Turn an old wedding candelabra into a sweet DIY candle holder
Hope you are having a great day. This project will inspire you to look for things you can take apart and put together a little differently. I found these old wedding candelabras on the curb and slammed the brakes to load them up. I decided taking them apart was the best plan of attack to reuse these in new way for a cottage style candle holder.
I pulled some of my favorite DIY material out of the pile and went to work. If you are new here I have a stash of vintage fence pickets that I use ALL THE TIME. You can buy new pickets and paint them for a similar look. (I’ll link a few other fence picket ideas below for you to check out!)
After I took the candelabra apart I wash it really good then put the sweet little flowers back together again. ( I also made this from the candelabra flowers!) All I had to do was get a short screw with a head fat enough to cover the base hole and I screwed the flowers to the picket. Done!
It looks cute with candles in it or not. Perfect for a coffee table, nightstand or simple centerpiece.
When you see something that catches your eye just think about how the parts and pieces could come apart and go back together in a more useful way. You will be so thrilled with what your creative mind comes up with!
Be sure to let me know what you come up with – I love to see your projects. Are you a part of the Make it New Facebook group? Tons of people meet there to share their upcycle ideas, ask questions and get inspiration…check it out!
Here are a few more projects you can make with fence pickets!
Don’t forget to pin this idea for later!!! Thanks a TON friend
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I could not imagine what you had come up with,but i had to find out and it was so very cute, thanks Kim.
lol – well I am glad you like it. I’m having fun with all these random pieces!
Really cute idea! Another great job Kim! Love it
thank you, I thought it turned out pretty sweet!
Love your blog… lots of original ideas that I don’t see other places!
That is such a special compliment, thank you. I love to make fun stuff, but never know how well received it will be. I guess in the end as long as my people like it I’m good, but it means the world that others like it too!
I love what you did with the candle holders, but the post and arms of the candelabra would be perfect to put my husbands percussion cymbals on to store them. Since he plays everything from symphony music, to jazz, to country western, and back again. Each cymbal has a different sound, size, etc. I’ll have to keep an eye out for one of them
I wish I were musically inclined, such a great gift. Yes – keep your eyes open because that would be a fun idea for sure!!!
This is one of my favorite projects you’ve done! So great!
yayy – it was a fun one for sure!