When we got new windows a few years back, I asked them to save the old windows because I had some projects in mind. When I returned home I found, to my dismay, that they saved all the exterior aluminum windows and took the nice wooden frame windows. Ugh. Do you hear my excited heart deflating? I sure did. Thankfully my mother-in-law was able to salvage one window for me.
For this project, I cut 8 pieces of paper 4"x6" and taped them onto the window panes where I wanted the pictures to be. I then sprayed the window with a glass frosting spray paint. This allowed the window to still be translucent but not 100% transparent. I did this so that I could use tiny pieces of tape to attach the pictures and the frost would cover enough so you don't see the tape.
Then I opened up the pictures on the computer and played with the contrast and color saturation to make them fun, playful colors and had them printed at Walgreens.
To hang the window I had my husband or his father (can't remember who did it) drill holes in the back. They have a jig that makes that keyhole type hole so that the screw or nail fits in the bottom of the hole and slides up to the top (not sure what that's called).
We used this method to make sure it was securely fastened to the wall because we hung it over the crib and it is heavy. We didn't want her to be able to pull on it enough to get it to fall on her. We also pre-drilled our holes and used plastic anchors to help make it super sturdy.
Not too long ago as I was driving home, I saw this little window sitting by the curb...score! I think it looks pretty just hanging there and would look nice painted an accent color as well. However I have another idea that I will share in a future post.
Turning Trash into Treasure,
Molly
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