Accent Lighting for Stained Glass Window
Hello,
I would like to add an accent light to an old stained glass window so that it can be see at night. From the attached images, can anyone suggest a method of lighting this window so that it will be as evenly lit as possible?
I am assuming that I will have to make a light box of sorts to make this happen. What I envision is a fluorescent tube on each vertical side of the window whose light will bounce fairly evenly off of the white face of this light box. The fluorescent tubes will have to be off to each side sufficiently so that they will not be visible when the window is viewed from the front of the house.
Does this make sense? The approx. dimensions of this window are 24″ (vert) x 18″ (horizontal).
Any comments or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Phillip
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I found this site last night http://www.coolneon.com, now I am trying to figure out where I can use this stuff.
Wow! I never thought of neon. Thanks for that great idea. I take a close look at that. This just may be the ticket and it would be lit on all four sides as opposed to just two.Thanks again.
Insted of neon, try two or more wraps of a white led rope light. You can bend it yourself, and it operates off line voltage."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
White LED rope! Man, I'm behind the times ... I'll have to google that one. Since you're suggesting more than one wrap, I can only assume that it doesn't give off too much light, but that might give a more pleasing light.I'll check that out. Thanks for that info.
Home Depot and Lowes sell it, and you can get it on-line. In many colors."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Thanks. After I googled it I realized what it was. We have a Lowe's close by so I'll check it out tomorrow.Thanks again.
Being as you're in Oak Park, that simplistic SG panel ya posted, made me think of FLW:
Architecture of Oak Park
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Frank Lloyd Wright spent the first 20 years of his 70-year career in Oak Park, building numerous homes in the community, including his own. He lived and worked in the area between 1889 and 1909. One can find Wright's earliest work here, like the Winslow House in neighboring River Forest, Illinois. There are also examples of the first prairie-style houses in Oak Park. He also designed Unity Temple, a Unitarian church, which was built between 1905 and 1908. There were several well-known architects and artists that worked in Wright's Oak Park Studio, including Richard Bock, William Eugene Drummond, Marion Mahony Griffin, and Walter Burley Griffin. Innumerable buildings in Oak Park were built by other Prairie School architects such as George W. Maher, Robert C. Spencer, John Van Bergen, and E.E. Roberts. Additionally, there are various architectural styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries located throughout the town.
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I can't tell what your ceiling height is from your pictures. We have added back lighting to art glass windows by puting eyeball canns in the ceiling. By setting them back far enough, you get the same soft diffused light that get from a closer flourescent.
Dave
Woo-ooo, weee-eeeee!Dave! You da, Man!That's the best idea yet. I've got about 2' of ceiling height above the top of this art glass window. The existing closet light is above and about 42" from the top edge of the window. This may be a perfect solution.This will certainly solve the even lighting issue and would be a simple install. I can power the accent light from the closet light, use a timer of sensor to control, use a dimmer switch to trim it just right, and I'm good to go. Simple.Thank you very much for your suggestion. Pizza's on the way.Phillip