Re-using Salvaged Items

This tin finial once adorned the top of a row house, but now it's an interesting nightlight that would look great along a garden path. Merry created the finial light by first marking a design of dots on the surface with chalk. Then he drilled holes in the finial and placed it over an outdoor garden light.

Materials:

iron bracket system to hold a pot
antique finials, mailboxes, washtub, iron window guard, part of old weathervane, architectural limestone ball, antique newel post
power drill and masonry bit

Project Ideas

• Weld an iron bracket to a section of gutter and antique iron gate or window guard. Put flowers in the gutter to create a one-of-a-kind planter.
  
  
• To create a finial nightlight, mark a pattern of dots with a piece of chalk, and drill the pattern with a power drill, creating openings for light to escape.
  
  
• Put outdoor light from a hardware store under the finial to create interest in the garden or porch area. For a more romantic feel, put a candle or two under the finial instead of the electric light.
  
  
• Add a bracket system to old iron gate and suspend small flowerpots from it.