By now, anyone who has thought about it knows that recycling is a good idea. The world is already full of landfills. I’m sure there’s more than any of us want. Think about it. What will eventually happen to the window frame. The wooden part will rot. The glass will break into pieces. The hardware will only take up space. Multiply that by the hundreds of thousands of window frames that are replaced with more efficient models each year. What a bunch of rubbish that would do!

Idea number one; I am a carpenter by inheritance. Most, but not all, of the older windows were constructed of pine and hand-blown glass. Many modern homes are furnished with a coffee table and matching side tables. I can see where one long narrow window and two much smaller windows could be the top of this unique little ensemble! Remove any remaining paint from the sheet. If you can use a wood lathe, just turn four equal legs and you’re done! The frame could be made from something as simple as 1″ x 3″ pieces of pine from Home Depot! If you prefer a more rustic look, the Shabby Sheik, don’t worry about getting all the paint off the sheet. Just take out what you can, and then you can make the legs and the base match up. Instead of going with turned legs, something like a 4″ x 4″ cut into the length of the legs would do. The sheet itself could even be backed by pine planks if you’d like! Elegant.

Idea number two; is to restore the frame or, if you prefer, simply sand and paint it. Replace the glass panels with mirror panels, to get a mirror frame to your personal taste!

Idea number three; (my personal specialty) is putting paints, i.e. upside down glass paints, on the panes of the glass. When they’re done, it seems as if you’re looking through a window, at a different place, or possibly even a different time! The paint is applied to the back of the glass, so it can be seen from the front. I started making upside down glass paintings some time ago, and one day as I was looking at a replacement window that had been sitting too long in the shop, I thought, “Hey! A frame built in!”, all I needed was a painting. .

My husband and I have since stopped to pick up window frames on the side of the road when people are remodeling. He runs every day to stay in shape. One morning last October, after his race, I found two window frames in the garage. I didn’t say anything, since it’s not weird anymore. The next morning, and the next, I found two extra girdles in the garage. Finally, after lunch the day they stopped coming, my husband said, ‘I need the van for a couple of minutes.’ My curiosity got the best of me. Finally, he told her that a neighbor down the street was remodeling and that he was bringing home the old girdles during his career. I told him that the neighbors were probably still looking out the window, saying ‘that poor guy doesn’t even have a car to take them home!’ What a workout, though! It was almost half a mile in this rural area! If you’re too shy to ride on the road side of the road, window frames can usually be had at local lumber mills that replace them at little or no cost. The entire collection has been accumulated! But I have also amassed quite a collection of paintings! They cover topics ranging from grizzly bears walking on ice to a series of events on September 11, 2001. The first hard part of Thick is making the old sash useful and attractive again, but it’s not something that can’t be done! ! And it gives blowjob a different perspective of the painting! I love it!

In closing, I can say that even a seemingly useless item like a window frame can be recycled!