I adore stained glass windows in homes. In fact, it was primarily because of the stained glass window in the bathroom that I fell in love with my old studio apartment in Brooklyn, instantly — okay, that and the huge bay windows, the ornate architectural details and the reasonable rent.
I have since moved and love our home sans any stained glass windows but someday I think it would be a cool project to replace our bathroom window or even our bathroom door with one that I could install with some colored glass. We all can't be lucky enough to live in a renovated old church with windows already in place but wouldn't pretty stained glass be better than plain frosted?
Images: 1 Better Homes and Gardens, 2 via Desire to Inspire, 3 Bed and Breakfast.com, 4 via Aesthtic Outburst, 5 Justin Bernhaut via Country Living, 6 Lighteffects.com, 7 Tom Evangelidis via Desire to Inspire, 8 Lucas Allen via Country Living, 9 via Delikatissen, 10 Williams Stained Glass
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ooooh I love these homes! We just bought a home in an old neighborhood where most of the homes have stained glass- even the more shabby ones! Like you- it was a huge reason I love the charm our place has!
http://cozylittlecave.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post.html
(you can see ours in the stairwell next to the picture wall! :P)
That second to last image is so beautiful it made me lose my breath. Stunning.
I'm envious of any home that has stained glass windows...so charming! They're all beautiful, but I love the simplicity of the fourth photo.
I love stained glass windows as well. I recently commissioned a stained glass window ("Montauk" by Robert Oddy) for my mom as a gift and there is nothing more wonderful than the way the light is filtered in color into the room. For those of us in apartments, a stained glass lamp or hanging window can give the same effect.
We installed some antique stained glass windows between our master bedroom and the hallway. Using them on an exterior wall in a cold climate is a bad idea, so we put them where we could enjoy them from both sides. They're like little jewels in the morning.
One of my favorite moments from renovating my last home-we tore down some old panelling from the top floor to discover a small rectangular stained glass window at the very top of the wall. Some previous owner had decided to hide the little treasure beneath the paneling and siding on the outside.
We ended up rebuilding the whole room to showcase it.
Wow, so beautiful! These are great images. Am I right in assuming the second image is from that house tour where it was in a rehabbed chapel?
Thought you might like to see this audio slideshow I did of Patrick Clark's work. He is a local stained glass artisan. He does private commissions, but he also designed this beautiful tribute to citizens in the Rockaways who lost their lives in 9/11:
http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/interactive2010/2009/12/06/heavens-over-rockaway/