I love taking old things and making them new... well, not new... let's say I like making things look old in a strategic and fabulous sort of way. I had been looking for some glass-paned wooden windows for a while and hadn't found anything that suited my fancy. Low and behold, during the renovation, we removed this beauty from our basement:
Nick had actually put it in a pile of things to go to the dump, but much to his displeasure I spotted it and rescued it. It was painted blue on one side and white on the other. My plan was to sand off all the old paint, repaint it a color of my choosing (red maybe?), distress it, and then use it to display old photographs. I decided to use the orbital sander on the flat areas and sandpaper in the areas near the glass. I started sanding the blue side, and to my absolute delight discovered that there was a layer of green paint and a layer of white that lay beneath. I realized almost immediately that it would be a travesty (and a lot more work!) to sand off all that beautiful paint. As I got to work, here's what began to appear:
I also sanded the white side a bit to remove any dirt and let some of the wood show through. Here was the result:
Some of the trim around the glass panes fell out during the sanding process, but a little wood glue fixed it right up:
Unfortunately, the picture wire that I had on hand wasn't strong enough to hold such a hefty frame, and so I'll have to make a trip to the hardware store to get some thicker gauge stuff.
I taped in some childhood photographs to get a feel for what it would look like. I'm pretty pleased with the final product, although I think it will look even more spectacular with some old black-and-white family photos. I can't wait to hang this one-of-a-kind rustic creation on the wall!
