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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (31124)	7/7/1999 11:41:00 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

That sounds like a really beautiful and different idea! We have some small round windows on our second story that I thought might be neat to have replaced with stained glass, but it's one of those things that involves searching and calling people and I'm too lazy.

To: Ilaine who wrote (31124)	7/7/1999 11:51:00 AM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

To let light pass in the dark interiors here, (because of the clouds), Dash and I have built a lot of fixed transoms above doors. One of my houses has five; and in one spot, the setting sun angles through a window and two clear transoms to hit a slice of a relatively dark closet wall. We put a light-colored cathedral (I think it was) glass in them, a light copper/caramel, to blend with the cedar, maple and redwood interiors. Do the window. It's worth it. It was fun for us, and we didn't have to learn to lead glass. It's a way to "claim." Completely. Mark territory. "Impress" it. I used to collect stained glass windows, but they don't come up for sale anymore. I have some I am still dying to use, but I have to design a room around each one. I mean, you need to, to do them justice. The colors are intense. Inspiring. The studio we were building the deck to has a seven by three foot stained triptych Prairie Style window, with a raincloud design. It's freaking neat. I like that style, and this thing is so authentic it gives me the creeps. I originally thought I would have to save it for some incredibly valuable project, or to sell, and then I decided fuk it. I want it. Now. (Even "now", the bldg was started in 1990. The exterior and roof are complete, and now the approach. It's wired, but the interior is still bare studs.) This window creates quite an impression. Lighted inside and out. Eeeee. Can't wait to finish it. I'll be in there for days. Which, is the idea, I guess. We needed to cover the 100 year-old wood and glass door into the blding with a rainshed ~ you have to, here. I've not been able to think of an appealing and inventive way to do it over the last four years (it's been that long since I've been able to work on this). Rainsheds can destroy the whole line of a bldg. Easily. And so far, this bldg has come out Right. Which is nice, because there is a far distance between paper elevations and 3D space in "real life". But while Dash was here, an idea popped up in me head to roof the "porch" with an ellipse of solid copper sheeting. Let it patina. Dash is thinking wooden columns with banded metal to match. (That's my boy!) Hee hee! Jeez, now we're all excited about it. When you get an idea, zowie. It makes it fun. More fun than putting cabinets in a bank, anyway. Imho, start using your "stuff" in the house. Then; bingo ~ it's yours.