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| ...Garage Sale Garden Art! |
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| Junk to... |
- First I located this jewel at a garage sale. I knew I wanted something cheap so if it didn't work out I wouldn't be out much money. The chandelier I found was $2.00.
- I removed all the wiring since that just added to the ugliness. I also removed the light sockets.
- This chandelier did not have screws to hold the glass light covers in place, so I wasn't sure how I was going to keep the glass on the chandelier once it was planted. Fortunately, once I removed the light sockets there was a small metal piece with a hole in it that I could run a piece of wire through. After some trial and error I discovered that I could put a rock on the inside of the glass and wrap the wire around it. The rocks were too big to fit through the hole in the bottom of the glass covers. Once I tightened the wire, the glass was held firmly enough that it wouldn't fall off the fixture.
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| If the light covers do not have screws to hold the glass in place, be creative with a solution to ensure the glass will not fall off the chandelier. |
- Once I got all the light covers attached with the wire I added soil.
- Finally I found some plants that I already had growing in the garden that could be separated into smaller pieces and transplanted into the glass light covers.
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| Because of the small size of these light covers, and now plant containers, check the soil daily during warm weather to ensure the plants do not dry out. |
- And there you have it! Garage Sale Garden Masterpiece. A unique piece of garden art that was inexpensive and easy to create.
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| When I hang this in the garden I may look for a string of solar lights to wrap around the fixture. |
One of the neat things about this chandelier is that it allows water to drain out the bottom of the glass covers because they are not sealed tight.
