Beveled Glass Dining Room Windows

A tropical flair was added to this set of windows by adding foliage in shades of green textured glass.

Using Stained Glass in Non-Lit Areas

Hello Annie,
I understand you want to permanently affix stained glass to your medicine cabinet doors that are painted the color of your wall. The glass weight is approximately around 2-1/2 ~ 3 lbs per square ft copper foiled with lead came. I am concerned about the installation of a stained glass piece over an existing panel. The best way is to frame the stained glass piece and use the frame as a door. If you are mounting stained glass over an existing door, it is best if it sits on a molding and fits snuggly all around. Then run a bead of clear silicon all around the stained glass to seal it in place. Remember this is a swinging door and the glass could fall and be a safety issue if there are no stops to hold it in place. There must be something to secure it from falling out. These suncatcher are pre-made and come in the sizes specified online. You might want to have the panel custom made to fit a frame.Stained glass shows best with a lit back. Preferably natural sunlight like the picture above.This stained glass hanging is sold on the website's SHOP NOW! tab in the STAINED GLASS HANGINGS page.The colors will be muted if placed over a painted surface and clear textures will show the color of your wall or whatever is behind it.The picture above is hanging on a butterscotch color painted wall.The picture above is laying on white paper.

This picture is taken from the exterior looking into the house window.

I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to call me.

What are Surface Mounted Stained or Beveled Glass Panels?

Hi Sarak and thank you for your question! This is a good example of a surface mounted window application. There is no need to replace these windows because they are all fixed (cannot open) and the glass is clear with no grids or divisions. Perfect, because this design will not be obstructed by any lines in the background. This type of installation keeps the price down because there is no need to remove glass and no need to triple glazed (encapsulate) the art glass. It is hardly noticable that these windows are mounted on the surface of the clear glass pane.
This home has high ceilings so an extension ladder is needed to install the beveled glass panels on the interior side of the window. The installation takes a little longer because of the caution needed when climbing the ladders as well as decending. When the art glass piece is larger, we prefer using a scaffold (temporary metal frame used to support people and material during installation) to ensure the safety of the installer. Scaffolding is an additional charge.
After the window is shimmed and placed, a bead of clear silicon is applied around the panel to the edge of the drywall. Typically this is good enough to hold the glass in place and is how we finish this type of installation. This homeowner requested the window be surounded by a 1/4" round molding so it could be painted the color of the wall to simulate a thin picture frame.
The wood trim is caulked at the seams and the nail holes are filled. It is always best for the homeowner to provide the paint to ensure the color matches. There are many shades of white, trust me!

Finished and ready for paint!

Stained Glass Wisteria Window

I was contacted by Mrs. Mitchell to design and fabricate a staircase window. We didn't have a clear idea of the design that would be used. After speaking to the Mitchells, the idea of wisteria vines was brought up and we went from there. The color palette was chosen to match colors the existing wallpaper in the kitchen which they both really liked and wanted to use as the primary colors.

I presented the Mitchells with the initial drawing and was delighted when they notified me they wanted to add sidelights to their front door to match the Wisteria & Camelia window. These windows were all surface mounted with bead moldings and fabricated using the copperfoil method.

I deeply regret not have taken good pictures! These windows are trully beautiful in person.