Stained Glass Is Having a *Serious* Moment: Here Are 5 Places to Try it In Your Home (+ How Much $$)

Growing up successful a household that frequented a accepted Methodist religion (my parent adjacent worked arsenic a teacher successful the corresponding backstage school), I saw a batch of stained glass. I tin inactive intelligibly retrieve sitting successful the second-level balcony seats and looking retired to the colorful glow of the astir floor-to-very-high-ceiling windows with their spiritual depictions. Frankly, it was beauteous and thing I’m definite I appreciated arsenic overmuch arsenic immoderate 7-year-old could (that is to say, not that much).

Those puerility religion memories were the bulk of my vulnerability to stained solid until I started traveling, and past yet landing successful Los Angeles. The vicinity I utilized to unrecorded successful was replete with 100-year-old Spanish and Meditteranean bungalows, galore of which had a gorgeous stained solid diagnostic model astatine the front. There was 1 thoroughfare successful peculiar (Crescent Heights) that I drove down astir daily, and sometimes I’d meander conscionable taking successful the beauty. Some had ample crests perchance of the archetypal families that built the homes, immoderate had conscionable small stained solid detailing, and others had ample mural-like windows. I mostly chalked it up to “old” architecture, thing of a bygone era.

Except YOU GUYS. Stained solid is not conscionable for centuries-old buildings. It’s precise overmuch having a infinitesimal adjacent successful newer homes and I’ve reignited my awe and wonderment for the solid artform. This should travel arsenic nary astonishment to myself oregon those speechmaking who travel my articles: uncovering different spot successful your location for colour that traditionally doesn’t person any? Well…that’s close up my color-loving alley.

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You whitethorn callback my interrogation with Gen Z contented creator Marco Zamora, who DIYed his builder-grade, white-box Los Angeles rental flat with truthful overmuch (removable) character, including his hand-painted “stained glass” windows. I’m beauteous definite that doorway and transom to his room broke Instagram/TikTok. When I archetypal saw specifically that transom, I slapped my genu and thought thing on the lines of “Hot damn, that looks great” portion I swiveled my caput astir my location looking for a suitable spot to effort thing akin (I didn’t find one).

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Then determination were besides the stained solid diagnostic windows successful the home of Sara’s parents that she helped them to redecorate. I texted her soon aft starting to constitute this nonfiction asking for immoderate details astir them, mostly if they were archetypal to the location oregon if they were commissioned. “My dada made them,” she answered maine back. What?!? While the subtle detailing connected the close photograph is much my plan aesthetic, some are incredibly impressive. (There is besides 1 down their furniture successful the superior suite Sara revealed here).

design by anne de wolf of arciform and versatile wood products | styled by emily henderson and emily bowser | photos by by sara ligorria-tramp | from: this superior suite was designed astir an arched stained solid model – spot however they made this caller country consciousness vintage

And, of course, this arched quality the squad changeable a fewer years backmost successful a location designed by ARCIFORM. Surely that bath doorway would beryllium awesome without the leaded oregon stained glass, but with it, whew, it’s truthful beauteous and memorable.

Like me, you whitethorn beryllium reasoning that stained solid works good successful buildings with past oregon a beardown architectural perspective, but past I remembered the Fig House, a modern lawsuit abstraction Emily worked to wholly rehab astir a decennary ago. She worked with Judson Studios to plan immoderate gorgeous modern stained solid windows, which gave the blank slate spaces truthful overmuch oomph.

My astir caller spotting of stained solid was successful Jennifer Garner’s home which was conscionable featured successful Architectural Digest (see the 3rd descent below). After that, I went down a rabbit spread of inspirational photos. This felt similar thing I could safely research from a distance, benignant of similar a personage crush you cognize you’ll ne'er land, but you tin respect it nevertheless and person immoderate amusive mentally envisioning a beingness wherever you’re with them. I accidental that arsenic idiosyncratic successful a rental who doesn’t program connected doing thing with this new-found love. It volition beryllium thing I tuck distant into my vault of plan ideas for 1 time down the enactment erstwhile I’m capable to customize a location of my own.

In my travel done each things stained glass, I recovered Debbie Bean, a stained solid creator successful Los Angeles, and I couldn’t assistance but interaction her to find retired more. What does this cost? What homes does it enactment in? Is it worthy keeping tucked distant for the future, oregon conscionable a tube dream? My newsman skills took implicit and it lone made consciousness to stitchery her answers and stock them with you here, arsenic well.

There’s a batch to dive into still, truthful present is simply a quick-fire of our interview:

• On whether stained solid is having a infinitesimal oregon not: “Stained solid volition everlastingly beryllium having a infinitesimal for me! My workplace is impervious that radical person fallen successful emotion with it. More designers and clients are coming to maine due to the fact that they privation to incorporated it into their projects successful breathtaking and innovative ways. People are realizing that stained solid isn’t confined to factory-produced doors oregon ornate religion windows. Instead, we’re seeing it utilized successful modern spaces, which speaks to its timeless appeal.”
• On cost: “Each task varies by design, solid selection, size, and transportation requirements. I privation I could springiness a much satisfactory answer, but prices tin scope from $500 to $10,000 oregon more.”
• On however agelong a committee tin instrumentality (I gave her a transom model to usage arsenic an example): “Creating a customized portion for a transom model supra a doorway mostly takes 4-8 weeks. This timeframe includes designing the panel, the support process, ensuring close dimensions, ordering supplies, and fabrication, among different indispensable steps.”
• On wherefore stained solid is truthful magical: “I emotion that it’s not a static portion of creation but 1 that changes passim the day. The interplay with airy is fascinating—it offers privateness astatine nighttime and a kaleidoscope of colors erstwhile the airy shines through. With specified a wide scope of solid choices, I get to research not conscionable colors, but besides opacities, textures, and adjacent make my ain glass. The possibilities are endless. I besides admit however transcendent its entreaty is. Stained solid tin beryllium recovered everywhere! Personally, having grown up with stained solid successful my home, it has ever held a peculiar attraction for me. I consciousness fortunate to walk my days moving with it.”
• On what styles of homes it works champion in: “I honestly can’t ideate a script wherever stained solid would consciousness forced oregon retired of spot with immoderate architectural style. My enactment tends to absorption connected a modern geometric approach, but I’ve had the accidental to make designs beyond that scope. Each task offers a unsocial accidental to show however stained solid tin beryllium applied successful ways radical mightiness not person antecedently considered.”

If you’re successful the greater Los Angeles area, beryllium definite to cheque retired Debbie’s beauteous work if you’re considering commissioning a portion of stained solid for your home.

Though my existent location volition apt ne'er diagnostic stained glass, I’m gladsome I person this accusation to enactment from. Like immoderate art, prices are rather varied, but successful the close application, I’m definite it’s good worthy the investment.

Now, let’s research immoderate beauteous photos of stained solid successful antithetic areas of the home:

The Most Popular: Windows

Windows are, of course, the expected spot to find stained-glass creations. They tin beryllium arsenic ornate arsenic what you’d expect to find successful churches oregon arsenic subtle arsenic the 1 above, besides from Judson Studios.

How cleanable is this bullseye-inspired circular stained solid window? It’s conscionable capable to beryllium unsocial and peculiar but not truthful ample that it takes implicit the room. This was a location captured by photographer Laure Joliet for an Architectural Digest feature.

This circular turret staircase is conscionable the benignant of spot I’d privation to spot a model similar this. I tin ideate idiosyncratic floating down it successful a gauzy oregon lacy nightgown with a precise demure, precise quaint candelabra successful hand. Perhaps a affable talking timepiece oregon candlestick appears? Probably not what designers Mark Weaver and Associates had successful mind, but it’s wherever my caput goes. (I grew up connected Beauty & the Beast…I cannot beryllium blamed for my fantasies.)

I emotion to spot stained solid successful styles different than turn-of-the-century Mediterranean homes. Just look astatine this wildly bully Art Deco installation successful a Paris location by Gaspard Ronjat.

EHD alum and person Brady Tolbert has immoderate stained solid beauties successful bold colors successful his home. I deliberation the “blocks of color” benignant plays bully with tons of antithetic plan aesthetics, peculiarly thing connected the much modern broadside of things.

I can’t halt reasoning astir the tiny small stained solid corners connected this leaded model successful a eating country by Julie Neill Designs. It’s truthful delicate and conscionable hardly determination but inactive makes specified a precocious interaction connected the room.

On the implicit flip broadside of that erstwhile abstraction is this location with stained solid windows by Judson Studios. These look astir similar butterfly wings and I emotion the colors of them truthful much. It’s surely a bold move, but if you person the location to propulsion them disconnected (and the budget) lad would it beryllium magical.

I wanted to see this past illustration successful a location by Cullman Kravis. So overmuch of what I already showed (and volition proceed to show) lands successful the much modern oregon geometric camp, but scenic depictions similar this cherry blossom histrion successful a model supra a vanity are exquisite (and a motion to Arts & Craft style). It’s wherever stained solid genuinely becomes art. I person to ideate a committee similar this 1 would instrumentality weeks to implicit and is connected that precocious scope that Debbie shared earlier.

My Favorite Application: Exterior Doors

If the header to this conception wasn’t denotation enough, I perfectly emotion stained solid connected an exterior door. Maybe due to the fact that it’s much unexpected? Many of the exterior doors I recovered that drew my oculus were akin to the supra (by the incomparable Reath Design), wherever each grid of the doorway framework was a coagulated color. This aforesaid location had a akin doorway successful the room (below) truthful this constituent is repeated passim the location with large success. I could spot this plan moving good successful a ton of antithetic architectural styles, particularly a much modern building.

The plan connected these doors successful a ample but charming foyer from Florence deDampierre is successful a akin vein to the 1 by Reath Design, but with a spot much ocular interest. This is the benignant of attraction I’d astir apt ne'er deliberation to bash successful a country-meets-rustic chic home. It’s a truly absorbing juxtaposition that connected insubstantial I’d accidental wouldn’t work, but successful execution is truthful absorbing and clever.

The stained solid doors and windows, the painted floral details supra them, the achromatic painted floors, the achromatic and bluish insubstantial pendant…this Nina Farmer country near maine truthful dang charmed. Of course, my caput goes consecutive to my toddler slamming that doorway unopen arsenic she tends to do, proceeding my beloved stained solid rattling successful its frame, but if I tin fast-forward to a clip erstwhile slamming doors was a happening of the past (haha, yea right), I could spot myself here, enjoying my state home, waiting for my breadstuff dough to implicit its 2nd emergence (haha, yea right).

Now let’s look astatine thing little grid-like and much eclectic. If the Cole & Son Cloud wallpaper by Fornasetti is immoderate indication, these homeowners aren’t acrophobic of a small spot of play and quirkiness. The colorful glow scattered connected the level feels similar a kaleidoscope, and however could that not marque you grin instantly? (This photograph is by Laure Joliet, which she changeable for Architectural Digest, designed by Charlap Hyman & Herrero.)

A Way To Bring A Ton Of Interest: Interior Doors

If I emotion exterior doors with stained glass, past you cognize I emotion interior doors with stained glass. This bath doorway and transom by Gold Soup Interiors feels decidedly Victorian due to the fact that it is! The owners of this location are lovingly restoring an aged Victorian, and details similar this doorway are spot on.

Transition Interior Design took an already pattern-heavy country and leaned successful with this floral motif stained solid door. I emotion the colour and question it brings, adding to the whimsy of the space.

If lone we were each truthful fortunate to person a inferior country that had an entranceway similar this! This location by Project Home does not deficiency successful moments to adhd successful color, including these doors that propulsion unneurotic the level colors arsenic good arsenic the yellowish from the millwork (or cabinetry?) beyond.

A Subtle Stained Glass Moment: Transoms

I consciousness similar each class I cover, I’m similar “This is my favourite stained solid application!” They’re each great, and portion doors are inactive my favorite, a transom model is simply a adjacent second. Whether it’s a colorful checkerboard grid similar supra by Green & Mustard oregon blocks of colour (so akin to Brady’s house!) by Amanda Pickett featured successful Frederic Magazine, a transom stained solid infinitesimal is benignant of similar the gateway to the creation signifier successful your home.

A Clever Interior Feature: Interior Windows/Room Dividers

Lastly, the astir decorative usage of stained solid successful the bunch: The interior partition oregon country divider. I emotion erstwhile designers get originative with dividing spaces, and this is simply a beauteous mode to bash conscionable that. The supra photograph (a plan by Studio Percale) is simply a door, I believe, but I wanted to see it successful this conception arsenic inspiration for opting for a stained solid dividing partition alternatively than your modular drywall. Something similar this would beryllium truthful amusive starring into an bureau abstraction if you don’t request a ton of privateness oregon soundproofing, oregon if you person a den oregon room country successful your home. Can you adjacent imagine?!?

And lastly, this grand, intricate acceptable of stained solid “windows” wrong a location by Andee Hess + Osmose Design. This is successful a Tudor-style home, which I’m calling retired due to the fact that I wouldn’t needfully peg it for that architectural play but it WORKS. This benignant of partition works champion with tons of earthy light, oregon if you backlight it.

So…have you fallen successful emotion with stained solid yet?!?!? On a standard of 1 to GIVE IT TO ME NOW, however overmuch bash you privation a stained solid infinitesimal successful your home? While the existent woody is simply a sizeable concern price-wise and design-wise, don’t hide that determination are besides ways to get the look with DIY supplies (check retired this awesome tutorial by A Beautiful Mess) oregon adjacent adhesive model films. It’s a large mode to trial retired the look to spot if it’s close for you, your home, and your lifestyle.

And that’s wherever I permission you this week. Until adjacent time…

Opening representation credit: Design & photos by Sara Ligorria-Tramp | From: Sara’s Mom’s Living Room is Back With a Much Needed Personal Update – Two Years Later

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