The mercury glass window has already been hung and is looking beautiful in my son’s bathroom. This is just my front door wreath for an example, but a boxwood wreath, a magnolia wreath, or a twig wreath would all look fantastic.įor my purposes, I’m using the window wreathless. If you like, attach a wreath to display behind a couch or bed. The glue will dry clear and you’ll preserve the chippy paint look. Combine wood glue with water, about 2/3 glue to 1/3 water and paint it over the peeling paint. If your window has peeling paint you may want to stop the peel with this trick. Remove the painters tape and your project is complete. Wait another 20 seconds and use the paper towel to lightly dab the water/vinegar spots. Let sit about 20 seconds and spray again. Spray the window with the mirror spray paint. Spray the window all over with the water/vinegar mixture. Take your window outside if at all possible to get the ventilation and lay down a drop cloth. I’m using black chalk paint but I would have used black spray paint if I had any on hand.īack to the front. Turn the window over and cover all the glass with black paint. a can of mirror spray paint either Krylon Looking Glass spray paint or Rustoleum Mirror Effect Spray Paint.a spray bottle with a mixture of half vinegar and half water.black spray paint or other flat black paint.Taping up the pane dividers will be the most time consuming part of this entire project. Use painters tape to mask any areas you do not want covered in spray paint. If I use the mercury glass I won’t see the wall color peeking thru. It takes 3 of us to work on the bath, two to actually work on the bath and the other to play with the grandson.īecause the window had clear glass I immediately wanted to do a mercury glass effect. There is a great big wall badly in need of a big art piece. We’re in the process of helping him redo his bathroom and while we were there we agreed that the window would look great in the new bathroom. I was able to pick up the window the following day when the hubby and I went for a visit. Her son dropped it off at my son’s house on New Year’s eve. Thank you Anita, it’s even more beautiful in person. My year started out fantastic because I was gifted this beautiful window from my ex neighbor, Anita. I was still working on projects but not blogging saved me the time of sitting at my computer and typing up my projects, which for me, always takes the most time. You may have noticed that I took the month of December off from blogging.
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