Chicken Wire Chandelier
Who would have thunk, that chicken wire could be used in so many ways! We all saw it re-used mainly in frames, but did you see this luxurious boutique chicken hotel? Those chickens live the dolce vita over there, lol. And there is Ashley, she just took a whole wall and covered it in chicken wire! I could imagine hanging all my high heels on there;-)
Then I discovered chicken wire at the Dollar Store and found one of those wire clothe hangers in my closet and my chandelier-idea was born.
- Chicken wire
- Wire clothe hanger or just craft wire
- Hanging tomato planter (we just need the round wire and hanger)
- Moss, tea lights, small birds/butterflies, magnetic chandelier crystals, wood branch
- Pliers, glue gun
1. Cut the clothe hanger wire in 4 equal sized pieces.
2. Bend them with pliers as shown in above image.
3. Bring together the 4 pieces (I used floral foam) and glue with hot glue in place, then run a wire around for better hold.
4. If you have an old hanging tomato planter, take the plastic off and use only the circle and the wire attached to it. This will be our chandelier base.
5. Cut the chicken wire to desired size and attach to the circle with little wires.
6. Attach a wire to the top of the 4 clothe hanger pieces and attach the whole thing to the tomato planter hanger at the top part, where all the wires come togehter.
7. Attach the magnetic chandelier crystals to your bent clothe hanger wires.
8. Break your wooden branch (-es) to the right size and lay it on to the the chicken wire. Glue some moss on to it and a little bird.
-We are half way done-
Now we have to attach the tea lights, to make it a real chandelier. *I used hot glue first, but it actually melts and the tea light fell*. So we will use wire.
1. Cut some wire (approx. as long as your index finger).
2. Punch it through the metal of the tea light, in from one side, out to the opposite side. Then bend it back and punch it through in the opposite direction into the tea light and out.
3. Bend it down 90 degrees.
4. Sit your tea light on the chicken wire of the chandelier and attach it with a little wire on the bottom.
This is kind of hard to explain, but if you look at the pictures, it should be clear.
And this is it!
Total time: ca. 2 hours
Total cost: $1
(I just had to buy the chicken wire. All the items used can be bought at the Dollar Store, except the magnetic crystals. I bought them at Home Depot for $ 7,99).
Have fun! If you don’t like the tea lights, you could use a small LED light garland as well.
See you soon,
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I love it! I like anything made with chicken wire.. You are very creative!
Susan
Cute, cute, cute!!! Really cute!!! Fun, you could add an electric light bulb to this to… super easy! I may have to try this one soon!! Thank you!
The bulb is a good idea!
Great idea. Thanks for sharing the tutorial at Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesdays.
I SOOO love this idea! Very creative, fun, and a great accent piece for any outdoor area! I think I’ll try my hand at one too. Thanks for the inspiration!
Midge
I love this! I think it would be great on my chicken wire deck! http://quickfixmama.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-we-spent-our-weekend.html
I love, love, love this idea & can’t wait to check out your other posts. You are so creative!
Jen
This is fabulous! Love it! Nice work and thanks for sharing!
Love this! Found it via pinterest and had to come see how you did it. Very creative
Jen
Thanks guys;-) still have to find a good place to hang it:-)
Very cute!
What a wonderful idea! So very creative and just right for the tree above my stonetable to glam up outdoor dining!
love it!
Veronica
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Genius! What a creative mind you have….that’s is adorable
oh my……i absolutely love this!!!! i so want one…where do i order? lol i may just try to make one of these…i love it that you shared a tutorial, i just posted on my fb too! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fishtail-Cottage/192771690762348 xoxo, tracie
Thanks traci!!
What’s the name of the dollar store you got the chicken wire at? LOVE this! Thanks for sharing!
It’s called Dollarama
oh, too bad we don’t have that here in OKC!
you can buy it at Home Depot:-)
Woooow !! It looks just amazing…. you make it look so easy to do, but Im sure mine wouldn´t look as perfect as yours <3 .
Your blog is totally inspiring… Im following for sure.
This is so beautiful…and I happened to have the materials on hand…have add this in my project pinboard! Love PC
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Loved this! I tweaked it a bit to fit it to what I wanted, but love it! I linked it to my blog. http://hippiefarmchicks.blogspot.com/
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Such a cute idea, very clever. I love chicken wire. Thank you.
just wondered; can you use one of the wind sock frames instead of the tomato plant hanger? thanks…
I am sure you can:-)
Wow, I just loved your chandy. Your photos are great and so is your tutorial! I linked this to my project: chandeliers post too today, for inspiration!
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beautiful, and lovely, awesome, i’m fallen for this completly.
Thank you for the great tute and the sharing!!!!
I know it’s an old post, and I’ve been drooling over it for ages now.
But finally, finally I have the chicken wire (we needed it to cat- proof our security gate and bought a big roll, so tons of leftovers!) and apart from the crystal droplets, I’m all set.
Thank you so much for this gorgeous inspiration, I really can’t wait to get started!
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Have fun!;-)
Nice, nice =)