Shed chandelier project

[Elkaddict]

With a little stain, barnwood,rusted pipe, and Home Depot, I made this chandelier to hang over our dining table at the cabin.

 

Here's what they looked like to start.

 

And the finished project.

 

 

 

 

 

[BowNut]

Very Nice!

[CRAZYBUCK]

sweet great job

[CouesWhitetail]

Cool!!!

[The Coues]

Very cool!!

[newalleye]

Great job! That looks fantastic... if yo don't mind me asking, would you explain your process with those antlers from start to finish? I've got a lot of bleached or chalky ones that deserve more attention than they'll get in the garage and lamps/chandeliers/coat racks would be great ways to put them on display. How bleached is too bleached when it comes to refurbishing old sheds?

 

thanks

[Elkaddict]

Great job! That looks fantastic... if yo don't mind me asking, would you explain your process with those antlers from start to finish? I've got a lot of bleached or chalky ones that deserve more attention than they'll get in the garage and lamps/chandeliers/coat racks would be great ways to put them on display. How bleached is too bleached when it comes to refurbishing old sheds?

 

thanks

The horns I used were extremly old and chalky. I took a chance and brushed on minwax puritan pine stain. It sucked it up right away. I then sanded the tips to get them a little lighter. Then brushed on a minwax satin finish polyurethane. They came out a little shiny which I like. All said, I was very surprised at how well they took the stain and polyurethane. Give it a try on one of your antlers and let me know how it turned out.

[newalleye]

I'll give it a try. Thanks for the advice!

[AZantlerhead]

I like that style of light...looks great

[deercrazy]

That looks awesome!