How To Use Old Crystal, What To Make Of It: A Selection Of Ideas With Photos

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Creative ideas: what can be made from old crystal

During the Soviet era, crystal was an indicator of family well-being, often even an attribute of a rich life. The sets were placed in wardrobes, carefully wiped from dust and taken out only on holidays. Now such dishes are no longer in fashion and are even considered vulgar. Many people try to get rid of it, but sometimes it is a pity to throw away the legacy of the past. So maybe use old Soviet crystal to create new things?

How to create a crystal stained glass window from tableware elements

A fairly simple way to use old crystal is to create a stained-glass window from it, which will serve as a small screen, a screen for a window, a decoration for a glass door, or a decoration in a garden. For him, you can use candy bowls, salad bowls, broken legs of glasses and shards are also useful.

The original crystal screen will shine spectacularly in the sun

To work you need:

• crystal dishes;
• small decorative glass balls (or instead of them medium-sized fragments of glass or crystal products);
• wooden frame, for example, window;
• silicone glue;
• hooks and chains.

Getting started.

1. Choose a small, sharp-edged crockery that is suitable. It can be flat dishes, vases for jam. You can take larger items: salad bowls, glasses, wine glasses - with them the product will turn out to be more voluminous.

   

   larger crystal objects will make the stained-glass window more voluminous and convex

2. Place the prepared frame on a flat surface and arrange the crystal objects on it in any order. Once you've decided on the location, attach each item to strong, transparent silicone glue.

3. Fill the gaps between the dishes with glass balls or shards, also fixing with glue. If you are making a panel, fasten hooks or chains to the frame, on which the frame with stained glass can be hung in the right place.

   

   To hang the finished product in the right place, attach hooks to the frame

Fantasy chandelier made of crystal glasses

Any tableware with legs - bowls, wine glasses, wine glasses or wine glasses - is suitable for making an unusual lamp or chandelier. Such a lighting device will fill the room with sparks and overflows from the play of light on the crystal edges. And making it is not at all as difficult as it might seem at first glance.

This seemingly complex structure is actually easy to make

Tools and materials for work:

• frame for a lampshade (can be bought at a hardware store);
• cut crystal dishes with legs;
• 1 roll of wire and fishing line;
• scissors;

• a lamp on a clothespin with a battery or a suspension with a lamp.

  

  Crystal, frame, fishing line and wire - everything you need for a piece of art

Now let's get to work.

1. Cut the line and attach to the lampshade. The length of the segments should be equal to the distance from the ceiling where you are going to mount the chandelier. For this fishing line, the lampshade, still without glasses, will be attached to the ceiling hook.

   

   The line must be strong and dense to withstand a heavy lampshade with glasses

2. It is advisable to mount it at five points, because the luminaire can be heavy.

   

   The more dishes there will be on the frame, the more attachment points should be

3. Take the wire that will hold the glasses and cut into pieces. If the glasses have thin legs, 15 cm segments are enough, for thick legs - 25 cm.

   

   The length of the wire cuts depends on the thickness of the glass legs

4. Now you need to fix the glasses to the lampshade suspended from the ceiling. Gently wrap one end of the piece of wire around the stem of the glass, and fasten the other in several turns to the frame. Tighten the wire securely. Glasses do not need to be fixed to each other, but equal space should be observed between them.

   

   Maintain equal distance between glasses

5. The chandelier is completely ready, it remains only to screw in the bulb. Turn on the lights and enjoy!

   

   Light bouncing off crystal edges creates a magical effect

Photo gallery: how else can you use old crystal

Pendants from an old chandelier will turn into icy leaves of a winter tree

Stained glass from a salad bowl and crystal shards will decorate the door

Another option for a chandelier made of glasses

And such a chandelier from an old vase will become an interior decoration in the Provence style

Fix a crystal vase on the basis of a table lamp or a beautiful bottle - and you have a new, original piece of furniture

Table decorations from crystal glasses

Jewelry from crystal glasses

Crystal glass candlesticks

Crystal lamp

Crystal ball curtain

Crystal pendant

Chandelier made of crystal glasses

Crystal glass lamp

Twin lamps made of crystal glasses

Decorations for the garden from crystal plates

Crystal glass lanterns

Crystal plate mirror

We hope that among these ideas there are several that you will like very much. Implement them if you want to get rid of old crystal. And you don't have to throw it away, and refresh the interior. Good luck!