The Rules

All you stained glass lovers out there. This is your chance to design a beautiful piece of stained glass that we will be building for you.
Get design inspiration at our Stained Glass Gallery.

The window should be no more than 9 square feet of glass. You can design any size or shape of window as long as it does not exceed 9 square feet. Entries can be either a single window or a pair of windows (sidelights for example).

Upload your designs to our Facebook wall. This promotion will be run until we have 4000 Facebook Fans.

Once we have 4000 fans we will pick our top 5 designs, render them using Photoshop and let or Facebook fans vote for the winner.

Winners will be responsible for picking up the windows or any shipping costs. This will probably be between $100 and $300 depending on where in the country you live but depends on the size and orientation of the window(s).

Winners will also be responsible for installation. Scottish Stained Glass will provide all necessary materials, but the winner will be responsible for the installation of the stained glass.

See our video below to learn more about measuring your windows and installing your glass.

Good luck to all. If you have any questions, please email or call us!

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How to Install Your Stained Glass

Chagall’s windows are perhaps the most famous stained glass windows to a younger generation of Americans. Designed as a gift for Chicago mayor Richard Daly and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chagall’s window have always served as a state side inspiration for some of the beautiful painted stained glass windows that Scottish Stained Glass has produced. The vibrant colors and great placement allow the light to sparkle with a special vibrancy.

While I haven’t gotten to see the stained glass since the restoration and redisplay mentioned in this article the one time I did see them, I remember thinking about how beautiful the combination of the paint and glass really were.

Below is an excerpt from the article in tablet. To read the full article click here..

“Back in 1977, when the windows were installed, the self-celebration was America’s, the work had been planned for the 1976 Bicentennial and conceived as a special gift to Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley, a man better known for encouraging his law enforcement officers to test their billy-clubs out on Yippies than for his adoration of the vitreous harmonics of stained glass. Daley died in May 1976 before he could see the windows in situ.

In June 1986, the windows got a big lift when Ferris Bueller and his inamorata, Sloane, stood in awe before them during a time-out on his energetic day off. The viewing area briefly became a hot dating spot for young Chicagoans. Five years ago the museum, about to begin the construction of a new gallery, dismantled the windows for cleaning and restoration, and late last year, amid much hoopla, they were put back on display, all bright and sparkly.

The major difference in the new installation is that the windows are no longer functioning windows in walls but free standing in front of actual windows. Stephanie D’Alessandro, a curator at the Institute, explained that now “the entire installation is lit with a special internal lighting system … to protect it from the elements and further wear and tear.” In terms of preservation, this is clearly good news; the extraordinarily vibrant blues, yellows, and reds will not fade or accumulate residue of any kind. On the other hand, much as I loved seeing the windows in their new setting, some subtle shift in ambiance accrues when they are presented, albeit for good reasons, more like paintings. This is not to say that the soaped up, washed off, and newly nitid panels aren’t stunning.”

We often get clients from all across the United States and Canada asking us about designing and installing stained glass in their home. Often they ask for references from happy clients for whom we have installed windows out of state. Just recently we had a great project in Illinois that we wanted to showcase for you.

Ms. Lou Koch of Columbia, Illinois found Scottish Stained Glass online as she was looking for a solution for her bathroom window. As she was in the process of remodeling her bathroom, she decided that it was finally time to get rid of the blinds that had made her bathroom so dark and dreary. Obviously however she needed the privacy as her bathtub window looked directly onto her neighbor back yard. After doing a little bit of research she decided that stained glass would be a great choice to meet her needs. After doing a little bit more research she found that Scottish Stained Glass had completed thousands of bathroom windows that were very similar to what she had in mind.

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To everyone in Colorado, here is a list of a few Home Shows Scottish will be attending in the early part of 2011. If you are interested in visiting us at most of these shows, email nick@scottishgroupcompanies.com and we may be able to have complimentary tickets waiting for you at the door.

Jan 7-9: COLORADO SPRINGS HOME BUILDING & REMODELING SHOW
@ Norris-Penrose Center, 1045 Lower Gold Camp Road.
Fri 2 pm-8 pm, Sat 10 am-8 pm, Sun 10 am-5 pm.

Free parking. Admission charged. Exhibitor badges available at will call at door. Complimentary customer admission tickets will be available to be printed from a show e-mail. Take I-25 south to Exit 141/ Hwy 24 exit (on west side of downtown CO Springs), turn left toward mountains at traffic light at bottom of exit, turn left at 8th St, turn right at Lower Gold Camp Road (usually is large Home Show sign at this intersection), proceed up hill and Norris-Penrose is on left side.

Feb 12-20: COLORADO GARDEN & HOME SHOW
@ Colorado Convention Center, downtown Denver.
Saturdays 10 am-8 pm, Sundays 10 am-6 pm, Weekdays Noon-8 pm.

This is the big show! All hands on deck! Exhibitor badges and complimentary customer admission tickets available at will call under Scottish throughout run of show. If you are looking to do anything in your home in the early part of 2011, this is the show to visit. See you there!

Feb 25-27: COLORADO SPRINGS HOME & LANDSCAPE SHOW
@ Norris-Penrose Center.
Fri 2 pm-8 pm, Sat 10 am-8 pm, Sun 10 am-5 pm.

See CO Springs January show info above, same promoter, same info, however different style as this show features large garden landscapes in front of show.

Mar 11-13: DENVER HOME REMODELING SHOW
@ Denver Merchandise Mart, I-25 & 58th Avenue (NE corner).
Fri 4-8 pm, Sat 10 am-7 pm, Sun 11 am-5 pm.

Free parking. Admission charged. Exhibitor badges and complimentary customer tickets available at Will Call under Scottish. Exhibitors’ entrance available on north side of building.

Mar 18-20: DENVER HOME SHOW
@ National Western Complex, I-70 & Brighton Blvd. (north side of I-70).
Fri & Sat 10 am-9 pm, Sun 10 am-5 pm.

Pay parking in lots, last year was $12 per day cash only, or exhibitors may buy a parking pass good for all days for the exhibitors’ lot, last year was $15 cash only while supply lasts, purchase from attendant at parking lot gate at NE corner of building. Free on street parking within walking distance, however sometimes tough to find. Admission charged. Main entrance and show office on east side of building. Exhibitor badges and complimentary customer tickets available in Show Office under Scottish. Food concessions inside show, moderately priced. No food close by outside show.

Mar 26-28: BOULDER COUNTY SPRING HOME SHOW
@ Boulder County Fairgrounds Exhibit Bldg, NE corner of Hover Rd & Nelson Rd, Longmont.
Fri Noon-5 pm, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 10 am-4 pm.

Free parking. Exhibitor parking on west side of building. Free admission. Food concessions available at show, moderately priced. Lots of outside food options close by to drive to.

While stained and leaded glass is often added to a home because of the unique beauty it can add to a space, privacy is the main utilitarian concern that it can address. Whether in bathrooms, bedrooms, or other oddly position windows, stained and leaded glass can provide you and your family privacy without blocking the beauty and utility of natural sunlight.

Scottish Stained Glass has more than 20 years experience creating privacy stained glass for clients all across the country. Contact us today or browse our gallery to see examples of our beautiful privacy glass solutions. While drapes, blinds, and shades can make a small dark room even darker, a small custom stained or leaded glass windows can create a beautiful and unique space that your friends and family will notice and talk about.

Designing stained glass windows for for your home can involved a number of different glass textures and shapes, but the most beautiful piece of leaded glass windows is generally considered the bevels. Bevels are solid pieces of 1/8 inch glass that has been ground and polished to act as a prism on the light, reflecting and refracting the colors as they come through the glass.

Bevels can be created to match any desired design although standard bevel sizes and designs are generally less expensive and can be more rapidly integrated into our window production process. As you educate yourself concerning the the beveled glass styles and designs check out the American Bevel link below.

If you like what you see, call Scottish Stained Glass today for your free consultation. We can show you a couple of different ways a your favorite bevel styles can be applied to a window that can work for you. We have created personalized bevel flowers, butterflies, family crests, faces, and much much more.

http://www.americanbevel.com/catalog.asp

Have you been thinking about getting stained glass windows added to your home. Getting that stained glass installed before the holidays makes a stunning home improvement to showcase to your guests. Adding stained glass to your sidelights, front doors, entryways, or transom can make a great first impression to guests entering your home. Adding stained glass to your kitchen windows, kitchen cabinets, pantry, bedroom, or bathroom can also be a unique conversation piece.

Whether you are inviting people over for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or New Years call Scottish Stained Glass to begin a design process time tested by our 20 years in the business. Over the next 4-6 weeks we will walk you through the process of choosing stained glass styles and colors. We will show you full color and texture Photoshop mock ups of your designs as well as providing you full sized CAD templates as well as actual samples of our stained and leaded glass pieces.

Whether you live in Denver, Houston, our anywhere else in the United States, Scottish is your best choice for getting high quality, custom stained glass windows designed just for you and installed in your home by trusted professionals who have completed more than 40,000 windows for more than 10,000 clients.

Stained Glass Sidelights are perhaps the most common application of stained or leaded glass in the modern American home. Sidelights are the windows directly adjacent to your doors. Generally most builders install clear glass windows next to front entryway doors. These clear windows function to let a large amount of light into entryways that are often dark. As they let in light however, they also allow strangers, solicitors, or even potential criminals to look directly into your home. Installing stained or leaded glass in these sidelights is a beautiful and functional solution to this problem.

Stained glass windows installed in the sidelights can make a great first impression on guests as they are about to enter your home. Scottish Stained Glass custom designs each window to fit the look and feel of your home and/or your individual design preferences. This windows are also functional because they allow a similar amount of light into your entryway while not allowing individuals to look directly into your home. Improving the security of your home and the safety of your family, our custom stained glass sidelights are a great improvement to your home.

For more, check out our Sidelight Stained Glass page or see the examples in our Gallery.

Hotels are one of the few places in the modern world where architects and interior designers are still using large amounts of stained glass in new or remodel projects. Often hotels use the stained glass to represent their local flavor, or to give their modern buildings a more vintage, established look and feel.

Scottish Stained Glass has completed for a number of stained glass projects for hotels throughout Colorado and across nation. Recently we completed a hotel project where we were matching an existing set of vintage stained glass fixtures while simultaneously restoring a number of their existing stained glass windows.

This particular hotel stained glass project was heavily influence by the Frank Lloyd Wright or prairie style of stained glass. Working with the geometric shapes and natural colors, we were able to design fixtures that looked almost indistinguishable from the original stained glass.

Whether you are looking for a small project for your local hotel or need a large stained glass ceiling for your international destination venue, Scottish Stained Glass can design and install something to fit your needs. Call us today to learn more about how we can help make your hotel more inviting to guests.

Scottish Stained Glass has produced hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright inspired stained glass panels. A celebrated architect, forward thinking planner, and legendary designer Frank Lloyd Wright was perhaps the most famous architect of the 20th century.

While he was a great designer of buildings, he also designed many of the elements that were included in his buildings. Windows and stained glass were one of the places where he set himself apart from many of his contemporaries. The 2 most dominant characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass are the geometric shapes that dominate their design and the natural colors, tones and textures utilized throughout.

Creating pieces that faithfully draw on the original works, Scottish Stained Glass has integrated pieces into entry ways, kitchen cabinets, schools, sun rooms, etc. Often these installations are replacements for original works they were lost or broken. In this case we work extremely hard to match the colors and textures to the original in an attempt to create seamless transitions between the old and new. In other cased the stained glass we produce is for restored homes or offices which may not have originally had stained glass, but who’s owners now want to include the Frank Lloyd Wright look into their restoration. In these cases we design stained glass which is both faithful to the style but also integrates well with the updated design.

Please check out our Frank Lloyd Wright Stained Glass page for more details. If you have any interest in sharing your project with us and letting us propose a design, we are sure you will be impressed.