The ranch truck broke down again, while my son and I were out making a feed run. Needing to let it cool down, we decided to walk a bit and look for some arrowheads. What we discovered instead was a buried treasure. An old trough that had a rotten out bottom, was loaded and tied down on the back of the truck. With a cooled down truck, we headed back to the house and unloaded the old trough in the front yard. It stayed there while I contemplated what it should be. At first I thought of …naturally, a flower planter, maybe a water feature, but finally decided on a RANCH CHANDELIER.
You wives know how that goes. You have a “someday” project hanging around. The one you’ll get to after the feed run, the town trip to the hardware store, or between rustlin’ up dinner.
But one day, our nephew and his family came to visit. Jason………project lover
Along with………
My man, who has done way too many project
and finally, Jake, yet in the middle of another one of mom’s projects. Just look at what a sport he is!
Here’s What The Crew Did And So Can You:
1. Cut away bottom of your trough, using a saw with a blade made for metal. You can use a reciprocating saw, just make sure you secure the trough or have someone hold it for you so it doesn’t slide around.
2. Next, make a frame or lip to hold your new piece of tin in place, this will act as your new “bottom” to your trough. Don’t worry, you can use any boards to make your frame work, this will not show. Attach with screws.
3. Cut out a new piece of tin to make a new bottom to the trough. After securing your tin to your new framework, drill three holes equally spaced to drop your lighting wires through. Any lighting kit will do.
4. Two pieces of pipe where secured across the rafters and then cable was attached to our trough. You can paint your lighting wire with a silver spray paint to camouflage it into the cable.
5. The finishing touch…..the bulbs were ordered from 1000bulbs.com, Edison bulbs, also a suggestion from my nephew.
We had ever thing on hand, what rancher doesn’t have some tin, pipe, cable wire, and a trough on hand. The only cost involved was the Edison bulbs, which were around $40 with the shipping. We now have a ranch treasure that is part of our home.
A few more pictures for a better view………………………..
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