"She cut old glass panes to fit necessary sizes and custom-built a dozen 20-inch-square windows, each with two crossed mullions. These charming pieces surround the sides of a second-tier clerestory, so that even more light floods the interior space. The design echoes windows seen on Seattle's famed Volunteer Park Conservatory, a Victorian-era glass house erected in 1912."Jennie's shed also features in Debra's book Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways: Big Ideas for Small Backyard DestinationsPhotos by William Wright.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Garden office made with recycled windows
Jennie Hammill, piano teacher and owner of Ballard Woodworks in Seattle, has this rather lovely glass teahouse/conservatory in her back garden where she can relax and shedwork. Built by her and her neighbour and landscape architect Randolph Scott Keller, it measures 10ft x 10ft with a 6ft 'extension' on one side. Interestingly, the walls were built using vintage windows with leaded glass, divided panes and a cottage-style one made from 30 tiny squares of glass. In a piece about the build by Debra Prinzing in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles she describes how most of them cost only $5 to $20. She continues:
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