DIY Lighthouse made with a spindle

The spindle leg of your table finally breaks after months of several repairs.  You give up and make a DIY lighthouse from the spindle.

The other table pieces…

that’s for another day.

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This is my second DIY lighthouse.

This lighthouse consists of a broken spindle,

a vintage telephone pole insulator, and a battery candle.

I glue the bottom of the spindle to a chunk of scrap wood using hot WOOD glue sticks.   Then painted everything with Magnolia’s Shiplap paint.  The same paint used for the craft room cabinets.  {I forgot to take a photo of the gluing but you get the idea}

Next, I use an 80 grit sanding sponge to lightly go over the surface.  This adds wind and water distress.  Lighthouses become distressed from wind and water right?

I flipped on the battery candle and covered it with the insulator.  Done!

I love that insulator!  Clean lines and clear white.

The first DIY lighthouse from a spindle

The first was made years ago again from a broken spindle.  It was back in the days when I sold my DIY home decor.  I made a lighthouse from a broken spindle.  Mike couldn’t quite figure out what it was supposed to be.  He couldn’t see a lighthouse in that broken spindle.

Selling the DIY lighthouse

I took my lighthouse over to my space and proudly displayed it.  I priced it at $20.  Each week when I visited, I dusted the lighthouse and reworked the display.  Then when I return home Mike would always ask, “Did the lighthouse sell?”  No!  we continued this for six weeks.  Then one day I went to bring in more decor…and the lighthouse was gone.  I couldn’t wait to get home and tell Mike.

My suspicions

As I was driving home, I started to suspect that Mike popped in and bought the lighthouse.  He claims he didn’t, but I think someday I’m going to stumble across that lighthouse in an old box tucked away somewhere.

If I remember correctly, this lighthouse is simpler than the first one.  I might have painted stripes on the first one.

Until I find it, I made another lighthouse.

I don’t think anyone would pay $20 for it, including Mike!

Got any ideas for a round table top?

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