Things to do with old glass windows (Part 1)

Got some old windows hanging around?

Want to know what to do with them? 

Here are some things I've done with old glass windows.

For part 1, I'll just be showing you the one's I've painted.

As you can tell this is a dove. 

One of my favorite birds to paint.

Of course I have to do a moon

since that's my last name.

I thought this would be great in a coffee cafe.

I don't have a coffee cafe but I love how colorful it is.

It ended up in my daughters dining room.

So colorful, she loves it.

This was the very first window I ever painted.

It used to hang on our garage.

We had a very bad storm and it was blown off.

And broken:(

This hung on the garage also.

It survived the storm.

Here is a snowman that I put up every year at Christmas.

He's so happy.

I love birdhouses.

This hangs at the end of my front porch.

I also love birdnests.

This hangs at the other end of my porch.

This is one I did for a little girls room.

This is one for a little boys room.

The light blue is really prettier then it shows in the picture.

One of my favorite.

The red geraniums.

It hangs on my back porch in the summer.

This Luna Moth I painted for my mom and dad.

They hang it in their gazebo.

And of course I had to paint some chickens.

This hangs out in the chicken run.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of things to do with glass windows.

For God, who said,

"Let light shine out of darkness,"

made his light shine in our hearts...

2 Corinthians 4:6

How to repurpose an old fountain.

Want to know what to do with an old fountain

past its prime. 

Make a succulent garden.

All you do is add some plants and a little art.

I added some extra holes even though it already leaked.

Of course we have to have some hens and chicks.

I don't know what the name of this is but it will come back every year.

It gets tiny little pink flowers on it.

Plus the leaves turn pink in the fall.

A few more succulents.

 And of course you have to add some old cement  birds.

You can tell these have been around for a long time.

They seem to like it there.

They are my shabby chic birds.

 Hello.

And ta-da. Here it is. 

It wintered over last year and did great.

I don't have to water it or do any kind of maintenance

other than pull the occasional weed.

And there you have it. A great way to repurpose 

an old leaky fountain.

This is the day the Lord has made;

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

Adding a new run and patio to the Taj Mahal

When I needed a chicken coop, we decided to buy one

instead of make one. You can see it here.

After building the run, here,we decided to add an open porch, here.

Bet you thought we were through didn't you?

We did too. We watched a lot of chicken tv out there

and really enjoy the covered porch.

But we or should I say, I thought the chickens needed

more space to run around since we don't let them out in the yard.

So we decided to give up our porch and enclose it into

another run for the flock.

And this is what we came up with.

Of course we wanted a nice place to sit and watch everyone

so we added a little patio.

Later on we might add an umbrella for shade

but for right now it's working out fine.

We kept the door we had on the inside

so if we needed to divide the runs that

would be an easy solution.

The chicks are really enjoying the extra space.

Lots of running and scratching going on.

Of course you know an extra run means extra decorating.

I decided to add a handpainted chicken window to the new run.

I think they can relate to it.

Kinda like an ancestor portrait.

Since they had more room in the run I

moved the food out of the coop and into the run.

This also gives them more room inside the coop.

Especially since I've added the three chickens that

Bouffant hatched late winter early spring.

Molly likes to investigate.

She's one of the reasons the chickens are not allowed in the yard.

She's a sweetie, but I think she would eat them!

I remembered that I had a tray in storage

that I had painted about 25 yrs. ago.

And so being a chicken I thought it would fit in quite well in the run.

And of course a little landscaping had to be done.

Here are just a few things I did.

A little hosta and wood ferns.

I'm hoping these nasturtiums will grow up the wire on the run.

We'll see. I've read that chickens really like them.

A little mint for them,

and me.

And lastly, a wire rooster that I've had for years.

Long before I had real chickens. 

Filled with a pot of geraniums.

Hope you liked the tour of our new run.

And the flashbacks of where we began.

I lift up my eyes to the hills-
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1,2

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