The way to DIY Fake Stained Glass Home windows

Learn the way Linda turned her current window into a pretend stained glass window with straightforward to put in leaded traces. It’s a ravishing traditional design and provides privateness to a plain window, and it’s straightforward to make your individual stained glass at house!

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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 house 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, nonetheless, include a complete lot of previous home money-pit complications! However that’s a publish for “This Previous Home Complications Week” …

I pleasure myself on being a make lemonade out of lemons individual. 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 house, I set about giving them a little bit of previous world aptitude. On a budget, in fact, with a pretend stained glass window therapy … sure you’ll be able to stain glass in an current window!

The way to 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 plenty of erasing and redrawing to get the right match.

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

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

Step 2: Switch the design to the window

Now, if I might simply attain the skin 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 possibility. 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 sides of the window body.

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

Step 3: Apply leaded glass traces

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. If you happen to’d like a extra colourful stained glass window, use the colored Gallery Glass paints as an alternative like Madigan added to her sidelights right here. There are additionally colorful window films you might use.

These leading strips are pure genius. You’ll be able to simply reduce them. Simply reposition them to comply with the traces of your sample. I simply used a stage to maintain my vertical traces 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 mainly fancy black acrylic paint.

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

For curved traces, circles, or different natural shapes that aren’t straight traces, 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 position on the window.

Step 4: Apply stained glass coloration paint

Section two was the appliance of the Crystal Clear glass color. Which, clearly, is colorless. After it dries, that’s. Throughout utility it was milky white.

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

I used to be a bit heavy handed. Squeezing it out instantly from the bottle onto the window. Fully forgetting concerning the results of gravity. There was some revisiting all through the day to wipe away the Crystal Clear from the lead traces 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.

Ultimately, I’m actually pleased with the way it turned out.

It actually does praise my dining room remodel.

In reality, I cherished it a lot that I created one in my front room as properly.

You’ll be able to 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 may also 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 will not be costly and it’s a really inexpensive solution to create your individual privateness window and add some traditional fashion to your own home. A pack of leading strips and a combo kit of liquid leading and glass paint value lower than $50 (and you need to use 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 could be very sturdy however may also be eliminated when you’d wish to return to the flat glass window. Simply use a glass scraper tool or craft blade/utility knife to attain the sides, then rigorously scrape up the paint — it could even peel off in a single piece.

How do I clear a pretend 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 traditional. For the textured inside the window, wipe clear usually with a lint-free microfiber material to take away mud.

Can I exploit this methodology for a youngsters glass window artwork lesson?

After all! The Gallery Glass provides are a fantastic possibility for teenagers 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!)

If you happen to’re on a finances, you’ll be able to substitute the liquid main with black glue (coloured with paint) to hint the sample or silhouette on transparency film sheets as an alternative of glass. Add meals coloring or a pair drops of acrylic paint to a couple tablespoons of clear glue, white college 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 exploit window movie to appear like stained glass?

Sure! If you happen to’re in search of a fast set up, there are a lot of lovely privateness window movies that appear like stained glass, plus different lovely designs. Listed below are a number of of our favorites:

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