Thanks again for all of your compliments! It really is nice to hear! The kitchen is holding up very well. I think a lot of it has to do with the beautiful finish on the cabinets. The cabinet maker "baked" on the paint, I believe. Whatever he did, "it's like butter!" So, when I see a spot, I can easily wipe it off. I love having all six stools, and would recommend getting as many as you can around your island. Everyone hangs out in the kitchen. The rugs are dash and albert and I do like them. However, even with a rug pad, they move around some. It's not a big deal, but be aware of that if you are considering buying them. Also, mine look pretty dirty right now. My understanding is that I can take them outside and hose/scrub them down and they will be as good as new. I haven't done that yet, but plan to very soon. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks again!

Hi Caroleoh, Yes. The window I did for my transom is Plexi. I got it at Lowes and they cut it for me there. I left the backing on the back till I was all done, and I was somewhat careful not to scratch it while I was crawling all over it on the LR floor. You can buy patterns. Look on eBay or at Michaels. Or you can design your own on your computer and get it printed out any size you want at Staples for just a few dollars. The installation is the big question with Plexi. You can drill holes in it, but you'd better ask at the hardware store how, and maybe play around with a practice piece. Or, build a frame for it with wood. Then hang it with hooks, and chains if needed. I think I'd go for the wood, and make it look distressed like an old window. GG is fine to get moist/wet. What you don't want to do is get it hot enough to melt. I'm sure it would be okay in a bathroom... but they said don't make decals for your car windows because when the car sits in the sun the paint will melt. on house windows it's okay. I really want to see your finished project! I think it's a great idea.

SHADES! I thoroughly enjoyed all 50 pics...twice!!! You are the QUEEN of Tables!!! And Louise> Hubba Hubba!! Welocome Todd! A couple of comments, GOG that I do is usually with silicone, but silicone looks better depending on what glass you will use. colored, textured glass types look okay but clear or sometimes pale colored glass or non textured glass can show the silicone, or perhaps I just don't take the time to smooth it out as good as I can. Also I too do not recomment more than 1inch grout lines, but a suggestion might be to add black glass in those areas, solid black, to off set the width of the grout. AND my last suggestion is to go to a Tile Shop to get the grout as box stores do not have true black and also have a bigger selection of colored grout. It sounds like you will be opening up a whole new window(lol)for yourself with trying GOG! And just so you know, we LUV pics of work in projects! Hope you stick around, the more the merrier! Oh, and another idea that I'm toying with is to go to a glass store and ask what they use to glue glass to glass as they have some good stuff, but it boils down to price and what I'm willing to spend, and how complicated it is. Right now I cut open a small tube of silicone and gloop away and am happy with that...

Thank you! :-) I got most of my supplies at Michaels. Michaels sells the Gallery Glass (GG) paints that are best for applying directly on the vertical window. I also bought a few paints and a couple of tools from http://www.windowbutterflies.com/index.html. She sells the cling and the paints that are great for those. My advice is don't buy the GG liquid leading unless you have the world's steadiest hand. For my window in the bathroom I did it all right on the window with Gallery Glass paints and the instant leading lines. For my son's window I did the main art elements (butterfly, flowers, arc at bottom) with the paints from the windowbutterflies site onto clear vinyl clings. Then I cut them out and stuck them on the window. All of my straight lines are GG instant leading. Then I painted the big areas with the GG directly on the window. I also hot glue gunned on those clear marbles with the flat backs. Michaels (and eBay) sells lots of patterns and even kits with the tough parts pre-formed for you. With the patterns you draw them onto your window with transfer paper. Then just peel and stick the leading lines. Then make "solder points" where the leading lines meet (never cross them; cut them) which covers over any gaps and makes it look more like the solder points in a real stained glass window. I used the liquid leading from the butterflies site for that -- it's easier to control than the GG one. The painting is easy, but don't get too much on or it sags down -- better to do multiple layers. You just apply the paint right on the window with the tip of the bottle. The clear texture is easy -- you just make tiny little circles with the tip of the bottle until it's all filled in. On my first window it came out very thick so on my son's window I just applied the clear in zig-zag lines more sparsely, and used the tool I got from butterflies to make the little circles until it was all filled in. I have to go put on at least one more layer of green on the stem on my son's window, but I'll try to get a picture of it while I'm there -- I've done a lot more work on it and I'm really pleased with it. It took a little while because you don't want to smear wet paint, so you go take a break while the part you just painted dries. I talked with one gal who did her windows ten years ago and they're still beautiful, so your time is well spent. And yes, you can clean the finished window with Windex or whatever you use, just like your other windows (but I do it gently). If you're working on your window at home it's easy. You just work on it for a while and then take a break, then work again when you have time. So it took me a few days to complete it but it's not like I was working all day. I was pretty religious about cleaning the tips of the bottles well after each use. You don't want them clogged when you go to use them again. No, you don't need any assistance and there's no room for an assistant. There's nothing heavy to lift or any reason for an assistant. All you do is peel and stick and cut, and squeeze a little paint bottle. If you do your own design just do it on big paper and transfer it to the window with transfer paper. Use a ruler for the straight lines. I did mine on the computer and then somehow figured out how to print them out the size I wanted and tape all the papers together. But I like doing my own designs. You don't need to. I did try putting the pattern outside the window but it was too hard on a double-paned window to see where the lines really were, so I advise the transfer paper. Then it's just peel and stick your leading lines and paint. You'll need a good exacto knife to cut the leading lines. If you're unsure, then try some decals first. You do those on the clings (I think JoAnn fabrics sells the clings too). So pick a line drawing you like, lay the clear cling vinyl over it, tape it down, pipe your leading lines on and when they're dry paint. I did a hummingbird/flower one and stuck it to my sliding glass door so people wouldn't try to walk through it. I printed my pattern off something I found on the computer. I think that would be the easy/fun way to start. You can do little fun ones for your kids' windows. If you can color in a coloring book you can do this! You'll be amazed and delighted with your newfound skills. It's fun. Let me know, okay? I can't wait to see what you do.