Habitat glass ball bookends1/22/2024 I love it when my wackiest ideas work out! And even if you don’t need a diving helmet in your decor (and let’s face it, not many do!), perhaps this idea can be applied to other instances. So adding an old diving helmet to the mix was a fun new twist to the collection! I had already been styling our cabinet in a coastal theme for summer. Maybe not a PERFECT rendition, but close enough for me! Ready to see my vision completed? Antique Diving Helmet from a Light FixtureĪnd just like that, I had upcycled the recessed light housing into a diving helmet. The light socket and cap nuts, especially, were heavier and I needed to make sure my glue of choice would hold them firmly on the old diving helmet. You could use hot glue if you wanted to, but I really wanted the strength of super glue. Using my favorite super glue, I began to assemble the antique diving helmet. Then, all the little bits and bobs that I had painted gold. First, the light housing that would serve as the main portion of the helmet. Next, I began to gather all of the spray painted pieces of the diving helmet. The sockets! One of those would be PERFECT as a regulating escape valve on my antique diving helmet. It had been right under my nose (literally and figuratively) the entire time!įinishing up an Old Diving Helmet for Nautical Home Decor That’s when I turned back to the eyeball lights that I had set aside. More specifically, a regulating escape valve. So that these accessories would “pop” against the copper of the recessed light housing, I planned on painting them with gold paint.Īfter studying photos of real antique diving helmets, however, I realized that I needed one more accessory. I also purchased some cap nuts from the hardware store, as well. To accessorize the diving helmet, I bought some mason jar frog lids to use as a face plate. So weird to be spray painting in a new backyard! I’ll get used to it, though… The housing is the portion of recessed lighting that is hidden inside the ceiling and holds the light in place. Upcycling an Eyeball Light into an Antique Diving Helmetįirst things first, I needed to spray paint the housing with copper spray paint. All blue, bold, and underlined text is a clickable link, either to a product or to a related post. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This post contains affiliate links for your crafting convenience. But for now…let’s see how crazy my idea is. Well, all I needed for now was the recessed light housing! I’ll just save the actual eyeball lights for a future project. To upcycle one of those eye ball lights into an old diving helmet and add it to my coastal or nautical decor at home. But as I stared at them, all I could see was an antique diving helmet!Įither way, I couldn’t shake the idea from my mind. So, I headed to Habitat ReStore, where I found a series of eyeball lights in their section of light fixtures. Now that we’ve moved to a state with stricter rules, I finally felt more comfortable to go inside a thrift store. For the first time since very early March, I went thrifting.
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