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How to Turn Plain Glass
Into a French Window
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A painted illusion is all it
takes to turn plain glass windows into elegant Faux French
windows.
You can turn your old windows into
French windows without the expense of replacing them. A
French window pattern can increase the privacy of your old
windows and make the view outside more picturesque, by
slicing it into small rectangles. All this can be achieved
by a painted illusion created on plain glass.
Even your old patio door can look
charming if you create a frosted French door pattern on the
glass. It’s easy and cheap to do. In less than an hour an
old window can be transformed into an elegant frosted French
window.
I created this frosted illusion 4
years ago, and I still enjoy looking at it. It's hard to
believe how easy this French window was to make. So dare to
give yourself the French window you always wanted. For the
price of a can of paint, you can.
What You Will Need to Turn
Your Old Window into a French Window:
You probably have some printer paper
at home (8.5x11 inch paper). This is perfect for this
project, but you can really use smaller or bigger sheets of
paper depending on your taste. Just imagine that the sheet
of paper will represent a square or rectangle in your French
window pattern.
You will need at least one can of Rust-Oleum frosted glass
spray paint. You can easily find this product at your local
paint store, or at the Home Depot or Lowe’s paint section.
It’s a good idea to buy a few cans to be on the safe side,
then return the ones you don’t end up using.
You probably have some kind of sticky
tape at home (masking tape, cello tape… whichever you like).
One roll is more than enough.
Step One: Prepare the Window
for Painting
Choose any old window or glass door in
your home, except one inside a shower stall, because the
humidity will remove the French window pattern overtime. You
will be working on the indoor side of the window.
To begin with, clean the glass
thoroughly with a glass cleaner. Next, take the sheets of
paper. You will be sticking them to the glass at equal
intervals, so that each sheet will represent the area of the
window that will remain clear glass, while the spaces you
leave between the papers will be frosted, creating the
French window pattern.
It’s a good idea to measure the glass
before you start. This way you can plan ahead how many
sheets you intend to use and what the size of the space
between them should be.
Take your sticky tape and create
little loops to stick at the corners of each sheet of paper.
Make sure that when you adhere the paper to the glass the
sticky tape isn’t showing in the open spaces. In addition,
make sure that the spaces you leave between the sheets of
paper create straight horizontal and vertical lines that
crisscross each other.
If the lines will be crooked, your
French window pattern will look crooked. If you’re not sure
your eye can gauge the distances accurately enough, then use
a ruler.
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