DIY Stone Sconces

This is a super easy project that anyone can do on the super cheap.  I wanted some nice sconces for my guest bath downstairs.  I looked high and low and couldn’t find anything I wanted and the ones I did like were about $20 a piece….story of my life.  I couldn’t bring myself to spend $40 on 2 sconces for the guest bath.

A few weeks back I was strolling the Dollar Tree trying to see if there was anything that I could fashion into a sconce.  I walked the whole store 3 times and came up empty.  I left the store defeated and empty handed.  Then as I was driving back home an idea hit me like I was smacked in the face with a cold dead fish. Why not a cold dead fish? You don’t like my metaphor?  That is a metaphor right?

Anyway let us continue.  I hit the breaks and turned into the dusty gravel lot of a produce stand, kicking up pebbles and dust, and did a U-turn.  It was like a scene out of Dukes of Hazzard, but I was in a SUV instead of a Dodge Charger and my doors open.

I walked back into the Dollar Tree and grabbed 2 bags of decorative stones, glass tealight candle holders, a pack of glue sticks and some sponge brushes for $6.   Then I made my way over to the hardware store and pick up some small “L” brackets and a small pack of picture handing hardware for $8.

I already has some wood at the house and some dark brown paint.   I was going to cut the wood myself but then Obed forbid it, fearing that my on the cheap DIY would end up with a not so cheap emergency room bill.

We had a wood board that was 1/2 inch thick.  He cut 2 pieces of wood 7 x 5 1/2  and 2 more 3 1/2 x 5 1/2.  I then sanded the rough edges off the wood and painted the front and sides and left them to dry.

Once the paint dried I nailed the picture handing hardware to the back, top part of the larger rectangles.

Then hot glued the small bottom piece onto the back. This is to just hold it in place while you secure the “L” brackets on.

Lay the sconce down on it’s back and glue the stones onto it, trying to fit them together as tightly as possible.  Start from the bottom working up, trying not to go over the sides, but finishing off over the top edge.

Using a hot glue gun, glue the candle holder to the bottom in the center, add a candle and ur done!

Checkout the finish product proudly handing on the wall.

I had some materials left and made two more for the dining room.  So to make four, I estimate it cost me about $20 total.  Not bad…*pat on the back*.

I could get use to this.

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What you will need:

• 4 pieces of 1/2 inch thick wood cut 7 x 5 1/2
• 4 pieces of 1/2 inch thick wood cut 3 1/2 x 5 1/2
• 2 small bags of decretive stones
• 4 tealight candle holders
• 4 picture hanging hardware
• 8 1 inch x 1 inch “L” brackets
• sandpaper
• glue sticks
• glue gun
• paint
• sponge brush

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