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just scored some windows

18 years ago

On the way over to my house, my son spotted some windows in the back of a pick-up truck with a "free" sign on them. We just went over and got 26 windows!!! Yippeeeee!!!!!

Theyre 4 paned windows, fairly new. Hubby is making me a greenhouse and a new chicken coop, sp they will come in handy!!!

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justlinda
18 years ago
I would say that you made a real good score. Show us pics after they've been built.
toomuchglass
18 years ago
FREE ?????????? Holy cow !! You got the motherlode !
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Scored some free stuff today!!
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I swear Marlene, you find the best junk! And free! Those are really nice. You're gonna need a bigger porch, lol. Oh my gosh I just had a great idea. You are blessed with such a handy dh, you could get him to build you a little chapel out back. (forgive me it's late and I guess I'm getting tired and silly and they just had that Lilies of the Field movie on- where Sydney Portier says to the Mother Superior- "Now look here lady, I ain't buildin' you no chapel" - kinda stuck in my mind. But really did you ever see a little personal contemplation chapel like that. With some stained glass. Just a small peaceful place. And you already have the pews ;) tfs, Donna
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Score! Score! 27 old windows! Wheee!
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Mmm moccasin, I bet it's just gorgeous! If you have any dormers with these windows, I'd love to see some examples. Ours (set of dormer windows) were ripped out to put in one big '70's picture window, making the bungalow a little monocular. Inox: yes, we are both equipped with fitted masks, the expensive kind, from when we were stripping all the interior molding and trim. I'll make sure to get whatever filter cartridges are advised for lead particulate. We'll be using a Festool sander with a Fein HEPA vacuum attached. I'd slog in bare-fisted, of course, but thankfully my guy puts the brakes on fast and is very Howard Hughes in his attention to cleaning detail. My big hurdle will be convincing him that it's OK to paint the exterior sash dark copper-orange to match some of the house trim. We shall see.
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hooray! i just scored a whole set of tempered glass! ---)
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Fusing with TG sounds very interesting. Looking forward to seeing your art! Congrats on the score!!
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Scored an awesome win today....just sharing
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Fabulous find and beautiful chair! I went to the Goodwill Store with my daughter the other night to look for a tacky Christmas sweater. The only thing I saw that I was remotely interested in was what looked like to be a dime store print with a bad looking frame. The faux mat was printed on the paper with the scene, however, the scene and colors were beautiful! It was a large hunting scene. For $9.99, I debated getting it and having the print reframed. After thinking on it a bit, I decided that would cost too much to reframe, plus I had nowhere to hang it. I passed, but do plan to go back to the store in the future. Small store, though. OK, Since the title of this thread is "Scored an awesome win", I just have to share my win from last week. Hope you don't mind instead of my starting my own thread. Maybe others will chime in with their wins or bargains. I received a call from the Ellen DeGeneres Show last Thursday night. I won Day 5 of her Christmas Giveaways! Four prizes were really nice, and four were some items that we can't or will never use.
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scarlett2001
18 years ago
Yeah, I did that about 6 years ago - 97 windows still in my garage! Tons of fun to make stuff with windows but they are HEAVY, so that rules out most hanging on the wall projects, unless you find a stud.

My latest one - sorry, digital cam is on the blink, has two panes, one up and one down. I got some decorative curly wood embelishments at Lowes and added them to the frame, then painted, aged and crackled the whole frame. On the top pane I wrote in gold lettering "French Quarter" and inside behind the bottom pane I put an old linen dresser cloth with a lace edge. The whole thing looks like an antique window from a New Orleans hotel or something washed up from Katrina.

Another window thing that sold a lot was buying reproduction vintage tin signs on the internet and just gluing or nailing them right to the weatherbeaten window. My best one says "Aunt Sally's Pies" with a pix of a piece of pie. I nailed it diagonaly across the whole window frame, no new painting or refinishing. It looks like it came out of a roadhouse cafe. I could sell more, but as soon as people try to pick one up, they realize how much the darn things weigh. Also makes them a poor choice for EBay. Good luck with the greenhouse, though. Should work out well.
kudzukween
18 years ago
way to go Annie! Two days ago my DH brought me 3 old windows from a Katrina damaged home. The really old kind with the huge weights. He had to cut the weights out of the side pieces to carry them. They are already crackled white on one side,and that 50s aqua on the other. We plan on another greenhouse with 2,and the 3rd one has 4 small panes I want to paint with stained glass paints.

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