Vintage Wood Shutter Wall Sconce Craft Project

This vintage Wood Shutter wall sconce is a simple and easy craft project that you can use to decorate your home with. The materials for this vintage Wood Shutter wall sconce can be bought at your local home improvement store, flea markets, and even some antique shops.

Overall this simple craft project should talk you less than two hours. I think you can get away with making this vintage Wood Shutter wall sconce for about $50 or less. This depends on how much you want to spend on your pillar candles as well as how much you have to pay for your vintage Wood Shutter.

To Make a Vintage Wood Shutter Wall Sconce You Will Need:

Once old wooden Shutter
Milk Paint (optional)
2-inch paint brush (optional)
Iron Garden Pot Holders (the kind that screw onto the wall)
Vintage plates (the same # as iron garden plant holders)
Epoxy Glue (optional)
Sandpaper (optional)
Predrill
Screws (They might come with the iron plant holder rings)
Pillar candles

Now, I come across vintage and old wooden Shutters all the time. I find them at yard sales, flea markets, flea and antique shops, and even some antique shops. You can also fin vintage Wood Shutters on ebay and Craigslist. Generally I have seen them cost anywhere form $10 to $35. Obviously they are cheapest at the flea markets and yard sales.

Now, you can also buy new wooden window Shutters at Lowes and home depot and age them to look vintage with some milk paint. These Wood Shutters will cost your more money, but are well worth it for the design impact vintage inspired craft project can make on your home.

Simply sand the new wooden Shutter lightly. Wipe away the dust and dirt. Paint on some milk paint in any color you choose. You can lightly sand again and rib on some wood gel stain to add an aged look. You can also use this process if you end up buying an old window that is not the color you want. Milk paint is the perfect way to make any wood item look old or vintage. It is also a natural primer, so you can eliminate that timely step of painting your wood out with primer and waiting for it to dry.

Now, I find these iron plant circular ring sin the garden section of Home Depot and Lowes all the time. I also find them at the flea market as well. They are a wrought iron circle that is meant to be screwed into an exterior home wall or even a wooden fence. You then place a potted plant in them. They are affordable and easy to find.

Now, you need to measure how wide your vintage window Shutter is, so you can determine how many plant holders you can use. I like to try to fit three in a row across the bottom of the window Shutter.

I like to place the middle plant ring first. Hold it in place and use a market to make a dot onto the wood Shutter through the screw hole. Use the drill to predrill your hole. You can then screw it in. Repeat on either side with the other iron plant rings.

Now, I like to use some eyehooks and a string of 20 gauge wire to hang the Wood Shutter on the wall. You can also predrill some hold through the top two corners of the vintage Wood Shutter and attach some screws through there into the wall. Be sure to hit a stud, because you do not wan this craft project falling off the wall.

Now, lay one small vintage plate in each wrought iron plant ring. You can epoxy them in place if they do not fit perfectly. This is optimal though.

Once the epoxy glue has dried you can hang the vintage Wood Shutter wall sconce up where ever you choose. Place one pillar candle on each vintage plate.

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