Wire cloche with pedestal base

Upcycled wire cloche with pedestal base.Here’s my latest upcycled wire cloche with pedestal base; in aqua.

Here are a couple others that I’ve done in the past.  The wire baskets come in black so previously I had made the whole thing black.  The bases on these are a vintage cherub candy dish; glued to a charger plate and spray painted.

I did one in white also.

Here are the components, before.  Plus any kind of finial to use as your knob on top.

It’s easier to attach your knob/finial if it has a screw in the base.  You just have to find a nut to fit the screw to hold it in place.

I’ve also made wire cloches out of old lamp shad frames with the fabric removed.

But back to the present and the newest cloche and pedestal!

I used a thrifted big candle pedestal for the base.

Attached a round wood piece that I had on hand for the table part.

I decided that I wanted this one to be aqua.

The wood round needed a black basecoat first.  Glued it to the candle base, then painted both aqua and distressed.

I wanted to wire cloche to be aqua too, but I didn’t want to spray paint the base.  Plus,  the aqua spray paint doesn’t match my brush on paint.  So I decided to see if I could ‘dry brush paint’ the wire basket.  It worked great.

And now I have an aqua one to add to my repertoire!

Bringing out the details: Cottage chic update for vintage pedestal table

I think this is probably my very favorite style of lamp tables.

Mostly because of the pretty turned pedestals and elegant feet.

This recent find was still very sturdy, but extremely ‘well worn’.

Even the lower tier was in quite bad shape.

Be still my heart!!!  Look at those lovely, delicate carved details along the edges!!

Such a shame that they are barely noticeable in it’s ‘all brown’ state.

Nearly all of the old varnish was already worn off, so it just needed a wee bit of sanding before I painted it white.  After three coats of paint, it was time to bring out those pretty details.

I hand sanded along the high points on the feet and the turnings on the pedestal.

Brought out the turned details on the center part of the pedestal.

And those delicately carved details along the rims of both tiers.

Because I wanted those details around the rims to really stand out, I opted to not do any distressing on the flat table top surfaces.

I took her to Stars last week so I could ‘rebuild’ that all white vignette at the front on my booth.

This one of a kind beauty can be yours for $99.00.