While new windows for your abode may not be on your Christmas wish list, maybe they should be. That’s new windows as in stained-glass windows, not storm windows (although those are nice to have, too).

Mesopotamian potters discovered the method for making multi-colored opaque glass beads around 2750 BC. Circa 1100 AD, a window of colored glass was documented in Germany. Colored glass windows were ...

SALEM TWP. — A small, brick church has stood on the corner of Six Mile Road and McFadden Street since 1888, most likely not drawing much attention from passersby. But step inside the Salem Bible ...

ROCHESTER — Stephanie Podulke has been making stained glass windows for a long time. After starting the business with her late husband, Mike, the couple moved to Rochester in 1976. Ever since, the ...

Many of the home’s neglected features like parquet floors and Victorian molding were salvaged, but its original layout was cleverly tweaked to better fit the needs of its residents. This story is part ...

When you think of stained glass, you might think of cathedrals or mosques. Or in homes, you might think of Victorian architecture—and who could blame you? Stained-glass windows have become less common ...

Tom and Gayle Benson's 112-year-old home on Audubon Place has many historic architectural details -- from gracefully sloping ceilings to massive marble mantels and monumental ceiling medallions. But ...

Ordinary windows can tell us a lot about the world. They can answer questions: What's the weather like? Who's passing by? If we add color and combine glass shapes together, however, we can end up with ...

When Ken Matthias is not soldering he's biking Alameda looking for stained glass. He'll never forget his first trip down Liberty Street. "When I got done," he says, "my neck was sore from turning from ...

Beglar I. Merlich had never cut a piece of glass in his life when he decided, about 40 years ago, to make a stained-glass window for his then-wife. The couple had recently built a home in New Mexico ...