So my contractor friend told me that our windows should lift out of the frame. I read the same idea when researching windows (thinking about replacing some while the tax credit is in effect). At first when we tried, the window would shift in the frame but not quite enough to clear it. Finally got one of them out of the frame this morning! So that's a much better solution for my kitchen window I spend so many hours staring out. Lift one sash out, clean it on both sides, and reach out to clean the other sash. With microfiber cloths and Stoner's Invisible Glass! I've seen the Windex Outdoors product but feared that my hard water would leave spots after rinsing.

I had luminettes in my prior home. They were okay but one of them came unattached from the top thing and it was a pain to reattach. Like verticals, they are made of plastic so someone (2 DS's probably or dog) must have pulled them at one time or another. I know have sliding panels, unsure of maker but not JCP's. They are in the basement and have a bamboo look to them which we love. They are easy as they open like curtains and so you open in the morning and then close at night for privacy. Oh, and yes, they are going to be pricier than verticals. We have a 3 panel slider so this worked great for us because the door that opened was the center one. Good luck!

If there is a stained glass shop in your area, you could ask them how to do this...it has a lot of different factors to consider....cuz it depends if your glass is opaque or clear as to how different lighting would work/look. Or maybe if it is clear glass, you may want to add a frost effect to it to block the sight of the lits? dunno.... interesting project tho!Hope you keep posting about it!

Oh, in NT's words, WHOA, HOLD THE PHONE. Your DH sounds like NT's in the beginning. You're gonna have to SHOW that man what you can do w/that glass. Right now is a good time to take it to your glass company and get them to cut it down to storage sizes. Good GRIEF, it w/fit behind a dresser or chest and he'll NEVER SEE it until you're using it on very beautiful things. That table also screams to be mosaiced. Don't BUY anything until you get into this obsession that it w/become once you nip/glue/grout your first piece. Get one at a TS and mosaic it to go above the table, then mosaic a candle shelter to join a nice little arrangement to put on the table etc. A candle shelter is anything made of glass that you can put a candle inside. DO NOT GIVE IN on keeping this glass. You have a very valuable piece of glass that you w/find all kinds of uses for once you start. GOG - lots of artists w/show you their work here, but it's taking an old window or anything w/glass already in it and gluing transparent colored glass over it to make a wonderful piece of art. I have several pieces waiting in line TBM, just can't get there yet. Here's a pic of just one example. There are several more shots in the album of ones I've made for gifts.