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Trash To Treasure: Upcycled Light To Vase

Sometimes the most unlikely objects can turn from trash to treasure.

Trash to Treasure: Upcycled Light to Vase created by @Jenna_Burger, sasinteriors.net

As we’ve been changing the light fixtures throughout our home over the last 3 years (I’m pretty sure every. single. one. has now been updated), most went straight to the curb.  A few weekends ago when the last old, brassy light came down in the upstairs hallway, it was half way to the trash, until I had a thought…

Could I upcycle it into something else?  But what?? A cloak?  Another light?  A vase?  Should I spray paint it or leave it brass?  Lots of thoughts were brewing.

Of course, I forgot to take a pick of the light in it’s old home, but here’s what it looked like right after taken down from the ceiling.

Dust and all…

Trash to Treasure: Upcycled Light to Vase created by @Jenna_Burger, sasinteriors.net

After giving it a good scrubbing, I decided to leave the brassy finish (I liked the warm hue) and use it as an accessory to hold a vase.  A vase within a vase.  Yes!  Perfect!

I removed the base (which I was going to you as a candle stick, but it all fell apart), as well as the wires.

Trash to Treasure: Upcycled Light to Vase created by @Jenna_Burger, sasinteriors.net

And then within minutes it went from ugly to this treasure…

Trash to Treasure: Upcycled Light to Vase created by @Jenna_Burger, sasinteriors.net

O, you know how I love to spend $0 and shop my home!

Trash to Treasure: Upcycled Light to Vase created by @Jenna_Burger, sasinteriors.net

Trash to Treasure: Upcycled Light to Vase created by @Jenna_Burger, sasinteriors.net

Trash to Treasure: Upcycled Light to Vase created by @Jenna_Burger, sasinteriors.net

I’m in love! Such a silly thing made into something spectacular.  For now it sits on the coffee table, but I’ve got other ideas for my new found treasure.  We’ll see where my thoughts and ideas take me…

What items have you upcycled in your home?  How have you made treasure out of trash?

I link my projects to some of these parties: Skip to My Lou, Dittle Dattle, Between Naps on the Porch, Today’s Creative Blog, Stories of A to Z, All Things Heart & Home, House of Hepworths, Finding Fabulous, The Shabby Nest, Serenity Now, Tatertots and Jello, Thrifty Decor Chick, Tip Junkie

 

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