Antique Insulators Upcycle into a Table Centerpiece

These old insulators are pretty cool honestly so I don’t blame my grandparents one bit for keeping them years ago. I found them in a big box out in the barn when I took over the farm here back in 2015. All in there were at least 30 of them – some clear and some blue glass. Initially I did look into their worth and I could sell them for maybe $10 a piece. (More rare types of insulators go for thousands!) At that price though it felt like more bother trying to sell them than they were worth and, besides, I didn’t want to sell them!

Upcycling these little guys has proven to be quite the challenge for me unfortunately. They’re cool and yet they’re also small and… well, what could they possibly do but just sit somewhere?

(To be fair there are many just “sitting” throughout our house as decoration lol.)

I have seen folks online make these little guys into light shades by drilling out a hole in the bottom of them… But, yet again, they’re really small!

Post caps is a neat idea I’ve also seen as simple outdoor decorations.

Another idea was drilling out a board so they could sit upside down so they could hold candles or tea lights.

I think my favorite use of them that I’ve seen is probably just sticking them on the wall and using them as hangers for towels or coats etc. I may actually need to do that somewhere around here considering we have so many of them and that would fit perfectly in this house.

Meanwhile I needed something to help bumble bees and little critters from drowning in our bird bath so that’s been my one and only way I’ve been utilizing them.

Turns out I’m not the only person to of thought of that either and they’re pretty too!

Since doing a redesign of our master bedroom windows I’ve had these boxes sitting around waiting for me to come up with another use for them. I built them years ago to use as window planters using some really amazing old wood off of the crate of a very very old sink I found out in a shed.

The sink was still in perfect working condition so, of course, its installed in one of our bathrooms.

It dawned on me that the combination of the two might make us a pretty table centerpiece for little to no extra expense!

I picked some flowers from our perennial gardens and found we had a vase that fit perfectly in the center of the box. I also had a string of twinkle lights I used last Xmas as well as some leftover burlap ribbon. The insulators tucked so pretty down in with the lights and burlap!

It was just a case then of putting the whole thing all together!

This Month’s DIY Blop Hop: Upcycle! (Click here for our upcoming themes and more info on how to join us every month!)

Niki from Life as a LEO Wife – Farmhouse Fall Pumpkin Sign Keyholder

Niky from The House on Silverado – DIY College Side Table

Lydia from Life Beyond the Kitchen – Upcycled Canisters for Craft Storage