How else would a Victorian celebrate the Victoria Day long weekend than by raising beautiful stained glass sun rays?
Yup, my medieval bed with stained glass panels is finished! 😮
Gorgeous? Oh yeah! 😎
Unique? Most definitely! 😆
My vision has been made reality. What more can I say?
It has certainly been a long project. It started when I moved here & only had a mattress. A simple platform turned into a four-poster bed.
Then, again simple, wood finials turned into gorgeous stained glass fence caps when I spied them at Home Depot. Wow, my creativity took over — the time line:
- bed frame & posts were completed early November 2010 — see Creativity XXIII — Furniture Design
- tables were completed late November — see Creativity XXV — Glass Cutting
- glass panel pattern designed early March 2011 — see Creativity XXXIV — Headboard Glass Panel Pattern
- all the stained glass pieces cut April 24th — see Dawne Thoughts — So Little Time to Write & Photograph &
- slight change to design concept late April — see Glass II — Waiting For the Sun
- glass panels leaded May 12th — see Dawne Thoughts — Glass Panels Progress to Soldering Stage
- stained glass panels soldered & puttied — ready to install May 17th — see Dawne Thoughts — Bed Panels Ready But Where’s My Iron?
- fabric headboard installed May 18th — see Stained Glass ‘n Stuff — Building a Headboard
- panels framed & installed May 20th
Let me tell you — I was pretty exhausted by the end of this week. Of course, it was definitely worth it! 😉
Now, hmmm, what do I want to make for my next window? 😎
Update December 2011:
While shopping for Christmas lights, I spied a relatively-short [4′ 6″] string of white icicle lights that fit perfectly behind the headboard. I love the way the 2-, 3-, or 4-length strips hanging down highlight lower parts of the glass. 😆
Ooh, even more gorgeous at night now!
😉 I’m linking with:
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Vanessa Dawne Glass Design 
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What a beautiful headboard. I love how that turned out. Very creative and original. Thanks for linking it up at HSH!
Sherry
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It looked like a lot of hard work but well worth it! You did a fantastic job, it turned out great. Thanks for linking to Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesdays.
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Now that is some out of the box thinking! The colors are gorgeous! Thanks for linking at The Ivy Cottage Blog for Say What? Tuesday!
Thanks,
Amanda
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Now that’s some creative vision! I never in my life would have thought to use stained glass like that. You definitely deserve to put your feet up and have a big glass of iced tea after all of that work!!!
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This is an absolutely fantastic job! Wow!
Have a great week.
~Pam
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Gorgeous glass! You can tell, a lot of love has gone into this project. Lovely finished product, nice work!
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