| Author | Content |
jylgaskin
Williamsburg, MI
(Zone 4b)
May 15, 2008
11:46 AM Post #4955061
| I think I am going to put some solar lights in these for night time. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
May 15, 2008
07:36 PM Post #4956932
| Neat idea! The battery operated x-mas wreath lights would look great too if you don't have enough sunlight to run the solars. (I Don't) |
jylgaskin
Williamsburg, MI
(Zone 4b)
May 15, 2008
07:51 PM Post #4957016
| That would be so great for a party! |
Gardenia731
(Arlene) Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9a)
May 15, 2008
10:46 PM Post #4957835
| What a neat idea!! |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
May 16, 2008
01:42 PM Post #4960349
| Where did you get them? |
jylgaskin
Williamsburg, MI
(Zone 4b)
May 16, 2008
03:03 PM Post #4960633
| Yard sales. The most I paid was two dollars. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
May 16, 2008
03:03 PM Post #4960637
| great. something else for me to look. |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
May 20, 2008
10:36 AM Post #4978130
| I purchased a few as well, went out and purchased battery operated 'budgie' 'cardinal' birdies, wonderful to hear when the wind is blowing... |
planolinda
Plano, TX
May 20, 2008
06:36 PM Post #4980178
| y'all are so creative--i love the look and will watch for some at yard sales-thanks for posting--by the way --are they both bird and gerbil cages? |
jylgaskin
Williamsburg, MI
(Zone 4b)
May 21, 2008
01:22 AM Post #4982080
| Just old bird cages. The other night I had people coming over so I lowered them and put big globe candles in them. It was awesome. I have them so I can lower them to get into them. |
planolinda
Plano, TX
May 21, 2008
06:02 PM Post #4985082
| i bet that was pretty--the light in the trees would look so nice |
jylgaskin
Williamsburg, MI
(Zone 4b)
May 21, 2008
07:21 PM Post #4985332
| I have a brass chandilier in one of the other trees. It's really pretty at night. |
planolinda
Plano, TX
May 22, 2008
05:52 PM Post #4989577
| i hang lots of stuff from my trees--plants, birdhouses, beads etc but now i want to hang a light --and a birdhouse! |
pieohmy
Independence, LA
(Zone 8b)
June 04, 2008
09:57 PM Post #5055182
| I have a bird cage that I made into planter. Line it with one of those coir liners and you have a new hanging pot. It's my favorite hanging planter in the yard. I look for more all the time now. I would like to have all my hanging plants in cages. |
planolinda
Plano, TX
June 05, 2008
08:19 AM Post #5056711
| and what is a coir liner? i imagine that is really a nice look-- |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
June 05, 2008
09:32 AM Post #5057028
| So the coir liners help..wanted to pick one up at Home Depot for my chair project..set up with chicken wire and then coir liner added...do hope so, might pick one up tonight...love hanging chandeliers in the trees..working one 3 right now (not all for me) 2 finished and 1 more to go..use candles though for lighting.. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
June 05, 2008
09:37 AM Post #5057061
| LOVE the colors you've chosen for your birdhouses...what a lovely setting..will have to get out and purchase some paint for mine, one is black the other white but yours are so much more attractive..purchased a budgie (battery operated) for mine, looks so realistic, chirps by motion lol sometimes I'm out to turn him off only to find out it's the real birds chirping... |
planolinda
Plano, TX
June 05, 2008
11:22 AM Post #5057557
| thanks for posting the pictures all--i love seeing your pretty patio |
pieohmy
Independence, LA
(Zone 8b)
June 05, 2008
02:39 PM Post #5058434
|
| Quoted: | | and what is a coir liner? i imagine that is really a nice look-- |
I think it is called a coir liner. It's the liners used in wrought iron planters that are open. Some people put holes in them all around to form a ball shaped planter with annuals surounding it. Kinda like a big ball of plants. That is the next thing I want to try out.
This message was edited Jun 5, 2008 1:40 PM |
planolinda
Plano, TX
June 05, 2008
04:05 PM Post #5058745
| oh-i know what you mean --so instead of saying "you know, those things that are like moss or something and you can put them in some kind of metal basket that is open" i can now just say "coir liner"!! fancy that! |
medinac
Bensenville, IL
(Zone 5a)
June 05, 2008
04:44 PM Post #5058930
| What is your system for raising and lowering them? I'd love to know as I just use electrical wire and make a huge loop around a branch and then use the metal hangers on them and hang whatever I have from that. You've come up with an awesome idea! I love the idea of putting candles in them. That had to have looked pretty. I totally lack creativity. Never had it as a child and don't have it now so I get great ideas you all of you! I feel sorry for my kids because I can't pass any creativity on to them. :,( |
planolinda
Plano, TX
June 05, 2008
06:58 PM Post #5059573
| but you can pass on the gardening bug! |
jylgaskin
Williamsburg, MI
(Zone 4b)
June 05, 2008
07:24 PM Post #5059696
| I use thin nylon rope. Throw it over the branch, attach the cage or chandilier then pull it up and tie it off to a nail on the trunk of the tree. That way I can raise or lower them as needed. |
pieohmy
Independence, LA
(Zone 8b)
June 06, 2008
10:07 PM Post #5065862
| Bettypauze, when you get that chair done can you post it? I have a chair collection in the yard (I just can't pass up a pretty chair being trown out) and have wanted to do the same thing. I just got some sedums from a co-op and think it would look really cute.
I'll have to post my chair with a pot in it (we need a fancy name for 'chair with a pot' too!!) it looks pretty cool to me. We just tore out the seat and threw a pot in. |
planolinda
Plano, TX
June 07, 2008
10:04 AM Post #5067293
| my husband thinks i am strange because i love chairs-- i really didn't know other people love chairs too! i have different odd chairs that i picked up at garage sales and i once made a "remove the seat and put a pot in" chair too--there was a mexican restaurant nearby at one time that had all different chairs painted all different colors--i always liked that look- |
pieohmy
Independence, LA
(Zone 8b)
June 07, 2008
10:30 PM Post #5070037
| I have 10 foot ceilings and hang chairs as decorations. I also use them as plant stands, lamp tables, etc. The ones inside are antique or really unique. One is painted with a face on it that an artist friend gave me when she moved away. I love my chairs  |
planolinda
Plano, TX
June 07, 2008
10:33 PM Post #5070057
| oh i would love to see that--you are very creative ---do you have childrens chairs too? i have a little rocker that i had as a child |
pieohmy
Independence, LA
(Zone 8b)
June 07, 2008
10:44 PM Post #5070183
| Well, I'll just call you my enabler now! I've always liked the wooden high chair type and one of those would make a nice plant stand too. I think I'll start a chair thread, I'd love to see others ideas too. |
wormfood
Lecanto, FL
(Zone 9a)
June 10, 2008
02:09 AM Post #5081123
| I was thinking bigger with this bird of paradise 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
planolinda
Plano, TX
June 10, 2008
09:52 AM Post #5081972
| nice! maybe your bird of paradise would like another bird in there! is there another type of bird in the cage? |
wormfood
Lecanto, FL
(Zone 9a)
June 17, 2008
12:10 AM Post #5115279
| no more birds, just plants. Sold the birds after the 3 hurricanes. |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
June 17, 2008
01:06 AM Post #5115429
| I've got a huge cage like that. I haven't figured out what kind of plant to put in there though.
Janet |
wormfood
Lecanto, FL
(Zone 9a)
June 17, 2008
01:31 AM Post #5115480
| I was fixing up the chicken house, behind it, and a sunflower was coming up big and beautiful. The big cage would have looked great with a couple of sunflowers hanging out of it. (by the way, janet, I bought a cactus and succulent book from you and it is great! thanks!) |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
June 17, 2008
07:46 AM Post #5115981
| The cage I have was found on the side of the road. It's just about as tall as I am. It's a bit rusty, but not too bad. I want to give it a good coat of hammered metal paint before I "place" it.
I knew that name sounded familiar, but I couldn't remember from where.I see so many names each day here on Dave's. I'm glad you like it. I've had some of these books for a long time and thought it was time to share them with others. |
Dirt_Road
Janice~ Gulf Coast, MS
(Zone 9a)
May 08, 2009
01:51 PM Post #6522334
| big bump~
Jylgaskin, Wanted to say Thank you!!! I have been holding onto 2 small bird cages, just couldnt think what to do with them.. They have been sitting for months in my garage and the thought of tossing them (which I could never do, lol) just killed me.. Of course DH kept trying to do away with them.. He doesnt share my T2T vision.. lol.. So thank you so much for the much needed idea.. and I even know right where I am going to hang them.. Thank you |
susan727
Culpeper, VA
May 11, 2009
06:50 PM Post #6535824
| The bird cages are adorable and so clever. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Susan |
1Birdie
Plainwell, MI
(Zone 6a)
May 12, 2009
11:49 PM Post #6541770
| Betty.were you ever able to use any of the craft swap stuff you received?? Birdie |
curvesarein
Kingman, AZ
May 20, 2009
02:23 AM Post #6573405
| Are those Elm trees that your cages are in? They look big and large and the trunks the same as my Elm. Which has spread it's roots everywhere in my yard and is tearing up my patio, but i love that tree. I have two birdcages in it now, but I need to add something to them. They were in the house, the rounded kind and the bottoms come out, they are black right now.
Linda |
jeanlei
De Soto, KS
May 20, 2009
03:34 PM Post #6575440
| You ladies are all so creative... I love the idea of painting and hanging bird cages.. Thanks.
Jean |
