Scavenger Chic

DIY Mercury Glass Window

• By Joan
• January 6, 2021
• 6 Comments

Mercury Glass Window

Happy New Year everyone.  You may have noticed that I took the month of December off from blogging.  I was still working on projects but not blogging saved me the time of sitting at my computer and typing up my projects, which for me, always takes the most time.

My year started out fantastic because I was gifted this beautiful window from my ex neighbor, Anita.  Thank you Anita, it’s even more beautiful in person.  I will take your castoffs any day!

Her son dropped it off at my son’s house on New Year’s eve.  I was able to pick up the window the following day when the hubby and I went for a visit.  We’re in the process of helping him redo his bathroom and while we were there we agreed that the window would look great in the new bathroom.  There is a great big wall badly in need of a big art piece. This window is perfect.

It takes 3 of us to work on the bath, two to actually work on the bath and the other to play with the grandson.

Because the window had clear glass I immediately wanted to do a mercury glass effect.  If I use the mercury glass I won’t see the  wall color peeking thru.

Use painters tape to mask any areas you do not want covered in spray paint.  Taping up the pane dividers will be the most time consuming part of this entire project.

For supplies, you will need:

• a window
• painters tape
• black spray paint  or other flat black paint
• a spray bottle with a mixture of half vinegar and half water
• a paper towel
• a can of mirror spray paint either Krylon Looking Glass spray paint or Rustoleum Mirror Effect Spray Paint.

Turn the window over and cover all the glass with black paint.  I’m using black chalk paint but I would have used black spray paint if I had any on hand.

Back to the front.  Take your window outside if at all possible to get the ventilation and lay down a drop cloth.

Spray the window all over with the water/vinegar mixture.  A couple of larger droplets are fine.

Spray the window  with the mirror spray paint.  Let sit about 20 seconds and spray again.

Wait another 20 seconds and use the paper towel to lightly dab the water/vinegar spots.

Remove the painters tape and your project is complete.

If your window has peeling paint you may want to stop the peel with this trick.  Combine wood glue with water, about 2/3 glue to 1/3 water and paint it over the peeling paint.  The glue will dry clear and you’ll preserve the chippy paint look.

If you like, attach a wreath to display behind a couch or bed.  This is just my front door wreath for an example, but a boxwood wreath, a magnolia wreath, or a twig wreath would all look fantastic.

For my purposes, I’m using the window wreathless.  The mercury glass window has already been hung and is looking beautiful in my son’s bathroom.  The bathroom is almost finished and I’ll be sure to share pictures.  You can’t peek yet at the after pics because there is still a little more drywall sanding, touch up painting and hooking up the faucet.

The gray wall above is taking the place of this beautiful foil bamboo wallpaper from the 70’s.  Stay tuned, the after pictures are coming.

Stay inspired.

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