The Apothecary Table - Post #2

 The Stained Glass

This is a true miracle story and I’m not making it up.  When I refinished the table, I wanted to enclose it – actually, I needed to buttress the top since it sagged in the middle.  An antique store in Brenham, TX had a large selection of stained glass; unfortunately, it has gone out of business.  I took a drive up there and found three pieces that matched the dimensions for the doors I wanted to build.  Bought them, and went back to refinishing.  

After we decided where to place this and I decided to build the side cabinets, I remembered that there were more pieces of the same style, so back to Brenham I went.  There were five pieces left, so I bought them all even though I didn’t quite know what I was going to do with the fifth piece, which was quite small.  The owner of the store said that she had gotten those pieces in a shipment of furniture from England.  This I can’t confirm, but I’ll take it on face value.

This is not a picture of the windows as I bought them.  I can't find those, but this is fairly soon after. I've sanded off the original paint and trimmed the frames.  But you get the idea...