Customer reuse ideas

When I sell salvaged glass that I’ve rescued, I always encourage my customers to send me a photo once they have it in situ, whether they’re doing a big renovation or building project or just updating their home decoration. I can then see how they’ve used the window to enhance their property, and share their ideas to inspire other architectural and stained glass enthusiasts.

It’s amazing to see all the different places people find to use old reclaimed window glass, sometimes in a similar way to its use in its original location, but often in new and different ways. I’ve categorised the photos into Rooms, Uses, Outdoors and Garden, In their Expected Location and Elsewhere.

Rooms

Inside their homes, customers have put their newly acquired treasure in kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms and bedrooms. Some people even have glass integrated into their stairwell:

Have a look at the Rooms to put stained glass in page for before and after photos, and many more examples.

Uses

These innovative people have installed beautiful old glass in internal wall partitions and doors/above doors to let light through (I even have one photo of a stained glass skylight!). They have windows up on their walls as decoration, like a painting. Glass is used as a suncatcher, and to provide some privacy in place of net curtains (see B1095 above). Several people have integrated their glass into furniture:

I have more great examples to share with you, in many cases alongside photos of the windows before they were sold. Have some fun looking through the Uses for stained glass inspiration page.

Some readers might be admiring the beautiful sunburst pictures used above as a table and as wall art. Have a look now at the sunray windows I currently have for sale.

Outdoors and garden

Stained glass windows make a classy finish to locations outside the house too, in gardens and external rooms and buildings. My customers have installed glass in porches and sunrooms, sheds, and even to keep a pet safe and secure.

Explore the Outdoors and gardens page for more examples.

In their expected location

Some people install my windows right where they were meant to be – returning their home to how it looked when first built:

I have a few more examples of this sort – see the Stained glass windows reused externally page.

Stained glass elsewhere

Stained glass doesn’t only belong in houses of course (there’s a long history of ecclesiastic glass in churches). You’ll often see interesting designs in a pub. One of my customers has even installed these windows in a boat.

I’ve added a before and after, and one or two other examples, to the Elsewhere Inspiration page.

Exploring further

This is one of many pages with examples of stained glass that I have sold, now in new homes, both interiors and exterior. To be sure you haven’t missed any of these great ideas, here is a list of all the pages:

• Customer reuse ideas (this page)
  
• Rooms to put stained glass
• Bathrooms
• Kitchens
  
• Uses for stained glass
• Internal partitions
• Suncatchers
  
• Outdoors and gardens
• Porches
• Sheds
  
• Windows reused externally
• Elsewhere

I add new treasure to my website regularly, in various categories. Explore the categories on the homepage and sign up to my mailing list for occasional curated updates.

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