Upcycled Plant Hanger From Recycled Finds

It’s Sunday and I like to take it a little easier so I opted for a simpler project. We have been remodeling our house with only thrift store decor and I noticed that I had a plant hanger that still needed a nice hanging plant. I went through the shed that holds all my precious junk and decided I would see what I could find.

So Today’s Project at J4H is a Upcycled Plant Hanger. First I found a wire basket and some old silver. I have a addiction for picking up simple things that would work for other projects.

 

For this project you will need the following: 

• old chain
• drill
• hammer
• needle nose pliers
• parts for your hanging basket

First you need to hammer your silver to a flat shape. After hammering each bowl of the spoon you will then need to drill holes on each end of the spoon. After you have all of the holes drilled take the chain links and insert them into your basket and then your spoon on each side of the basket. Always making sure that your spoon is faced forward before closing the link.

 

After getting the first 3 done, I then did the same on the other 3 smaller spoons. You can use any size spoon to your taste. After attaching all 6 spoons you will need to gather them all together at the top. Still making sure all of your spoons are facing forward.

 

After doing this take a long link of chain and attach it to the top of the spoons. This is where you can be creative and let your imagination take over. I used crystal glass that I took from an old table lamp and also a decorative metal piece from another old hanging lamp. You then need to feed your chain through the items you use and make a circle with the chain to hold it on the plant hook.  

Afterwards you have a plant hanger that is an expression of your creativity as well as recycling things that normally would have been discarded for the fraction of the cost.

 

Bag of Silver bought at a garage sale       2.00

Pieces from lamps already on hand          0.00
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Total of today’s Project                        2.99

 

 

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