MARCH 2026

Last week our team was in Metro Detroit installing two emerald and amber ‘50s style windows for our New Haven Coney Island client. While our studio is now based in New Era, Michigan, we love being back in Detroit where it all began for us in 1973 (omnibusstudios.com/about).

With these custom windows, the intent was to add some color when you first walk in the door, while also nodding to the iconic '50s style diner aesthetic.

We used a special type of glass called hammered glass, which gives the surface a unique texture to catch more light.

For the custom logo, we hand painted the tap dancing Coney Dog character with high fired ceramic paints on both sides of the glass. To achieve the authentic hot dog color we used a fused glass technique- sifting a mixture of powdered glass (or frit) over the white base glass.

Due to the size of these windows (five feet wide and three and a half feet high), we used steel reinforcement bars to keep the windows from bowing over time.

GLASS TECHNIQUES

• fused

• painted

• leaded