2014年8月5日星期二

Beautify Your Home With Your Very Own Stained Glass Windows

Beautify Your Home With Your Very Own Stained Glass Windows

Beautify Your Home With Your Very Own Stained Glass Windows


A home which is full of light and colors would be a very lively one. When the home is lively, it will likely help lift up the spirits of its dwellers. There are even people who become sick when they do not get to see any light at all. Thus, light also plays a part in the mood of the people who are exposed to them. Moreover, the shade of the light may also change the mood of the one who will see them reflected on walls and floors. Light also has another important use and this is to beautify a home. If you want to have windows that will really level up the aesthetic value of your home, you should then install stained glass windows. You will not only have ordinary windows that will allow some light from the outdoors to go indoors but you will also receive the colorful kind of light as reflected by the colored glasses.

If you want to make your home as homey and as grand as possible, this does not mean that you need to have such a very big house or to have a classy interiors decorator. You can simply improve the general look of your home?s interiors if you will replace your windows with stained glass windows. If you are on a tight budget, you can also make the stained glass in your own home. The process of making stained glass is quite simple. Here are some tips which will make the whole process simpler.

1. Develop a design through painting or drawing. What is important here is for you to develop a simple design. This way, you will not have a hard time starting out. If your design is ready, you can start on your stained glass windows. Being colorful, the light which will pass through and stream into your house would produce a stylish glow and an elegant atmosphere. This will surely cheer you up everyday especially if you will recall that it is your own handiwork. Even if you only have a simple house, the stained glass will take it notches higher in the style o meter.

2. Use double patterns for the design. The first pattern would serve as your template while the other one would be used to compare if your pattern would be appropriate for the glass that you will buy. This is to ensure that you will not go looping back to make another design in case your original one will not work for the glass. If your pattern requires some adjustments on your glass, you can have it cut by professionals so that you can take it home in the right size. If you want to imitate the classic windows, you have to piece together multiple pieces of colored glass with the use of lead or copper. You can use lead with cotton and to have a polished finish, you can rub it with a rag.

3. Use lead for different shapes. Lead is the ideal material used to fit different shapes of glasses because it is durable and malleable.

4. Prepare the tools and materials needed. To facilitate the whole process, you should prepare all the needed tools and materials.



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