DIY Farmhouse Lantern

If you've been following along you know I jumped on the bandwagon and made a pumpkin lantern out of car tracks from the Dollar Tree. Today I'm using that same idea and repurposing a wooden roller shade I had in the basement...

To begin this project I pulled apart the shade and gathered 4 of the many wooden slats from the shade. 

Don't you worry, I will find a great use for the rest of them!  

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This project can be done with any kind of flexible slats from an old shade, even old plastic Venetian blinds. 

Believe it or not, the pumpkin lantern I made recently used car tracks as the sides of the lantern. 

I'm also using an old wooden sign that I no longer need as the base of this lantern. 

Signs like this one can be purchased at the dollar store too. 

I used Krazy Glue Gel to attach the wooden slats to the inside of the sign. 

I used plastic clamps to hold them until the glue dried, these clamps come in useful for so many projects.  

I used an old finial and a large washer for the top of my lantern and used hot glue to attach it.

I also used hot glue to make sure all the slats met at the top of the lantern. 

You can cut the slats to make a smaller lantern but I used them full size, about 32". 

When the glue was dried I removed the clamps and took it outside for spray painting. 

I gave the lantern about 2 coats of white spray paint with primer. 

When the paint was dry I filled the bottom of the lantern with a wreath which can be changed out for any season. 

You can line the bottom of the lantern with decorative paper that can also be removed with each season. 

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You can also add a raffia bow to the top of the lantern if you wish. 

I inserted a flameless candle in the center of the wreath and my easy lantern was finished!

I think it looks adorable and made new use of something that was headed to the trash. 

Stop by and enjoy all kinds of other Homeroad repurposed lanterns while you're here! 

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