I love the unexpected….things like a chandelier hung in the bathroom, or outside light fixtures hung inside.  A few months ago I was shopping at one of our local thrift stores, when Kirk (my husband) came walking towards me carrying an old, beat-up window pane. I immediately started thinking of places to hang it inside our house.  If it had been a different shape and size I would have painted the frame and the glass panes and used it as a sort of room divider but that’ll have to be a later post.  What he carried was actually the top half of an old window.  I decided on a couple coats of Annie Sloan’s Old White (always my go-to color) and to either hang it in the kitchen or to use it in the den somewhere.   This project was quick and easy.

Here are some “before” pictures:

Here’s what I did:

First I wiped the window down.  It was pretty dirty.  Then I applied two coats of Annie Sloan’s Old White Chalk Paint.

After I’d painted both sides I applied a coat of Annie Sloan’s clear wax.  Here’s the Wax 101 link if you need a refresher on waxing.

I allowed the clear wax to dry for a few hours then I began distressing.  I used a razor blade to distress this piece.  I gently scrapped along the edges and anywhere I wanted to lose  some white paint.

Some of the original window was blue. I wanted this to show thru so i used a razor blade to scrap away the white on this corner.

After I finished distressing I vacuumed up all shavings and dust before I applied my dark wax.

I mixed a little Annie Sloan’s clear and dark wax and used it to bring out the corners and  the lines in the wood.  Go easy on the dark wax.  Once you’re finished, buff your piece, scrape the paint off your panes with a razor blade, clean up the glass, and that’s it!  You’re all done!