Decorate a Wall...Cheap!

A quick fix for a wall that just needs a little something is windows!  We stopped by the local antique shop and scrounged around the clearance bin.  We picked up a 12 pane window.  It was in real bad shape.  All the panes were barely hanging on, but we liked it.  We snagged three stained glass windows, too.  All of them looked pretty battered.  I think the 12 pane one had it the worst and was the oldest.  When you look at the panes, you can see the ripples in the glass.  The quick fix was to lay the big window face down and run a bead of caulk around each of the panes to keep them in place.  Once that dried, it was ready to be cleaned up a bit.  Next we masked off all the glass with some old newspapers and blue tape.  ( I love that stuff!)  Then came the primer.  Each window got two coats of spray primer.  It took nearly two cans to do all four windows, but we primed both the front and back of each.  Finally, we sprayed the fronts with several coats of flat white paint.  We kept the window frames rough and imperfect to add to the charm.  The paint coated beautifully.  The we bought a little three-dollar picture hanging kit and outfitted the windows with picture wire to hang them, and...voila!  Have fun with this one!  You CAN do it.