I'm proud to say I've managed to keep an airplane plant, several snake plants and a dieffenbachia alive this year! Since I have a green thumb and all (not really), I wanted to try adding some air plants to B's room. Being on a tight decor budget, I didn't want to shell out for fancy schmancy glass globes, so I started looking around for things I could re-purpose. As it turns out, many salvage yards have tons of inexpensive glass light globes that work perfectly for hanging air plants!
Supplies:
Supplies:
6 inch light globe - ours is from the Habitat Re-Store!
3/8 inch poplar sticks x 2 - it's a very poplar wood - get it, poplar?
Bandsaw
Yellow Carpenter Glue
Spring Clamps
Tape
Nails, #18 x 5/8ths
Fine Grit Sand Paper
First, we made two six inch squares held together using glued lap joints. We cut the lap joints by measuring a line about 3/8ths of an inch from the end, turned the piece and made a line half way down the side. - so it looked sort of like an "L."
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We used spring clamps on each corner to hold the square together while the glue dried overnight. Below is a picture of one square, but we made two. We checked for squareness by measuring from corner to corner.
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The next part is a bit tricky. We arranged the light globe with one square on each side. Then we used a clamp to hold a connector piece on either side.
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this is awesome xx
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