The way to DIY Fake Stained Glass Home windows

Find out how Linda turned her current window into a fake stained glass window with simple to put in leaded traces. It’s a lovely basic design and provides privateness to a plain window, and it’s simple to make your individual stained glass at dwelling!

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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 identify is Linda from It All Started With Paint and I’m thrilled to be collaborating within the Remodelaholic ‘All Issues Home windows’ occasion.

Again to my dwelling DIY journey. Our home is over 100 years outdated. Don’t get too excited. It comes with not one of the outdated world allure you may think a house constructed within the late 1800’s would possess. It does, nonetheless, include an entire lot of outdated home money-pit complications! However that’s a submit for “This Outdated Home Complications Week” …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the coastal-nautical-city-cottage vibe I’m hoped to infuse into our dwelling, I set about giving them a little bit of outdated world aptitude. On a budget, in fact, with a fake stained glass window remedy … sure you may 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 chunk of paper the precise dimensions of the window opening. For sure, there was a variety of erasing and redrawing to get the right match.

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

For extra natural shapes, you would 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 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, flippantly marked off my lead line beginning factors on the perimeters 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 obtainable 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 a substitute like Madigan added to her sidelights right here. There are additionally colorful window films you would use.

These leading strips are pure genius. You may simply minimize them. Simply reposition them to comply with the traces of your sample. I simply used a degree 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 scrub 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 shade paint

Part 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 approach — opaque throughout utility and translucent after it dries (sort of like Mod Podge or Elmer’s glue).

I used to be a bit heavy handed. Squeezing it out immediately 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 technique and use some kind 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.

In actual fact, I cherished it a lot that I created one in my lounge as properly.

You may see my absolutely reworked coastal-nautical-city-cottage-look eating room and residing 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 together with your Remodelaholic readers! Hopefully they’re impressed so as to add a little bit of outdated world home allure to their very personal houses – with out the outdated home money-pit complications!

It’s also possible to 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 reasonably priced option to create your individual privateness window and add some basic type to your own 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 can be eliminated for those who’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 rigorously scrape up the paint — it could even peel off in a single piece.

How do I clear a fake stained glass window?

For the reason that stained glass paint and main are utilized to the within of the window solely, you may proceed to scrub the outside of the window like traditional. For the textured inside the window, wipe clear often with a lint-free microfiber fabric to take away mud.

Can I take advantage of this technique for a youngsters glass window artwork lesson?

In fact! The Gallery Glass provides are an ideal 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 may change 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 some 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 take advantage of window movie to seem like stained glass?

Sure! If you happen to’re searching for a fast set up, there are various stunning privateness window movies that seem like stained glass, plus different stunning designs. Listed below are a couple of of our favorites:

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