DIY Chandelier........tutorial

 

 

 

Glamour, bling, sparkle....those are a few words that come to mind when I look at this chandelier. And that is exactly the look I was going for. I needed to add a bit of glamour and sparkle to a corner of my daughter's bedroom.....

 

And when you can't thrift one to makeover, why not make one yourself! Can you guess what I used?........Hanging flower baskets!!!! You can make one too!

 

DIY Chandelier

Materials:

4 - 10" wire hanging baskets - (got mine at the $1 store!)

Wire (I used 19 gauge I had on hand)

Needle nose pliers/wire cutters

Hot Glue Gun

Spray Paint

Embellishments - crystals, beaded necklaces (I bought a pack of silver ones at the $1 store), round mirror pieces, colored beads, jump rings, etc - whatever you like!

 

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download the full tutorial to keep/print HERE

Let's go!

 

Step1: Place 2 baskets together - rounded side up/flat side down. Connect them in the middle using wire. Wind tightly. Be sure to space the "loops" to the sides as shown in the photos below.

 

 

 

Step 2:  Take your 3rd basket and thread the hook and chains up through the middle hole and lay off to one side.

 

(threading up...)

(laying off to one side....)

 

Step 3: Place this 3rd basket in the middle of the other 2 that you connected - rounded up side/flat side down.

Connect the 4 points that touch (2 on each side. See photo below) with wire. To wrap these with wire easily, apply a small dot of hot glue and then wind the wire around.

 

Step 7: EMBELLISH! now the fun really begins! If you have a supplies stash, you may have some gems you can use. If not, this step can be the "spendy" part. Be sure to look for sales or use coupons at your local craft stores if you can when shopping for crystal embellishments. Don't forget - we picked up a pack of silver "mardi gras" style necklaces at the $1 store. 6 came in a pack too!

 There are soooo many hoops, ledges, chains and other surfaces to attach beads and jewels to on your new chandelier - so have fun! Here are a few ideas of places we attached our embellishments....

Detach the center bottom hanging hook and replaced it with a large crystal and jump ring.

 

 

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DIY Zip Tie Chandelier

My mom loved teak wood...anything teak wood. She would buy it all in yard sales and thrift stores. Well, I think she cringed a little from up above when I took a drill and a paint brush to one of her pieces. I had one of her cheese boards tucked away in a closet...within minutes, look how darn cute it turned out. I think she's ok with it, because she was the best seamstress ever and would love this button!




If this was the only cheese board she had, I would have thought twice about it, but it is one of many teak trays...many!



Look...don't you see a button in there?

This is when I think she shed a tear...LOL

If you don't want to drill your cheese board or tray, you can use those office stickers and then paint over them as stencils. Peel away the stickers to reveal the button look.

Just one quick coat of paint, add a little hanger on the back when it dries and you're done.

 

Cute!

Even cuter when it's threaded.

 

Wish I could replace the "O" in office with this button...hmmm where's my saw?

Here it is threaded on top of my calendar.

My push pin buttons match the big sister.

Just hot glue buttons on thumb tacks...easy, easy!

Remember my motto...always look twice at something before you pass it up. There are a lot of cheese boards out there waiting to become jumbo buttons.

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Pottery Barn had these metal silverware silhouettes a while ago. Some of you might remember them? I've never stopped thinking about them - I'm a sucker for kitchen related art. When I realized we needed something to decorate the wall opposite our hutch, I knew I had to try and recreate these on the cheap.

We went to Lowe's and picked up an $8 piece of 1/4" thick 4x8 birch plywood. We had them cut it into four 1x2 boards.

I sketched out a fork, spoon, and knife on plain paper. Using some carbon paper Matt snagged from work, I transferred them onto the boards. If you don't have carbon paper, you could cut out the shapes and trace them like a stencil, or scribble with a pencil on the back of the sketch to make some makeshift carbon paper. Either way should work great!





We don't have a jigsaw, but we do have a multisaw attachment for the Dremel, so that's what we used. Matt cut out the shapes of the silverware, and then used a sanding attachment to smooth the edges. I also sanded by hand around the edges of the cut out and the edges of the board for a smooth finish.





I knew I wanted the silhouettes to be black, but I didn't want them to have even a hint of shine. I had some chalkboard paint on hand from another project, so I used that. I love the matte almost metallic finish. It only took one coat and some touch ups.



And the finished product:





Don't mind how off the fork looks in the last picture - the patio door is right next to the table and is casting a weird shadow in the picture.

How about drying supports for craft projects.

Paint something on both side and place it on this support, so it can dry all over at the same time.

Another drying support especially when using glue or Mod Podge. I made these balls with shredded old book pages. Can't let the glue dry right there on the table, because it would glue itself right to the surface. These supports are plastic, so nothing really sticks to the little spikes and the air circulates all around.

How about gluing these to some kind of sewing station and have all your hand sewing thread right there where you are working. You could some how fashion an area for a pincushion, thread and scissor holder, then glue this plastic thingy to that to hold the thread.

This one is a little crazy, but worked great with my iPhone.

Great for watching videos, or having the phone up so that I can see texts or emails coming in without having to tip the phone to see...especially if I'm working at my desk and the phone is flat on the table. This keeps it in plain view.