Furnishing with chicken wire: 12 ideas for rustic-style decorations and furniture
Sometimes, just finding the right starting point is enough to transform even the most bland material into something that can enrich the decor of our home in a unique way. This is the case with chicken wire: a narrow-meshed wire mesh with a hexagonal pattern and which is typically used for farming rather than interior design and furnishing.
Lanterns, storage baskets, shelves and more: take a look at how many different things you can make using chicken wire:
Who said that only wreaths should be hung on the door? Trying something else would be a wonderful idea... And you could do this by making a cone with chicken wire, then filling it with moss, lichen and lots of flowers!
On the balcony or in the garden, it's nice to adorn large planters and flower beds with some handmade decorations, and with chicken wire, you could make a large dragonfly.
Do you need fruit and vegetable baskets in the kitchen? You could make them with chicken wire, ready to hang up wherever needed.
Chicken wire place inside a picture frame becomes the support for a bulletin board where you can afix photos, tickets and anything else you want.
And you could also use chicken wire as background, also within a picture frame. It will then be the base on which to add flowers for a shabby chic wall decoration.
If you need wall-mounted storage baskets, perhaps for magazines, cookbooks and more, this inexpensive resource is perfect for a rustic touch.
A box made with wooden planks and chicken wire: original and robust.
There are those who have decorated a lampshade with chicken wire: what was a simple cylinder of fabric has acquired a completely different character.
The idea shown above - a pinboard for photos and cards - also works on a smaller scale, with a smaller frame, to create a DIY jewelry holder.
And if you can cover light fittings with chicken wire, why not also glass jar candle holders?
To arrange pine cones (and other objects) in a circle and make a wreath, you could use chicken wire to make the frame.
A space-saving organizer that consists of a series of baskets to be placed on the wall, or even behind a door: these too can be made using chicken wire.
Have you ever thought about the creative use of chicken wire?
