Art Glass Overlay vs. Traditional Stained Glass

Enjoy this informational journey with Penny to learn a bit about the difference between Art Glass Overlay and Traditional Stained Glass, featuring work you can visit right here at Art Glass Overlay/Glass and Mirror Shoppe!

We love creating all kinds of art glass, and enjoy the different way we can design for each. Explore our website and get inspired for your own art glass project!

Art Glass for Bathrooms/Restrooms/Powder Rooms

We want our restrooms looking amazing, but we do not, so much, want anyone looking in from the outside, no matter how amazing they look!

Art glass is a a great solution - it combines your needed level of privacy with completely custom and unique designs to match your style. Or start fresh with a new design to update your restroom.

We can add our stained glass overlay to windows, mirrors, and even shower glass! A matching or flowing design can be created in your space. It will wow guests, give you a wonderful space, and keep your windows private with textures and colors!

Check out our Bathroom Page here to see more of what we have done,

A Grand Entrance with Art Glass

Many homes feature door inserts in their front doors, and some have side lites as well, or sometimes it is just a side lite or two. These are great places for stained glass overlay or stained glass. These types of art glass can be created with many different colors, textures, or bevels. Our designers can match what our clients already have, whether it is creating a new door insert or side lites to match original pieces. Or, we can create a whole new set that better reflects our clients style.

The front door is the entrance to the home, and we love helping our clients make these entrances grand! Plus, the different colors and textures add as much privacy and obscurity as you would like.

Check out our Entryway page here for more information and photos of our previous work!

Designs in Art Glass

Stained glass and stained glass overlay are absolutely lovely ways to add style and design to your home. They are a great way to combine form and function - such as added art glass to windows or cabinet doors. You already need glass in the home, so it is great to add some of your personality and style to that glass! Plus, this is a great way to add privacy or obscurity to these pieces. That way, the view can be what you want it to be looking in AND out!

Custom designs by our amazing designers mean you get a great one of a kind piece for your home. We can design with many different styles and enjoy giving our clients something amazing. Contact us today with what you had in mind for your art glass and get the process started to having art in your home!

Multi Panel Cliffs and Waves

This multi panel set of stained glass overlay has the design continue from one panel to the next. It really lightens up the hallway and adds a beautiful view as people pass by. This design features trees on a cliff overlooking a breaking waves and swooping birds. Clients work with our designers to get their ideal art glass created!

Half Round Lead and Bevel Transom

This half circle of glass is called a half round and as a window above another window (or door), it is called a transom. This design type is sometimes called clear stained glass or lead and bevel. While lead and bevel can have color to it, it usually does not and instead lets the shapes created from the lead and the dimensional bevels do all showing off!

This glass was installed right up to the original window which will protect the art glass and provide a wonderful design that adds privacy. Because of the lack of color, it helps if you are thinking of selling your home and do not want someone locked into a certain color. Or maybe you love it so much, you take it with you! Of course, lead and bevel is loved by many and can be enjoyed in your home for years to come!

We love the leadlines drawing your eye to the diamond shaped bevels surrounded by the swooping curls of the lead. A contrasting texture follows the shape of the half round framing the design well. Since all of our glass, art glass and mirror is custom, we can create shapes beyond rectangles and circles. So if you are looking to add some art to your glass (windows, in frames, doors, and more) let us know by contacting us here, or:

Email: ArtGlassOverlay@iCloud.com or GlassAndMirror@iCloud.com - Great for reference photos

Call: (760) 729-1064 (Glass and Mirror Shoppe)

Text: (760) 390-2273 - Great for reference photos