Then stain or paint the shelf to match the window finish and then mount it to the thick piece of wood at the bottom of the window which is called a rail.
How to hang an old window on a wall.
Then we nailed two picture frame hanging hardware.
Remember this window frame will be extremely heavy so you must use a kit design for industrial hanging.
Step 4 cut two lengths of 12 gauge wire or fishing line equal to the distance you plan to hang your stained glass window plus 12 inches.
Lay the sash on the floor or a worktable with the side the you want to face the room down and the back side of the sash facing up.
The depth of the shelf is up to you depending on what you want to display.
One part of the cleat goes in the wall the other on the window.
How to hang an old window sash on a wall.
Steph made a little cover and painted them the wall cover to hide the battery boxes of the fairy lights.
Insert a hook into two ceiling joists or wall studs that are side by side.
I originally bought some picture hangers for the back of each window that nailed into place.
This part goes on the wall.
To repurpose an old window as a display shelf cut a piece of scrap lumber to the width of your window.
I used a couple of different things depending on the size of the window.
Measure down from the top left corner of the sash to approximately one third of the total height of the sash and mark it.
Use a high quality picture hanging kit to hang the window.
This ensures the window glass stays in its frame.
Follow the directions on the kit and consider using up to three hangers to fully secure the frame.
Let me walk you through how i hung them.
The boxes are held in place with velcro.
Like i mentioned before these windows are relatively lightweight and i usually hang them flush against a wall so i use the hooks and eyes with picture hanging wire to hang them.
To the back of the window frame for displaying our finished project on a wall.
I have a window i still need to hang and i want to add more but i still love it now even not finished.
Learn how to fully refurbish an old window here.
Measure the distance between the hooks and place the screw eyes into the frame of your stained glass window the same distance apart.