint and I’m thrilled to be taking part within the Remodelaholic ‘All Issues Home windows’ occasion.

Again to my residence DIY journey. Our home is over 100 years previous. Don’t get too excited. It comes with not one of the previous world appeal you may think a house constructed within the late 1800’s would possess. It does, nevertheless, include an entire lot of previous home money-pit complications! However that’s a publish for “This Previous Home Complications Week” …

I satisfaction myself on being a make lemonade out of lemons particular person. And when confronted with modern-looking home windows and mouldings that didn’t actually match with the coastal-nautical-city-cottage vibe I’m hoped to infuse into our residence, I set about giving them a little bit of previous world aptitude. On a budget, in fact, with a fake stained glass window remedy … sure you’ll be able to stain glass in an present window!

DIY Fake Stained Glass Home windows

Step 1: Draw the glass design

I began out drawing my fake stained glass design on a bit of paper the precise dimensions of the window opening. Evidently, there was numerous erasing and redrawing to get the right match.

My window design is all straight strains, which made it simple to attract and simple to create utilizing primarily the peel and stick DIY stained glass main strains.

For extra natural shapes, you may use stencils or cups, bowls, and so on to make good even curves and easy designs.

Step 2: Switch the design to the window

Now, if I may simply attain the surface of the window, I might simply tape that drawing to it with painters tape and hint the sample proper onto the glass. However that wasn’t an choice. So I put my drawing up in opposition to the window and, utilizing a pencil, frivolously marked off my lead line beginning factors on the perimeters of the window body.

PS: Make sure you clear your glass effectively with glass cleaner earlier than transferring the fake stained glass black outlines!

Step 3: Apply leaded glass strains

Then it was time to seize my Gallery Glass supplies, which I discovered on the craft retailer. These provides are additionally accessible here on Amazon. I used window leading strips, liquid leading, and crystal clear window color (and there’s a combo kit here).

I used the clear window coloring so as to add a frosted glass look to my stained glass window. Should you’d like a extra colourful stained glass window, use the colored Gallery Glass paints as a substitute like Madigan added to her sidelights right here. There are additionally colorful window films you may use.

These leading strips are pure genius. You possibly can simply reduce them. Simply reposition them to observe the strains of your sample. I simply used a degree to maintain my vertical strains straight. Press firmly on the sting of the lead strips to make sure good adhesion.

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The I added some liquid leading “solder” to wash up the leaded areas the place items didn’t fairly join. That is principally fancy black acrylic paint.

I let that dry for 8-10 hours, per the directions on the bottle.

For curved strains, circles, or different natural shapes that aren’t straight strains, Gallery Glass recommends creating a DIY stained glass window cling. You’ll use a spare piece of glass (like from an image body), place the sample beneath, apply the liquid main and the stained glass paint, then let it dry and peel it from the glass to put on the window.

Step 4: Apply stained glass colour paint

Part two was the applying of the Crystal Clear glass color. Which, clearly, is colorless. After it dries, that’s. Throughout software it was milky white.

The colorful DIY stained glass window paint applies the identical method — opaque throughout software and translucent after it dries (type of like Mod Podge or Elmer’s glue).

I used to be a bit heavy handed. Squeezing it out straight from the bottle onto the window. Utterly forgetting in regards to the results of gravity. There was some revisiting all through the day to wipe away the Crystal Clear from the lead strains and the underside of the window pane.

My suggestion is to skip my heavy-handed methodology and use some sort of applicator. Like a paintbrush. And portray on a number of gentle coats till you attain your required look.

Gallery Glass recommends making use of the DIY stained glass window paint on to the window from the bottle, then utilizing this pick tool to brush/stir to unfold and mix the paint. This additionally helps take away air bubbles trapped beneath the paint.

In the long run, I’m actually proud of the way it turned out.

It actually does praise my dining room remodel.

Actually, I cherished it a lot that I created one in my lounge as effectively.

You possibly can see my absolutely transformed coastal-nautical-city-cottage-look eating room and dwelling rooms (full with fake leaded glass home windows) — in addition to the fake stained glass window I created in my entryway throughout my pre-blogging days — by visiting the room remodels section on my blog.

Thanks a lot Cassity for inviting me to share my fake stained glass window tutorial along with your Remodelaholic readers! Hopefully they’re impressed so as to add a little bit of previous world home appeal to their very personal properties – with out the previous home money-pit complications!

You can even discover me on social media, together with Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. I’d love so that you can cease by and socialize!

DIY Stained Glass Window FAQs

Is DIY stained glass costly?

Fake stained glass isn’t costly and it’s a really reasonably priced option to create your individual privateness window and add some traditional model to your private home. A pack of leading strips and a combo kit of liquid leading and glass paint price lower than $50 (and you should utilize coupons at most craft shops!) and can cowl a number of common dimension home windows, relying in your design.

Is that this DIY fake stained glass window paint removeable?

Sure! The paint may be very sturdy however may also be eliminated when you’d prefer to return to the flat glass window. Simply use a glass scraper tool or craft blade/utility knife to attain the perimeters, then fastidiously scrape up the paint — it could even peel off in a single piece.

How do I clear a fake stained glass window?

Because the stained glass paint and main are utilized to the within of the window solely, you’ll be able to proceed to wash the outside of the window like ordinary. For the textured within the window, wipe clear commonly with a lint-free microfiber material to take away mud.

Can I take advantage of this methodology for a children glass window artwork lesson?

In fact! The Gallery Glass provides are an ideal choice for youths and adults alike to create your individual imitation stained glass artwork and stain your individual “window” in a photograph body or any sheet of glass. (We love artwork historical past!)

Should you’re on a finances, you’ll be able to exchange the liquid main with black glue (coloured with paint) to hint the sample or silhouette on transparency film sheets as a substitute of glass. Add meals coloring or a pair drops of acrylic paint to a couple tablespoons of clear glue, white faculty glue, or Mod Podge Gloss in a disposable bowl or muffin tin, then paint the coloured glue within the sections you’d like.

Can I take advantage of window movie to appear to be stained glass?

Sure! Should you’re searching for a fast set up, there are various lovely privateness window movies that appear to be stained glass, plus different lovely designs. Listed here are a number of of our favorites:

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