C.J. Braden • 5 Minute Read
How to Make a 10 Minute DIY Plant Chandelier
Do you have a cute farmhouse vibe in your home and are in need some more creative ideas on how to decorate it? Just add faux or real plants! I created this cool plant chandelier DIY that seriously comes together in 10 minutes. It will look like you spent hours on it though!
Read on to learn how to make this unique plant chandelier.
I purchased a very cool vintage metal sphere from an architectural salvage shop about five years ago. I was drawn to it. It was unique and different, two factors in design that always draw my attention. It was meant to be an outside decoration, but I thought I could do something with it inside my home.
Supplies for a DIY plant chandelier
I kept it sitting in a room of my home on the floor and walked past it every day wondering if it should just be a sculptural element or not. Then, about a year later, I started seeing them pop up on Pinterest. People were putting these sculptural metal orbs around chandeliers to update their look.
The hanging faux plant I purchased from Target
Knowing we were going to sell our home, I didn’t want to use my metal sphere as part of a light fixture. I knew if I did, I would have to leave it behind with the sale of the house, and I just couldn’t part with my cool vintage treasure.
A heavy duty swag hook from Lowe’s
So, I held onto it just a little while longer. After we moved into a new home, I kept it sitting on the floor of a guest room with a single plant inside. But I decided it needed more; more design, more plants and more attention! I decided it was time figure out what “more” was and get it hung up.
How to hang the plants in the plant chandelier
I knew I didn’t need a light inside it. So, I decided on putting a plant inside it. Once I decided to hang a plant inside the ball, I knew it either needed to a be a very large plant to fill the space or I needed multiple plants. I also knew the plant/s needed to be lightweight, as the ball itself was on the heavy side.
My awesome husband drilling a hole for the swag hook
Watch this under a minute video tutorial I created for my YouTube channel “Carolyn Braden” on how to make this plant chandelier project:
I went to Target and found a lightweight faux plant in a hanging basket. One alone was too small, but when I held three together, my plant chandelier idea was perfected.
How to hang the plants inside the metal sphere
Even if you can’t find a metal sculpture like mine, you can still make this! I found similar items on Amazon.
Hanging the DIY plant chandelier
Here’s how to make your own DIY Plant Chandelier.
You’ll need the following:
· 22-inch metal sphere (or a similar size) Here’s a set of 3 in different sizes on Amazon. You could use one for this project and then hang the others with plants in them OR put them in your garden. The largest one in the Amazon set is about 11 inches, so you will probably only need one or two plants for one this size)
1-3 hanging plants in baskets (get one or more, depending on the size of your sphere). The size plants I used for my 22 inch ball were each 14 Inches (H) x 16 Inches (W) x 16 Inches (D). Here’s the exact one I got on Target.com. Here’s a similar set of 2 faux hanging plants on Amazon.
Modern swag hook (I got mine at Lowe’s and it holds up to 50 lbs. Here’s a similar one on Amazon)
Scissors
The completed plant chandelier
I cut about three pieces of jute into pieces long enough to string through the baskets and knot at the top. (See the photos in this post for a visual example). I did this to make their original basket strings a little longer which would suspend the plants more into the center of my sphere.
Use a metal sphere to decorate a farmhouse style bedroom
I placed my plants into the metal sphere and set this aside. We measured the corner of the room where we wanted to hang the plant chandelier (ensuring the chandelier would be close to the walls but not touch them). My husband drilled a hole in the ceiling and hung the swag hook using the included anchors.
You could hang real or faux plants in the metal sphere
Please note that my ball already had a chain and loop attached for hanging. If yours does not have this, you can tie a few pieces of jute string to yours as a hanging option.
My husband lifted the ball and plants in the air, hung the plants from the swag hook, then then ball. After it was hung, I reached into the ball and rearranged some of the plant leaves until they looked effortlessly perfect.
A plant chandelier looks great in a guest bedroom
There are many options for this project. You could add live plants, fairy lights, and more. Be creative and see how you can make my project your own! Leave me a comment below if you tried this project to let me know how it went! You can also comment with how you changed the project to work for you!
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Johnny Cash, our American Eskimo dog, loves the plant chandelier!
C.J. Braden is a regular contributor and editor for Carolyn’s Blooming Creations. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Little Ways to Get Back To You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.