I have always thought that it would look really good to put some leaded lights in our front door. There are three apertures in the door with a large fanlight above the door. At the moment there is some simple patterned glass in all of them which is reasonable as it's good for privacy but rather dull in every other respect. In my opinion it's a good idea to take either all or part of an existing decorative feature from around the house and then incorporate this within a new design. Our bay windows, for example, have some original leaded panels at the top, nothing very unusual, but still quite lovely to look at. When I have thought about a new design for the front door it seemed a good idea to marry the design of the door and bay window panels together rather than create something abstract and modern-looking. So, I have taken the stylized flowers from the existing panels to create something very similar for the front door.
Above: These are the existing panels in the bay window
Below: The front door and fanlight with patterned glass
Below: This is my design for the front door, including the fanlight which will also show the house number painted in the centre of the panel
The glass I have chosen for the whole project is still patterned to keep privacy - there is some reeded and some milky glass too - but it is softer and there are small sections which contain hand-made German Lamberts glass. I think it will really bring everything together and look great when it's in situ. I have already started cutting the glass and with the panels being long and slim it shouldn't take too long before it's all done and finished.
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