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“Back then, everything I loved was either too expensive, too formal, or simply didn’t fit into a real home,” she recalls. “I didn’t want museum pieces. I wanted something that felt alive.”

And honestly, that’s something our customers tell us too:

The mass-market decor looks the same everywhere, and the good handmade stuff is either impossible to find or so pricey it becomes a “maybe someday” purchase.

People want their homes to feel like them — not like a catalog. They want something a little magical, a little personal, something that sparks joy when they walk in after a long day.

That’s actually how our whole “art for every day” idea was born.

Before suncatchers, we tried… everything.

When the family first sat down to imagine what Avalglass could become, the ideas were all over the place — in the best possible way.

First we explored floral tabletops and cute stained-glass plant buddies because Anna's windowsill looked like a botanical garden, then bookends because Michael kept losing his reading nook to collapsing paperbacks, and finally suncatchers connected to Alex's love for daylight in the room.

Were all the prototypes perfect? Absolutely not.

But they taught us something important: people want decor that makes their space feel warm, personal, and alive — not just “designed.”

That’s the gap we decided to fill.

We didn’t want to make objects that sit quietly on shelves. We wanted pieces that bring a sense of wonder into everyday life — in windows, on desks, near plants, anywhere someone needs a little beauty.

As Alex, our CEO, likes to put it:

“Whenever we create something that feels replaceable, we scrap it. Our goal isn’t to sell decor — it’s to spark conversations in people’s homes.”

And it turns out, that’s exactly what people were searching for.

Like Customer Jana from Canada, who wrote:

“Was not expecting such high quality for this price! This is a beautiful piece, the colours are lovely, and it includes everything to hang it in my window. I was also concerned about the shipping as it was coming from Poland, but it was very carefully wrapped and had absolutely no damage.”

Stories like this remind us why making stained glass accessible matters.
When someone says their home feels brighter, cozier, or more “them” — that’s the whole point.

So yes, we still treat our craft with the same artistic love as Anna did in her tiny first workshop 20 years ago…

…but now it’s art you can live with.
Art that turns morning light into something magical.
Art you can gift to someone and know they’ll remember.

That’s the sweet spot we were searching for — and the one we’re staying in.