Stained Glass
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
We moved into an old Victorian row house in September, 2007, having lived in a loft condo since moving to Toronto in 2004. The loft experience was great and we made lots of good friends in what was, to us, a new city. Still, we missed the floorspace and instant access to the outside that a house provides, so we took a plunge into the market to see what was available and eventually bought the home we're in now.
We were told by our agent that the house had heritage status and, after doing some reasearch into the Heritage Toronto Plaque program we discovered that, for a fee, we could apply for a brass plaque on the outside of the house to designate its status.
Well, being the keeners that we are, we did so and, after waiting six months, found out today that our application was approved. Which means we'll be having the plaque installed sometime in May.
We're quite happy about this, especially since we're trying to maintain that old Victorian feel of the place by installing two stained glass panels in the entranceway, ones that match the old, existing stained glass window in the living room. El Franco went to night classes at a studio to learn how to make these windows and the fruit of his labour was in evidence earlier this week, after a glazier came and fitted the two new panels in the door.
Here's a picture of his handiwork, post-installation.
We were told by our agent that the house had heritage status and, after doing some reasearch into the Heritage Toronto Plaque program we discovered that, for a fee, we could apply for a brass plaque on the outside of the house to designate its status.
Well, being the keeners that we are, we did so and, after waiting six months, found out today that our application was approved. Which means we'll be having the plaque installed sometime in May.
We're quite happy about this, especially since we're trying to maintain that old Victorian feel of the place by installing two stained glass panels in the entranceway, ones that match the old, existing stained glass window in the living room. El Franco went to night classes at a studio to learn how to make these windows and the fruit of his labour was in evidence earlier this week, after a glazier came and fitted the two new panels in the door.
Here's a picture of his handiwork, post-installation.
Labels: home, stained glass
3 Comments:
So, when do you guys open a new business?
;-) La Francophone has already signed up for another course, so he can replace a large glass pane above the door. Who knows, maybe he'll have requests from the neighbourhood pouring in soon!
Gary the picture of you here is scorching HOT! (are you blushing now) The stained-glass is also very nice :) Is there no end to Francois' talent... ?!!
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