DIY West Elm Decorative Spheres
Look who's back with another West Elm knockoff. Does it seem like I'm a little obsessed with the store? Maybe a little. I love their modern edge, bright colors, and super fun accessories. I've seen these spheres around the web and some more versions in home decor stores. This calls for a (drumroll)...DIY! dun dun dun dun!
Here are the ones from West Elm.
To make my sphere I bought two 6 inch embroidery hoops. There are two pieces to each hoop so I had four pieces total.
I took them apart and put them inside one another until they looked like this.
To keep them together, I matched up the metals parts and screwed them together.
I gave them a coat of red paint for contrast. I was going to stain them brown but figured I already had a lot of dark wood. The red pops off the console and looks good next to the blue lamp.
The red looks a little washed out in this picture but doesn't look that way in person. weird
Here are the ones from West Elm.
To make my sphere I bought two 6 inch embroidery hoops. There are two pieces to each hoop so I had four pieces total.
I took them apart and put them inside one another until they looked like this.
To keep them together, I matched up the metals parts and screwed them together.
I gave them a coat of red paint for contrast. I was going to stain them brown but figured I already had a lot of dark wood. The red pops off the console and looks good next to the blue lamp.
The red looks a little washed out in this picture but doesn't look that way in person. weird
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This is awesome! The red next to the blue lamp, on the wood table= perfect. Really great pop of color! and awful clever of you ;]
ReplyDeleteI love your creativity. I started checking out your blog because of your paint sample chevron project (I so plan to "borrow" that idea!)--you are so crafty!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteSo neat, so simple...great.
ReplyDeletehttp://pam-lifethroughmyeyes.blogspot.com/
I really like that! It is so clever! My cats would have that off the table in ten seconds and playing with it.
ReplyDeleteThis is so brilliant that I can hardly stand it! It's one of those 'Why didn't I think of that??' moments, especially since I have been using embroidery hoops for needlework since I was a child.
ReplyDeleteLinda, from
lindapendantedreams.blogspot.ca
This is so cute...love it! Thanks for linking to the Open House Party this week.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea. I am going to have to try this!
ReplyDeleteJennifer @ decorated chaos
http://decoratedchaos.blogspot.com
What a fun idea! Can't wait to make some of my own!
ReplyDeleteCame over from Overflowing because I love spheres and was curious. How clever! I have a ton of hoops, but I bet after people see this, hoops will be disappearing from the thrift shop shelves!
ReplyDeleteDistressed Donna Down Home
Super cute!! Megan
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea. Loving the colours. Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteVERY COOL, I REALLY LIKE THIS PROJECT!!!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Would make an awesome light fixture with bigger hoops!
ReplyDeleteI love this! West Elm is one of my favorite stores.
ReplyDeleteAwesome DIY knock-off! So modern and cool. Good call on the red paint-- it's a nice pop of color.
ReplyDeleteHow easy! What a great idea!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I never thought to use embroidery hoops before. So clever. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery nice knock-off! And you could make so many colors or sizes.
ReplyDeleteTerrific knock-off, and such a great color! Very creative of you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much to linking to Potpourri Friday!
This is fabulous. Looks like I know what to do with my Michael's coupon this weekend! Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Featuring you today! XO, Aimee
ReplyDeleteLove these! My 12 year old daughter is wanting to re-do her bedroom with a more "grown-up" style. No more polka dots and pink for her! These would be so cute hanging over her bed! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea!! Love the color choice too! Hope you are having a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteJenn :)
This is tooo cute. I could just slap myself because this past weekend, I was at a thrift store and seen a whole bag of these hoops for 1.99!!!!! I thought about what I could do with them and couldn't think of anything so I put them down. uuuugh. Wished I seen this idea before now. Thanks for sharing! Maybe I will run across some more.
ReplyDeleteVERY clever. Might have to whip some up myself. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAndrea,
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever! I just adore this and am pinning this because I may need to make some for my very own bedroom remodel!
Thank you so much for sharing at our Crazy for Color link party!
:)
Linda
www.itallstartedwithpaint.com
How creative!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you linked this up to our Color party - pinning!
Kelly
Hopped over to pay you a visit and saw this post on your link within! too fun! I never saw the originals from West Elm but it's crazy how similar the pattern I came up with for my light fixture is to them and to your orb!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI saw your sphere's on the East Coast Creative blog and I'm sooooo glad that I found you! I love your simple tutorial and the pictures are so easy to follow! (I love pictures!) ;)
Now a new follower. Can't wait to check out the rest of your blog for fun and easy stuff!
Anna
I love this look, but not the price. As I was looking at these I thought "embroidery hoops" DUH I have some, I used to embroider, cross stitch. Never thought of it till you planted the DIY in my mind. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteJanet