DIY CHICKEN WIRE CLOCHE AND FARMHOUSE STYLE EASTER COFFEE TABLE CENTREPIECE

 Happy Monday Friends!

I hope you all had an amazing weekend. We traveled up the Central Coast to see my mum and celebrate my brother's birthday. We also called into a few homewares shops and I may have bought a huge ceramic bunny. 🤔🤣 Don't you just love Easter?

Speaking of which, today is another 2 in 1 post. I'm sharing my first attempt at a DIY chicken wire cloche, and I'm sharing my coffee table Easter centrepiece which incorporates my new cloche. 

DIY Chicken Wire Cloche

Supplies:

• Chicken wire - I found the thin wire much easier to cut and to work with. 
• Scissors or wire cutters - I was able to get away with using scissors.
• Pointy Nose Pliers - For bending your wire and flattening any sharp edges.
• Gloves - I used gardening gloves. I learned the hard way that chicken wire will spike your fingers and you will bleed. ⚠ Handle with care! 
• Drawer knob - Or similar to add to the top of your cloche.

Step 1:

Cut your wire to the height and diameter you require. I actually had some scrap wire left over from another project and I've always wanted to make a wire cloche but haven't had the guts to try. 

Step 2: 

Wrap your wire into a cylinder and start twisting the ends to meet and secure your cloche. I used my fingers, then went back and used the pliers to flatten the ends to make them look a bit neater. 

Don't worry if it doesn't look super neat. Mine certainly isn't!

Step 3:

Fold the top of your cylinder in towards the centre. You want to make sure the ends meet in the middle. 

Then begin shaping your wire into a dome/cloche shape on top.

Again, this doesn't have to be perfect. You just need to get a good overall shape. 

I used my pointy nose pliers again to pinch the wire together in some places to make it look neater. 

This part took me a good half hour to get right and I still occasionally fiddle with the shape in passing. (Maybe a bit of OCD.)

Step 4:

To complete my cloche I found an old drawer knob and hot glued it to the top of my wire to make a little handle. 

The glue held well and when the cloche is face down you can't even see the glue. 

Finished Cloche

And that is how I made my very simple little cloche which I think turned out super cute. 

It was a bit fiddly, but not impossible. 

I'd be keen to try making a larger one too! 

Easter Coffee Table Centrepiece

While I'm sharing my new chicken wire cloche, I wanted to quickly share my simple Easter coffee table centrepiece.

1. The Base

I started with a wooden bowl and added an upside down Plaster of Paris terracotta plant saucer as a riser. 

Step 2.

I added some sprigs of greenery, taken from a deconstructed Ikea artificial plant. Layering them around the back of my riser. 

Step 3 & 4.

I added the silver metal base from a vintage tart tin to the centre of my riser. It provided better contract for my little white ceramic bunny, which I added in next.

Step 5.

I added my new chicken wire cloche to the top of my bunny. 

Step 6.

To add balance, I added a little birds nest in the bowl next to the greenery. 

And that was all I need to make a simple but sweet Easter coffee table display. 😁

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