FOR THE LOVE OF BIRDCAGES!

I saw a vintage triple birdcage at 

our local antique mall about a 

year ago and it was love at 

first sight! 

This is not the birdcage but a similar style. 

Only problem was it was $250! 

Can we say way out of my price range? 

Well someone finally bought it and 

ended my misery but I couldn't get 

it out of head! 

Does that ever happen to you? 

I looked on Etsy, Ebay, Amazon 

and found gorgeous vintage 

birdcages with big BIG price tags. 

We're talking from $300 to $1000... 

YIKES! 

I've always loved birdcages. 

 I have the little birdcage 

from my childhood that 

my pet parakeet,"Petey", 

lived in along with other 

birdcages I've collected through 

the years. So why do I need 

another one?

Can we say Birdcage Addict? 

So I had to put on my thinking cap 

and get creative since I just  

had to have a triple birdcage 

to sit in our bay window that 

faces Golden Pond. 

Alas, I stopped by Joanne Fabrics 

one day to see they were putting 

out their new Spring stock. 

I suddenly heard angels singing 

and there they were... 

different sizes of birdcages! 

What if I put different sizes of 

birdcages together to "build" a 

triple birdcage?? 

Let's give it a try! 

I purchased one large and two medium 

cages and a package of wooden knobs 

for feet on the bottom. We must have feet! 
The knobs have a flat area on them 
so they should work just fine. 

I found my bottle of favorite paint,

in Magnolia White and started 

painting them. 

I love this soft color because it's a 

great "off" white that goes 

with everything. 

I tried different methods of gluing 

the feet on the metal birdcages and 

finally resorted to my J-B Kwik Weld 

which worked beautifully. 

I mixed small globs (technical term) 
of it to work with since it sets up 
pretty quick and also added 

a dot of hot glue at the top flat edge 

of the knob for a quick temporary 

adherence while the J-B set up. 

After several batches of J-B all the 

"feet" were securely attached. 

 They look so cute!
It's the little things that make your 
heart sing!  

Next how to connect them together... 

ZIP TIES!! 

I zip tied through the decorative trim 

and it worked great. Just trim off the long 

pieces that stick out of the connection point. 

Easy Peasy! 

I had a great time making it and saved 

a ton of $$. 

With the percentage off on their 

spring items and the percentage off 

on my total purchase coupon I 

spent about $60. 

(It was a birthday gift from Hubby. 

Thanks sweetie!) 

Ahhhh... 

my vision is complete. 

I added my favorite French inspired 

tassel and sat back and admired it! 

Hope you enjoyed my project.  

What have you been up to lately? 

Love & blessings, 

Marie Antoinette 

& 

Edie Marie

XOXO