Pittsburgh Certified Wildlife Habitat : Stained Glass Window Project

Friday, April 7, 2017

Stained Glass Window Project

I do not remember if I ever mentioned here that my house used to belong to the Church next door. It was used for the rectory and in its day was a beautiful place. When the church gave it to a family from the congregation they were supposed to just pay the taxes on the place. They did not do that and tore the place up inside and out. When they were ready to loose it in a bank repossession they removed stained glass windows and pretty much anything of value. They even caught the second floor on fire. The fire resulted in damage to all three floors. The fire men had to remove parts of the walls and ceilings to put the fire out. The church gave the family money to make repairs but they took the money and ran. This left the house unlivable. The house sat empty for a few years and sold to another person who came in and tore the place up even more. I was once again taken in a foreclosure and again sat empty for several years. I bought the place in 2009 and it sat empty for 3 years as I did work to get it so that I could get the utilities turned on and live in it.

Since moving in I have fixed the plumbing, put light fixtures in all the rooms, painted, insulated, remodeled the kitchen, and first floor bathroom, replaced the roof gutters down spouts soffit and fascia, and landscaped the entire yard. I am now trying to reflect my wildlife habitat theme onto the design of the house. I have added a lot of lost details to the house and now I am working on stained glass window designs. I am unable to afford to have the designs done in real stained glass so I am creating designs and having them printed on clear PVC as window clings.

I have done a Saint Francis of Assisi Window that looks out on my wildlife habitat and will be doing windows of ducks, fish, birds, deer, and raccoons.My first duck design has been completed and will be going up soon.