Pottery Barn Knock Off Lantern Made from Picture Frames!!

Pottery Barn Gothic Lantern

Pottery Barn Blacksmith Taper Lantern

Can you guess which one broke?!? 🙂

Step 2: Collect your supplies. I used hot glue, gorilla glue, a speed square, needle nose pliers, and painters tape!

Apparently I didn’t picture all my supplies-ADD kicking in!

Step 3: Remove all the glass and “guts” of the picture frame and the little metal tabs that hold it all in. (Please note: if you plan to leave the glass in the lantern, you should leave the little tabs in-but I didn’t think about that before I removed all mine!) You could always glue the glass in, but this may be messy if you accidentally break one.

Step 4: Use your speed square or other 90 degree angle tool to keep it square and put on the Gorilla Glue, then quickly shoot some hot glue on the ends, just to keep it in place.  I’m sure there is an easier way, but I try to look for the hardest way possible and do it that way.  I usually open packages and then find the easy ‘pull here to open it’ spot!

Sorry it’s blurry!

Step 5:  Repeat step 4 until it looks something like this

Step 6: Tape around the sides with painters tape to keep it together while the glue dries.  When all sides are done, you should have something like this.

Yes, that’s the grout stirring paddle in the background!

Step 7: Find some light source to donate it’s guts to your new lantern!  I picked this one up from H4H for $5.

Step 8: After I took the H4H light apart I attached eyelet screws on the corners of my frame cube and ran chain I had from a previous project (like 3 years ago) from the eyelet screw to the ring on the top of the H4H light.  Spray painted it all black and install. 


Here is the light that was there before: GAG!!

 

And Now:

Published: July 11, 2011Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged: Black, Knock Offs, Lighting, Tutorials

About Cassity

Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. She is an interior designer, wife, and mother of two. She and Justin have remodeled three homes from top to bottom and are working on their fourth. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.