Abstract: A method and apparatus for making simulated stained-glass uses an existing surface. An outline of a given design is traced or drawn on the surface to be decorated. Pressure-sensitive lead stripping is applied to the surface in registration with the outline thereby delineating lead-stripped areas. The edges of the lead stripping are boned, sealing same to the surface. Colored, plastic, thin-film stock is cut so as to be complementary in size to a given lead-delineated area, and then applied thereto. The lead stripping resembles a frame that appears to hold the thin-film stock, and it, in conjunction with the translucence of the thin-film, produces an effect that closely resembles real stained-glass.