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Window Ornaments Dress up your windows with architectural accents. From "B. Original" episode DBOR-155

Brackets and other millwork make classy accents for windows.

Decorative brackets and other architectural ornaments can add beauty to your home—and to your windows. In this project, Michele Beschen takes two decorative brackets, stains them, screws them together and uses them to dress up a plain window. The B. Original host even shows how to add detail to your design with oversized beads. Scroll down for her easy how-to, and add a touch of class to your windows.

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Show off your tricked-out window with pride!

Materials:

brackets or other architectural turnings
19-gauge wire, stainless steel or copper
oversized beads
eyebolts
drill and bit
needle-nose pliers

• Many different styles of wooden brackets and other architectural details are available at home improvement stores—purchase the size and style that best fit the window you're decorating. For her project, Michele Beschen chose two brackets that she stained then screwed together to form a unique design.

• Hold the bracket up to the window and determine the best placement (figure A). Mark the location for the eyebolts to suspend the bracket – one on each side and one at the tip.

• Pre-drill holes in the window for the eyebolts. Be careful not to nick the glass with the drill bit.

• Install eyebolts in the holes (figure B).

• Drill small holes in the brackets that correspond to the locations of the eyebolts.

• String beads onto 19-gauge copper or stainless steel wire. Michele Beschen used oversized beads in her project to help conceal the wire and add color to the design.

• Run the wire through the holes in the bracket, then through the eyebolt on the window frame (figure C). Twist the wire securely around the eyebolt and trim away the excess.

• Repeat the process for the other two eyebolts.