DIY Repurposed Window With Metal Sunflowers

An old window is a great project piece. If the color is nice, the frame has nice details, or it has an interesting shape, you can hang a window on the wall as is. 

You can also line the backside with a vintage quilt piece, scrapbook paper, photos, or many other things. I decorated this window with metal sunflowers.

 

I bought the window at my favorite junk shop, and I don’t remember how much I paid for it. The windows usually run $4-$6. The color is a dark, dark green.

Because of the lighting in the workshop, it’s hard to tell the actual color from some of these photos.

Do you remember the pink flamingo wood planter I remade a few weeks ago? The flamingo didn’t need those metal sunflowers. But I think this window does.

I cut the metal flowers from the stand and saved them. I was going to take them to the shop and sell them but using them in a project is always a better idea.

The flower stems were made of really thick metal, and I could not cut them with wire cutters. No problem. I just cut the flowers, leaves, and twirly stuff from the stems.

This is what I had left to work with.

I cleaned the window and applied Howard’s Wax in Walnut. The wax protects the perfectly imperfect finish and gives the frame added patina.

I used hot glue to attach the flowers and leaves to the window and frame. I adjusted the petals a bit, pushing them up toward the front center of the flower, so the back middle of the sunflower would lie flush with the window.

With the flower shaped like this, the hot glue would have more surface area to grip. The hardest part of the project was placing the flowers and leaves in a perfectly imperfect random way that would look nice.

I nailed a sawtooth hanger to the back of the window. When taking photos of the window after it was finished,

I turned the window various ways and decided it might look better if I turned it sideways. I plan to add another hanger so it can be hung either way

The yellow sunflowers were a bit faded, and I almost touched them up. I’m so glad I didn’t. I like the washed-out-looking paint.

I set the sunflower window on my fireplace mantel to take photos. This piece will be going to my booth at the shop.

I have two more windows to decorate, and I’m looking for ideas. Do you have any for me? I found a project using wallpaper decoupaged to the window panes. I like that idea a lot.

You can check it out here…Retro Wallpaper Window at Fave Crafts. Fave Crafts is chock full of project ideas. It’s my new favorite DIY crafty website.

I still have two metal flowers left over from the flamingo project. I don’t have a plan for them yet. But I will.

Do you like sunflowers, and how do you like my sunflower window? Maybe you’ve decorated an old window?

Share your ideas and email me a photo! Leave a note and as always thanks for being here and have a great day, Kathy