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Today’s Teach Me Tuesday comes from Katie at Impatiently Praying for Patience. She created a pair of wonderful floor candlesticks for $12. File this one under “why didn’t *I* think of that”!
Katie explains:
I love me some floor candlesticks.
I do not love the price though. I mean $149 is quite steep.
Mr. Genius wouldn’t go for no preschool in order for us to buy a candlestick.
Something about wanting his son to know his alphabet or something.
Whatever.
I had to figure out another way to get candlesticks to match those I got a loooooong time ago.
So I bought these things.
They are called newel posts. They go at the end of the staircase. I got the ones for outdoor.
See the bottom, how it would fit to the stairs.
They come in cedar and pressure treated pine.
I chose the pressure treated pine due to it being cheaper. Only $10 each, baby!
First I got Mr. Genius to cut off the top and bottom.
He won’t let me use the power tools due to my clumsyness. I don’t know what he is talking about I only tripped over my own feet twice yesterday. Geez.
But he made this.
I am going to think of something for the topper later.
Then I got the fence post toppers, they were $2. The ones with the flat top.
Then I got it ready to glue to the bottom of the post. I did use some modeling clay my boys have to level it out a little bit.
The leveling was a little hard on the shorter one.
Once the first one was glued and I was anxious to see how it will look next to the mantel.
I think the sock inside the fireplace screen just gives it that extra touch, don’t you?
Then I took them outside and spray painted them.
Tada!
Here they are with my mantel!
And some close ups.
So what do you think?! Pretty good for $12 a candle stick, huh!
Great job, Katie! I love them!
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I love those!!! They look just great on the fireplace hearth and look easy to do…thanks for sharing!
Rondell
LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! Thanks so much for sharing! This is going on my very long to do list. Your candle holders look fabulous.
Wow.. they look great! Nice job Katie!
Kicking myself right….now. I walked past two of these posts at a yard sale on the weekend for FREE!!
Just love these! And, did you notice the smiley face in your mirror on the full fireplace shot? Bet you planned it that way~
I love your candlesticks! Well done.
LOVE it! My husband would totally go for this idea, too! Any excuse to break out the power tools!
Fantastic! I am totally digging them. Thanks for sharing and hosting Teach Me Tuesdays. I am now headed over to Katie’s blog to check it out; I think the tops of the stair posts would be great book ends for a library or office, or maybe just decorative “paper weight” like pieces on a coffee table.
I love them! I’m seriously going to do this! I’m curious where she bought to newel posts. I’m guessing a Home Depot?!
Lila Ferraro
Queen Bedroom Sets
I think you did a great job! Thanks for the info…
Gorgeous and I love them…and I’m not allowed to use power tools either. I have a cordless drill and that is IT! Seriously. Living in CO for 8 years and this is the first house in 25 years that doesn’t have a fireplace. We had them in TX and NC…but in CO? No! Don’t ask.
The sock does add the perfect feeling of ‘je ne se quois” to the whole thing.
Very pretty! However, going with the cheaper wood isn’t always the best idea. Please be cautious as pressure treated wood has many harmful chemicals in it that can make you sick as well as cause cancer. I would move them to a different place so that your children don’t have any exposure to them at all–perhaps somewhere high and out of reach. Even though you painted them–they are still harmful. If you haven’t already, I would put on a couple coats of an oil based sealer to help avoid getting sick.
Also, if anyone else uses pressure treated wood for anything, be sure to wear a mask and gloves while handling it–especially when cutting it!
I love love love them. I cant wait to see what you will do with the tops..Best place to get the post? I wanna say Home depot but I would be questing. Please help me out. I love this project.
Wow! These are so wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I will be linking to this wonderful idea.
Aha! now all i need is a power saw…. these Tuesday tutorials are such a great idea! Just discovered your blog, love it!