Here's what I started with. I found 5 of these old windows at a yard sale for only $2 each.
I knew I either wanted to make mirrors out of them or display racks like I've seen in a few craft blogs.
Well, I went with the display racks because I need some more display room in my Peddlers Mall booth.
I very carefully knocked out the glass in two of them by putting the windows down inside of a big ole cardboard box. A very skinny one. The wicker table had came in it and it was perfect. I then hit on the sides of the box with a rubber hammer until all the glass was pretty much broken out. This way the glass didn't fly around and I didn't have a mess to clean up afterwards either.
Next, I put some chicken wire on the backside of them both. I stapled it on with a big ole staple gun from Lowes. Then I stenciled on the "Primitive" saying at the top. On one of them I cut some fabric and added a little curtain to make it more country. The other I left plain. And that's the one I like best.
And here it is. I use those metal "S" hooks to hang items on these in my booth. They save me alot of space and look so cute for displaying about anything!
Love the windows. That was an awesome idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you! it serves great as a way to display small ornaments for sale with "s" hooks.
DeleteGood idea but too bad you couldn't save the old glass for another project.
ReplyDeleteThank you. At the time I didn't even think of that. And now I've seen the old pieces of glass painted as an American Flag.. That would've been neat to do.
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