I love looking through home decorating magazines, home interior stores and high-end department stores, but I’m realistic enough to know the closet I will get to owning any of that beautiful eye-candy is if I make it myself.
This shabby chic birdcage is my knockoff of one I found while window shopping one day. I can’t remember the name of the store, but I can remember the cage was $45. Now some of you may not think $45 is too much for a decorator birdcage, but my frugal, do-it-yourself brain said “No way!”
I tucked that inspiration away in my mind and while looking for something else in the barn, I came across a similar shaped birdcage. It was perfect. It had come from the Dollar Store, but it was green and decorated with wire vine and metal ivy leaves that I didn’t like.
I wanted my cage to resemble the one I had seen, so the vine and leaves had to go. That process was surprisingly easy to accomplish. I just tugged tham off. The parts that were stuck came off with the help of wire cutters. Easy Peasy! I immediately loved the difference that made.
I then sprayed the entire cage (inside and out) with a light layer of white spray paint. This was mainly to get into all the corners and the peak of the inside of the cage. I wasn’t trying for full coverage. I just wanted a jumping off point for the layers that would follow.
The cage at the store had cool decorative embellishments on it, so I got out my bag of brass doohickeys.
I simply wired them to the cage using craft wire.
Using an old paintbrush I pounced and dabbed flat off white acrylic paint over the whole cage (inside and out).
After that dried, I repeated it with a coat of flat white acrylic paint.
I was loving it, but it just didn’t look shabby enough yet, so I got out the sandpaper. I sanded everything.
Ta-da!
Check it out! If you look closely (inside the cage) you can see one of the nests from yesterday’s tutorial.
Enjoy!
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I’ve always loved the decorative bird cages! This is a cute one! I used to use them as planters, to put my viney plants in… maybe I should do that again. I don’t have any house plants right now.
Love it!!!!
Michy, I have no houseplants either. Sadly I seem to kill them. The rest of the family has a green thumb though. They all do outside stuff.
Oh so pretty, I love that you added the nest as well
Love it! Thanks for sharing them with us on the Creative Corner Hop.
Sandy
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Hi Cyndee,
I love the bird cage. You did a great job. Thanks so much for sharing at Wednesday’s Adorned From Above Blog Hop.
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Love your birdcage!! I think vintage & shabby chic birdcages are great for decor! I’m visiting from Delightful Order, have a great weekend!
What a lovely little cage! You did a great job! Thank you for linking this up to Rustic Restorations Weekend!
Oh WOW!! What a gorgeous transformation!! Love it!
Thanks so much for partying with me last week at The DIY Dreamer… From Dream To Reality! I’m really looking forward to seeing what you share tomorrow evening!
Really sweet -
Thanks for sharing – have a blessed week!
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Great Idea! Thanks for sharing at Simple & Sweet Fridays!
Jody