I finally got around to taking pictures of the other lights that I made. Here is the before picture of them.They are two minnow baskets. When attached together they make a minnow trap. I just purchased a pendant light kit & mounted it in there. Easy, Breezy......
This last shot is a picture of one of them that my husband put up in his band room (yes, he is in a band & yes they practice here). He couldn't wait to see what they looked like lit up :) Ignore the green paint on the ceiling.....it's from the flourescent lights that the previous owners had put up.
So what do you guys think??
Of course I linked this to one of my favorites-Funky Junk
that is so cool! i can't believe how well the pendant kit fit the trap!! and i LOVE shadows on the ceiling!
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amy
Awesome!! Like the stripes on the ceiling, wish I had a place for a ceiling fixture that didn't have a new one...
ReplyDeleteHey this is really cool! I have a lot of these guys in my basement from my marine bio days. I love the light patterns cast on the ceiling. Cool!
ReplyDeleteHow cool! That looks awesome. Thanks again for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhoa -- this is awesome. So creative, looks amazing, and I love that you used minnow nets (I spent years catching minnows at a favourite pond as a kind). Love!
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Ahhhhhhmazing! Makes me wonder what ever happened to my dad's old minnow traps. I foresee a rummage through mom's storage building next time I'm at her house!
ReplyDeleteI love this, I just bought a basket to use for my laundry room. It makes a really cool design on the wall.
ReplyDeletelove the industrial vibe these kick off. Really awesome! Pinning it.
ReplyDeleteBernadette
How cool!! This is such a great idea!
ReplyDeleteLove them ,tove the light pattern they make! Thanks for linking up at Beyond the Picket Fence.
ReplyDeleteThis is beyond awesome. I've never seen it done but the rustic industrial look - looks like something straight out of Restoration Hardware! Go you. :)
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I've never even heard of minnow baskets before. What a great look! tfs!! I'm a new follower :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE!!! I need to hang around fishing places it seems... life depends on me making one of these. :)
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Donna
That is so cool! I absolutely love the idea. I want to change out some of our lights in our cabin now! Thank you for sharing this at my link party.
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LOve it!!! Pinned it :-)
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Waaaay cool! What a clever idea!!! Love the reflection on the ceiling!
ReplyDeletexoxo laurie
These are perfect! Love them!
ReplyDeleteTrying to think of where I could use these!
OH WOW!! These are totally the greatest! Love the way it looks lit up!
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I love these! I have to try these out! Thanks for linking up!
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Clydia {threemangoseeds.blogspot.com}
I absolutely love these lights out of a fish cage. I had to blog about it at my blog. http://itsstilllife.com/2011/10/17/fish-cage-lights/
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Karen G
This is uber cool and I love the effect of the screening on the ceiling when the light is turned on. So glad you linked this up to Motivated Monday. Have a great week.
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Hey Katie -- Just wanted to let you know that I featured your minnow lights!
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xoxo,
Clydia
I love creative lighting! I would like to add some pendants or chandeliers at my house, but we have pot lights everywhere. The only place I could do something creative is in our bedrooms where we have ceiling fans/lights, but we really need the fans because we light to keep the windows open a lot, and it gets warm here! Alas. Anyway, wanted to let you know I featured you on my blog this week. Thanks for the inspiration!
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What an awesome reuse of something. Doggone it where can I find some of those minnow baskets? Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI really do love the way they look, I have had three of these baskets with the same idea however I bought the light kit from Ikea and they are white, just don't look as good as yours. Where did you find the black light kit and how did you get them to hang without tilting to one side?
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