Alton Stained Glass Works - Alton, Illinois

Michele M.

Interesting way to do business. Stopped by midday on a Friday and the door was locked. Called the number and it went to voicemail. Knocked several times and waited in the entry for 10 min. We’ll walk around and come back to see if someone will answer the door/call then.

*Follow-up: Came back about an hour later. The sign was still on the door, and it was still locked. A man on the street followed us to the door and had a key. (?) Upon letting us in, a woman came from somewhere in the back/upstairs and said something about stepping away and eye contacts.

We walked around. They do have some glass supplies to sell and some art. There is a massive window/door piece that is obviously contracted work being created. It is gorgeous. While we browsed, the woman checked her phone messages, and we heard the one that we left an hour earlier. (Hmmmm)

Would I travel from St.Louis/St.Charles to buy again? Probably not.

Dave D.

Great place to shop, learn how to make stained glass, or do recurring workshop sessions with others in a social setting.

Ron K.

Wonderful stained glass shop continuing the tradition of hand made stained glass artwork. Fantastic helpful owner.

Ginga

I love this place. It's where I created my first stained glass work. And the owner is a sweetheart. I'll definitely be back 🙂

Kimberly H.

My favorite place in Alton! I love to stop in for a glass of wine or a cup of hot tea. A cozy comfortable shop and always friendly people to chat with. Plus the place is eye candy! Beautiful hand made glass and antiques. They offer classes that are really fun and inexpensive. Hope to see you there!

Melita W.

We stayed at the Tiffany Inn in Alton for a weekend getaway. It was absolutely the cleanest accomodations we have ever had. We stayed in the Monet Room and it was beautifully decorated and spacious. The owner, Lynne, was friendly and welcoming, and the breakfast she prepared for us each morning was delicious and plentiful. We truly enjoyed getting to know her and look forward to our next stay there.
Art & Melita Williams

Princess Z.

Really great shop! They have beautiful pieces for sale and the classes are fantastic, a lot of fun and a great atmosphere.

Rem M.

new to area so was excited to find someplace close to buy glass was in the shop helping a friend buy some glass for his 1st project ive been doing stained glass over 20yrs ive lived in many different places small town to large cities every glass shop im been to you could by scrape glass by the pound you can take a box an pick an fill but not at this shop we picked out 4 full sheets an now need a few pops of color so was looking through the two boxes of scraps box A an box B

the lady after watching us pick prices glass from box “A” that had lots mixed colors she came to say we cant pick our own out she would pick out what we could buy an she would fill box for us at .60cent a pound so we said we would buy 1lbs

she said well she only sales full boxes so we said ok then she filled box with glass from box “b” lots of brown tank n blah glass then did 6lbs an none of the glass worked with our project so we skipped we still bought 4 full sheets but she definitely lost a would be regular customer

she told us was basically she needed to make every dollar she can so profit before customer service this is one reason i dont like an cant support “local small business” having a regular customer is not as important than making $$$

i make large scale stained glass art would easily spend 500$ n up on glass but her pettiness over scrape glass lost her regular $$$ thankfully hobby lobby an a another glass shop i find will now get my business