Blairgowrie Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Helen just finished her latest project. It is a stained glass door from the castle hallway to the dining/great room. As with all our house doors, the wood (white pine 2" thick) is from our property; sawn and kiln dried by me. Helen did the stained glass and then I took it to a commercial place who encased in double glazing. From there everything went to the local Amish guy who built the door and installed the glass. Out of pocket was $250 for the glass, $100 for the double glazing and $150 to the Amish dude. Including labour for Helen and I, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenPark Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Nice... Your guy did an great job - as did both of you on the 'raw goods'. When I used to live in Kitchener/Waterloo, we were close to a huge Mennonite community. The most amazing tradespeople ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klinger Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Very nice Jim. Great showcase for Helen's artwork. 2" thick? Phew, hefty. I like the satin finish, what did you use? Glass and wood panels below look great. Nice 1/8" even gaps. I guess in England a custom made door would cost £600 plus. So, for something unique, that you did yourselves, thats not bad. I won't even use any of my crap 'chippy' jokes like, 'it'll look alright when its creosoted' or 'it should last for weeks' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold_Gambler Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Very, very nice! Looks beautiful, excellent mariage of both your talents (er... and the amish dude's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Jensenpark. I think she maybe had 80 plus hours into it. Kling. We used a water based polyurethane made by Benjamin Moore. Very tough finish and it also looks nice. We used it on all the house trim and doors. $40 a gallon.i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattler Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Very nice work, BG and Helen. Natalie and I are both very impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta7 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 excellent workmanship \ workwomanship congratulations to both -its very very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleTap Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Seriously, that looks incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Seriously, that looks incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted March 19, 2007 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 ~S~BG, that is one nice piece of practical art. Its easy to see how much work has gone into it for sure. Talented lady that Mrs BG ! LOl ~S~ Paneless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted March 19, 2007 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 who ordered it had some marital issues and asked Helen if she could cancel the order. Can i be the first to say......... "you know what they say, one door closes and another one opens...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAim Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Beautiful. Y' know that puppy is just begging for a nice Emtek handleset! I have reasonable labor rates, but the trip charge is murder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 I am James' wife...about your new door....absolutely wonderful...great art....kudos to u for such hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Thank you kind lady. I will pass on your comments to my dear wife Helen. BTW When can James come out to play with us puppies again? He is sadly missed in the kennel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer57 Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 As Darth Vader would say............ impressive, most impressive. However, i still subscribe the "drunk with power tools" hypothesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Thanks Enforcer m8. You are right, I have way too much time on my hands. And thanks for your kind comments on the "twa dugs". The black one on the left is Bonnie with her brother Clyde. Just great dogz and very obedient as you can see. They are actually posing for the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted June 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Next to stained glass, here is a picture of her other favourite hobby. BG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenPark Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 BG has something like 1000 acres, and he makes his wife cut the grass with a weed wacker. Whatta' guy! (she kinda' looks dressed like for Octoberfest...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBloke Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Almost read that as stained grass... !!! .. whos to say the grass out back is bushy with a certain significant aroma!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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