Repurposed Glass Bell

As you know I love to repurpose items rather than send them to the land fill. 


When I recently replaced my kitchen pendant lights I turned the glass globes into something I use around my house all the time. 


Today, I'm repurposing another glass globe into a beautiful glass bell that actually rings! 


Decorate it for the seasons by easily changing out the bow.


Take a look...

 
Glass bell with bow


Like I said, I'm repurposing the glass globes from my kitchen pendant lights.  I never really loved them and ended up replacing them with black metal shades that were way more my style. 


glass bell supplies


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That small upgrade left me with glass globes that I recently turned into a couple of different glass cloches for decorative items. 

glass cloche with wooden knob


This time I'm using one to turn into a beautiful glass bell. 


The first thing I did was to cut down a wooden candle holder with a miter saw to use as the top of the bell. 

cutting wooden candle holder with miter saw



I added a screw eye into the bottom of the wooden candle holder so I could hang a "dinger" inside the bell. 

screw eye in candle holder


I used E6000 glue to attach it to the top of the glass globe. 

wooden top of bell


I also added a large screw eye to the top of the wooden candle holder so I could hang the bell. 

screw eye on top of wooden bell



Once the glue was dry I needed a "dinger". Is there another name for that? LOL

hardware parts for a dinger



I ended up using a glass flower knob with a piece of chain attached to it. I just grabbed a couple of random hardware pieces and the E6000 glue again to create the dinger for the inside of the bell. 

glass bell and dinger


I attached the chain to the screw eye inside with wire. 

glass bell with bow



That was just about it! 


I tried a red bow that would be perfect for Christmas decorating. You could also add pine branches and pinecones around the top. 

glass bell with red bow


For now I'm using a black and white gingham bow so I can hang this cutie in my kitchen for the Fall.

hanging glass bell and scale


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glass bell and overlay


For Christmas you can use Gold Leaf Rub and Buff to make the top of the bell gold! 

gold bell with black and white bell


This was a simple up-cycle and resulted in a gorgeous bell that sounds beautiful when it rings...




READ MORE: DIY REPURPOSED PROJECTS

glass bell with black and white bow



I hope you liked this simple up-cycle and you'll check out the cloches I made with the other globes. 

cloche and clocks on shelf



READ MORE: UP-CYCLED LIGHT GLOBES

scale with hanging bell

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gold christmas bell with bow and overlay


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hanging bell and scale

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I am Susan, the author and creator at Homeroad. I am a wife, mother of 4 daughters, and a grandmother of 5 and counting. I am a retired teacher, a DIY blogger and an artist at heart. .

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