Creating a Faux, Lighted Window
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2024
- Create a faux window to install in a basement or windowless room to lighten up the room and make it feel like a room with a view.
Watch this video next to see how I made the curtains/rod. • Creating Curtains for ...
I love how this project turned out! I think the curtains were 1) a great solution to hiding and diffusing most of the strip lights 2) increased the realism of the window by adding a window treatment. I also appreciate the style + pattern + colors of the curtains you chose! You did an excellent job of explaining how to do this too!
I bought 3 gothic arched faux window panels at the thrift store the other day (originally decor from Michael’s). The windows are on the smaller side but they’re heavy, and because of their shape and having a flat back I’ve been thinking “how am I gonna add wood to the back and insert a panel and lights into it without making this even heavier?” because as is they already need drywall anchoring. I don’t have any woodworking experience, but I watch all sorts of “maker” content on TH-cam, so your suggestion of using a router to create a space for the plexiglass and image + backing is genius! Not sure if I’m going to add a background image or not but I love how you made it interchangeable! That is way more appealing to me than being stuck with a single image I can never access again to change.
Thank you for showing us how you did it, keep on doing you bud!! 🤘🩶
For others attempting to build this, take into consideration the density of LEDs on the light strip! I’ve been researching LED strip lights for my home and found out the higher the density, the easier it is to achieve a “spotless” effect. Having a diffusion layer of some sort between you and the LED strip would increase the spotless effect too. Setting them back deeper into the sides of the frame could also help. What I’d consider doing if I were updating this existing piece is see if I can get something like either white paper or a “frosted” plastic (My dollar store sells thin sheets as a cutting board surface, they come in handy for lots of craft projects!) and cut thin strips to cover the strip lights with. Those glue dots or double sided tape could work well to attach them too.
Also what I found in my research is that the lifespan of LEDs is shortened if they’re mostly operating at or near full capacity when you’re using them, because of the heat they generate! Professionals recommend mounting LEDs using aluminum channels/housing, because the metal helps dissipate the heat. Just something to consider depending on the size of your project/application of LEDs!
If you need a bigger picture printed and want to use a print shop or service, they will not print the image unless you have the right to reproduce it under copyright laws. So you have a couple options: look up royalty-free image websites, images in the public domain, or images with a Creative Commons license. Second choice is using websites out there that will help you format massive pictures to print from your home printer across several sheets of paper. The one website I decided on for a past project was called “rasterbator” (as in raster-based images, sorry for the inappropriate name) that worked quite well. I’m sorry I can’t remember what to succinctly call the process/service those websites provide.
(Adjacently related: I recently found out that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a filter on their website called “Open Access” that lets you search through their collections for works in the public domain, which are free to reproduce! If you want the look of a real oil painting, add a layer of Mod Podge on top to give it a brushstroke texture. Happy making!!)
Thank you so much for posting this! I'm looking into creating a fake window for myself, and your video gave me all of the basic information that I need - most DIY's you find online don't include many of the steps. I'll probably find a way to diffuse the light, but I think the way you made the pictures interchangeable is really clever.
The idea is cool but for better execution you need to turn the leds 90 degrees and you need a difusing layer you would get from an scrap led tv. Then you add the blur layer. Again from a tv so you get the even lit bkg. Then go place the picture. Wich may be should be printed in a transparent film at lets say 80% thinkness.
That turned out beautiful! If you want a solid light behind it, they sell a kit for about $5 at Home Depot that has everything to make a lamp, so you just install it and put in a regular led light bulb.
Maia Sosiuk Thanks!!!
PLEASE GIVE ME MORE INFO ON THE KIT
@@katemullin4647 I just looked on the home depot's website and they still sell them. In the search box type in "make a lamp kit" and they have 14 different ones to choose from. Amazon also has them.
Horrible
Guymax9999 metamucil9999 I always appreciate feedback and recognize everyone has a different sense of style and taste, but this isn’t constructive or helpful to anyone. The window looks great in my office, which is what really matters. I created another video about the curtains. Anyway, would you like to share what it is that you find so horrible?
@@thegreenworkbench you should try to put leds panels or to use stronger rgb strips to make mor light, you could also put the rgb behind the picture to make it change color
Rubbish
scott downie Rubbish because you don’t like the final product, because you don’t like how I did it, or because it wasn’t what you were looking for? Because according to everyone who has been in my office since I put it up has loved it. So I’m curious.
@@thegreenworkbench it doesn't fucking work.look at IKEA fake windows and you will see how pathetic yours is.
@@scottdownie8477 It doesn't DO anything but hang on a wall So in what way does it not work? Do you not like the look of the LED strands? Were you expecting it to look like real sunlight? You seem to have had a very extreme reaction to a piece of room decor. If it's not your cup of tea, no problem. Find something else that works better for you. Telling me mine doesn't look like the one from Ikea is a compliment. Thank you! 😂