In my last post, I showed you how I created a useful piece of wall art. Now, I get to unveil the completed project.
I present, Bird On A Branch
The project was fairly simple, if you would like to recreate your own piece. However, if you fell madly in love with this one, or just don’t fancy breaking out the drill, you can always buy this piece at my Etsy shop.
Happy Hunting!
I was shopping at thrift store last December and found an old glass door. It probably belonged to a china cabinet or something similar. It was rather large, 20″ by 50″. As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to turn it into wall art, with hooks perfect for hanging anything from coats to jewelry. I got it home, washed it, and laid it on the floor to determine what exactly I was going to do. My toddler then promptly walked on it, shattering the glass that was to be my canvas.
Poor broken thing.
I put it away in the garage and gave myself some time to re-imagine the project. In the end, I decided to continue on with my original idea. Who needs glass, anyways? So, I took a hammer to the rest of the glass, making sure to remove every last shard. Then I removed the latch from the front of the frame. Normally I like to leave vintage features on my projects for character, but in this case, it just wasn’t possible. The cabinet door had the original hinges along one side that I thought would be a great way to attach the whole piece onto a wall.
Unfortunately, the hinges and the latch were on same side, so I could only keep one. I chose the hinges.
Bye-bye, latch.
Then I cut a length of burlap that would fit comfortably in place of the missing glass.
I used my husband’s industrial stapler to attach the burlap to the wooden frame. I folded the fabric over and stapled it down, pulling it snug as I went along.
Once the burlap was stapled onto the frame, I turned it over and painted the silhouette of a bird on a branch. I used black fabric paint. (tip: make sure to put newspaper underneath as you paint. Burlap allows for a lot of leakage.)
Once the paint was dry, I used my husband’s drill to drill holes for seven hooks along the bottom of the wooden frame. (tip: make sure to avoid the staples!)
Once the holes were made, it was simple to screw in a few decorative ceramic hooks from my favorite craft store.
My next blog post will have the completed project, so come on back, ya’ll!
I am a girl.
I am a girl who loves to hunt for treasures.
My hunting grounds of choice are thrift stores, antique malls, garage sales, estate sales, and the trash. (Hey, don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.) I love finding that one thing that, with a little love, can turn into something beautiful. It’s like finding a needle in a haystack. (See what I did there? My blog title? Get it? Get it?) I treasure hunt all the time and have to pass on so many great things, because I just don’t have the room for them in my home. So I decided to try my hand at selling my reclaimed treasure and I figured, why not document the process?
So here we are. Welcome to my blog. In the coming posts I will take you along with me as I hunt for treasures, and repurpose them. As a reader, you can get involved in two ways. You can follow along with my directions and repurpose your own treasures. Or, you can head over to my Etsy account and buy the treasure for yourself.
Let start this thing!
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