Another bonus with succulents as mentioned, is that they are very hardy and can take all sorts of weather, which means you won't have any trouble maintaining your green wall all year round! 30. While succulents, as seen in the above living wall, will create a stylish and tidy finish. Climbers are a great choice if you want your green wall to grow up directly from the ground, so Jasmin, Honeysuckle and the like are nice options.įor a natural finish try ferns such as Adiantum (maidenhair fern) and different varieties of Ivy (Hedera). We recommend that you opt for evergreen varieties to ensure a beautiful display, all year. Then, as little floor space is required for this feature, it also makes it the perfect addition to small gardens. Visually, these garden ideas are beautiful and will draw the eye up, creating the illusion of a grander space, while they also help create a soothing and positive ambiance which we all want in a garden. It would be so much better if they were sparkly at night.We love the added impact that the frame adds to this succulent display and introducing a green wall, also known as a living wall, is a surefire way to add interest to your garden. I had tried propping battery-powered tea lights in the cups of the candelabra arms… which did look nice-the votives give off a surprising amount of light, but I want something I can set to come on automatically, not something I have to remember to go out and turn on every night.Īlso for next year, I need to figure out a light source for my disco skull’s eyes. Hopefully by then, I will think of a better way to get more light where I want it. Obviously, my chandelier will go back up with my Christmas porch decorations.
I definitely need more light surrounding the mirror balls I glued in the chandelier sockets… once it’s dark, you really only notice the largest disco ball.īut? For completing an entire project from start to finish, using only what I already had, and not leaving my house for supplies, I’m pretty pleased. I got them last Christmas and am happy with them… One set of batteries lasted the whole season. Mine have a timer in the battery-pack so you can set them to come on and off automatically. I just draped them like garland from one arm to the other. The ones I got are on a slim wire that you can mold and shape. Rice or fairy lights have an actual visible socket, but the micro lights are incredibly small, and incorporated into the cord. But what you actually want are micro led lights. Or actual Christmas ornaments, if you’re planning ahead to December.Īs a light source, I’m using a string of tiny, LED battery-powered lights– also out of my Christmas supply. I’ve seen them called rice lights. I don’t know why you would, but maybe you feel really strongly about mini pumpkins. Obviously if you’re going to make your own, you could use something other than disco balls.
I hung the other mirror balls using Christmas hooks in the holes where the chandelier’s crystals used to be attached. Just incase at some point Paul takes leave of his senses and thinks he has nothing better to do than refinish it.
I did try to keep the glue out of the socket. I hot-glue-gunned disco balls to where the light bulbs should go. Until I was out in the garage for the Halloween decorations and realized: Whoa… what that needs is some disco balls.Īnd? Since I’m me? I have ALL the disco balls anyone could possibly need to make a disco chandelier without leaving their house. Why did I not make a disco light fixture before now?Ī while ago, Paul brought home this sad, antique brass chandelier he got out of the neighborhood trash… It’s spray painted black, has all the crystals stripped off, and is missing one of the light sockets. So considering that, I’m not sure why it took me so long to break out the disco balls for Halloween. I walk around shouting-BORING! Give me more rhinestones! Bring me sequins! My entire approach to home décor, (and life in general) is: how can I make this shinier?
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