Old Window Frames!

 Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you are having a very blessed day, and your weekend was awesome!  I worked on several projects this weekend... and am very excited to share them with you! Apparently recently I have a thing for old windows.  I always see these incredibly talented women taking old windows and a hammer and turning them into a greenhouse. Wow.. it's all I can do to keep my fingers in the process of taking the glass out.  Any-who, we found one at the dump the other day, and after a fresh coat of paint and a little polish, it ended up in our kitchen... 

one persons trash...

I had been eying up a larger window that just so happened to be leaning up against a house a few doors down from us since we moved in.  It was covered in snow now, and frozen into the ground... but a couple of nights ago, I heard one of our pups barking in the back yard (which always instantly sets me into "our neighbors will hate us and we just moved in!" mode) so I ran out and called him in.  He seemed really upset like someone was in the back alley... which made me nervous because Dallas was in the shed.  Later when Dal came in I said "did you hear him barking?" Dal had a funny smirk on his face, and I instantly knew something was up.  He said "come and check this out." We headed out to the shed, and there it was...

He had gotten it for me!  I was so excited, but a little curious... turns out the woman who owned the house had come home, he waited a couple of minutes and knocked on her door, telling her how much his wife wanted the window and asked if she would sell it, and she let him take it for free!  Once again... he is awesome!  

I had an idea that I wanted a mirror for the entryway in our house... I measured the old glass and called up the local glass cutting shop, and got them to cut me 9 mirrors... they are awesome and got it done that day!  I got right to it, taking out the old windows by scraping out the putty...

I cleaned up the insets with sand paper, and used pliers to pull out the old metal triangles in the wood to hold the glass.  Once it was all cleaned up, I set the new mirrors inside the panes.  Dallas had picked up some glaziers points at the hardware store... which are a great way to hold the mirrors in place, without having to caulk it.
 

 OK.. the next picture is a little embarrassing... I had to show it, because maybe you won't be as silly as me, and make sure that you are wearing gloves... raw cut glass is sharp... to the point where you don't even feel it when it cuts you... I literally didn't even notice until Dal said... "KARI what did you do to yourself... your bleeding!" 

SO... be careful... wear gloves..

 don't mind the fingerprints... :)

I love it, it turned out perfect for the space, and I'll attach another picture of it up on the wall next time...  Hardware store is closed on Sundays.... :)  On to a framed chalkboard and a wrought iron wall embellishment!  Until then... thank you so very much for reading... I appreciate it very much!

Blessings!!

K