Antique Windows

My dad hoards collects everything.  He has an entire attic full of antique and vintage everything!  He told me I could have his antique windows and do whatever I wanted with them 
: ) .


I have been wanting to try DIY mercury glass for awhile now, so I decided to try it on the antique windows.  I first cleaned the windows and then followed the directions on the Krylon Looking Glass spray paint.  You are supposed to spray a thin even coat, every minute.  Coating the glass 5 times total.  After I finished with this part, I lightly misted a 50/50 mixture of vinegar and water over the glass.  I let this sit for 1 minute and then sprayed a paper towel with the mixture and then wiped the glass in an up/down pattern LIGHTLY!!!  After I removed some of the spray paint, I lightly sprayed the glass again.


After all of this was dry, I painted the front of the window trim in Annie Sloan Duck Egg.  I then lightly distressed, and attached 2 D-rings to the back of each window.  Antique windows, mercury glass and chalk paint.  LOVE!


On the third window, there was 1 broken piece of glass.  So I decided to break a few more and then paint the entire thing in ASCP Duck Egg.  I then used small eye bolts on the frames without glass and attached some twine to them.  I used small clothes pins to hang pictures.  Again, I attached 2 D-rings to the back for easy hanging.

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