Okay, I admit I have outdoor rooms. I have seating in all my rooms and so my shade garden room needed a chandelier. I have a lot of upcycled junk in my cottage gardens also, so what would be more perfect than a part off of a vintage chicken feeder!
First I painted it white and then highlighted with pink and turquoise. I meant to take a picture of the chicken feeder top before I started this project but I get so excited about a new project that I forgot and maybe I am a little ADHD! Just look up vintage chicken feeder on the internet and you can find a picture of the whole feeder.
I purchased plastic crystals at Michael's, the package contained both square and tear drop crystals. The crystals came pre-drilled with a hole, so it was easy to put the wire through and attach them to the feeder top. Of note I painted the chain you see laying on the paint can, you can purchase white chain, but I couldn't find the size I wanted at the time. The pink arrow shows where I tied the feeder together with wire. The feeder is split to allow it to be taken off the bottom of the feeder to fill it with feed. Hey, I grew up on a farm and we had chickens.
Directions to hang the chandelier:
1. I had a piece of iron that I bent on both ends to place in the tree, there are available hooks with both ends bent as above that can be purchased at any garden center.
2. Decide where you are going to hang the feeder and how high.
3. Cut your chain appropriately.
4. The feeder comes with four holes on top (see pink arrow above). Place chain in hole and separate one link of chain and bend outwards so the chain can't come through the hole.
5. Put the four pieces of chain on an O-ring and hang on your hook.
1. I had a piece of iron that I bent on both ends to place in the tree, there are available hooks with both ends bent as above that can be purchased at any garden center.
2. Decide where you are going to hang the feeder and how high.
3. Cut your chain appropriately.
4. The feeder comes with four holes on top (see pink arrow above). Place chain in hole and separate one link of chain and bend outwards so the chain can't come through the hole.
5. Put the four pieces of chain on an O-ring and hang on your hook.
Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette
It is a good idea when being presented to someone to remove your sunglasses as the eye-to-eye contact is important.
It is a good idea when being presented to someone to remove your sunglasses as the eye-to-eye contact is important.
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