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    Home » Upcycle And Repurpose Projects

    Non-Traditional Fall Wreath

    Published by Pam Kessler | 455 words. · About 3 minutes to read this article. -

    Hoo says you have to have a traditional fall wreath?

    I made a framed chicken wire owl for my door instead!

    I found the owl at JoAnn Fabrics.

    Tired of your traditional fall wreath? Make a framed chicken wire owl for your door instead. A super quick and easy fall home decor DIY project.

    I live there this time of year and no, this isn't a sponsored post. But if JoAnn would like to throw a few bucks my way, I'd be happy to take it.

    JoAnn are you out there?

    Is there really a JoAnn?

    Tired of your traditional fall wreath? Make a framed chicken wire owl for your door instead. A super quick and easy fall home decor DIY project.

    I bet if there is a JoAnn, she's at her sewing machine right now making a fantabulous quilt and not on the internet looking at owls on blogs.

    The frame was 90 cents at the thrift store. I didn't even have to paint it, it was already this creamy fall color.

    Tired of your traditional fall wreath? Make a framed chicken wire owl for your door instead. A super quick and easy fall home decor DIY project.

    Please tell me it didn't use to be bright white and is just yellowed from cigarette smoke. THAT would totally ruin my fall state of mind.

    I stapled chicken wire to the back of it and hung Hootie up (what else are you going to name an owl?) and all was good with the world.

    Tired of your traditional fall wreath? Make a framed chicken wire owl for your door instead. A super quick and easy fall home decor DIY project.

    (Owl always love you, Hootie!)

    Side story - I wanted chicken wire and my husband told me we already had some behind the shed. So I traipse back there only to see it was all rusty and balled up.

    I proceed to Home Depot where I buy shiny new chicken wire, paint it with textured brown spray paint and it pretty much looks exactly like the rusty chicken wire behind the shed.

    I really could have saved me a few steps by just using the old stuff I had instead of trying to make my new stuff look like it was old. Lesson learned!

    Side, side story - I had planned on hanging this on my front door in true wreath fashion. But my wreath hanger snapped in two, probably because it was 25 years old and made of plastic, so I hung my owl friend on the wall instead.

    Tired of your traditional fall wreath? Make a framed chicken wire owl for your door instead. A super quick and easy fall home decor DIY project.

    And why, yes, that is a nail in my siding. Thanks for asking!

    I don't recommend it, but it was here when we bought the house, so I just live with it and use it occasionally.

    I repeat. DO NOT go outside and drive a nail through your siding just because that Pam girl on the internet has a nail on her front porch. Yes, it's useful. But yes, it's permanent and not in a good sort of way.

    Do you have a traditional wreath on your door/siding? Or do you try to shake it up a bit?

    UPDATE: You can see him and the rest of the fall porch decor on my Eclectic Vintage Farmhouse Fall Porch post. Hint, Hootie is not the only owl in my life!

    Tired of your traditional fall wreath? Make a framed chicken wire owl for your door instead. A super quick and easy fall home decor DIY project.



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    1. theresa

      November 27, 2016 at 4:54 pm

      Really cute but the link I followed to get here gave me the impression we were going to learn how to make the owl itself.

      • Pam

        November 29, 2016 at 10:45 am

        I'm not sure what link that would have been. I do have a really cute owl made from a wood slice that a lot of people have been making - the link for that one is http://www.houseofhawthornes.com/diy-wood-slice-owl/ and it goes into pretty good detail on how to make one yourself. It was also featured in Country Woman magazine a few months ago. Wonder if it was that one?

    2. Debbie

      September 29, 2014 at 8:46 am

      I love owls! He's so cute...gonna have to copy!

    3. marty (A Stroll Thru Life)

      September 27, 2014 at 7:32 am

      Cute, cute, cute. A perfect non-wreath.

    4. Anonymous

      September 26, 2014 at 4:54 pm

      I love this idea. Subscribing to your posts. 😀

    5. Maria Elena

      September 26, 2014 at 8:15 am

      Love it! How pretty! It is just perfect. Love the idea of the chicken wire on the frame.

    6. Melinda

      September 25, 2014 at 8:38 pm

      No not as of yet. Heck I don't even have my Fall decor out yet.
      School is kickn' my bootie.

      M 🙂

    7. Vickie @ Ranger 911

      September 25, 2014 at 7:54 pm

      I don't give a hoot if that frame is stained with nicotine, it's a darn perfect wreath for Hootie! Aren't you glad the previous owner pounded that nail in the perfect spot for you to hang seasonal stuff? No guilt decorating. Hootie's bound to make your guests smile, Pam!

    8. susie @ persimmon moon cottage

      September 25, 2014 at 6:38 pm

      Oh, that is the cutest framed Hootie !. The chicken wire is perfect framed. My chicken wire is currently occupied creating a chicken wire tomato plant protection tornado. A lot of it is rusty wire. You did well to use new chicken wire and paint it. The paint will keep it from staining any of your siding with rust. I envy the nail in your siding. I wanted to hang something on the front of our house. I actually stood out there hammer and nail in hand, but couldn't bring myself to hammer it into our one year old siding. Maybe next year when the siding is six months older. Or maybe I can find a very tiny nail that would only make a tiny hole.

    9. Curtains in My Tree

      September 25, 2014 at 4:34 pm

      I can't get a wreath on my new glass front door even with the wreath hangers thingie
      I have a huge bar wire wreath on the front of my house and it's hanging where some old cable Tv wire use to be .
      You gave me an idea to add something to it

    10. Colleen Rucker

      September 24, 2014 at 11:36 pm

      Pam,
      Love the idea of the chicken wire on the frame - I probably would have done the same as you cuz who likes shiny chicken wire? Hooty is the bomb!

    11. Deanies Stash

      September 24, 2014 at 10:50 pm

      Pam, I laughed my way through the post. It was like I was talking. I love the way it turned out and maybe I will have to make one too!

    12. GunnyMom

      September 24, 2014 at 8:22 pm

      I saw this Owl today at Rite-Aid drug store for 12.99. I love him, but Rite-Aid is known for reducing prices to 50% off a fews after things are available. So I will keep watching for the sale price. The closest Joann's is 60 miles away.

    13. TARYTERRE

      September 24, 2014 at 8:10 pm

      LOVE the owl.

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