Materials: BYGEL + NJUTA + some nuts and bolts
Description: Some day I noticed that the hook of the colorful BYGEL cups fits exactly on the guard rails in front of my window.
First I planned to fill them with real flowers but I do not particularly have green fingers. So I needed a more durable solution.
During a second visit to IKEA I got the idea to use the colorful NJUTA shower sponges as flowers.
The result is a very colorful everlasting window decoration.
How I made them:
- I used a 40cm screw thread as the stem
- next I melted a hole in the bottom BYGEL cups that fits the thread
- the screw thread is fixed with washers and nuts
- I removed the cord from the NJUTA sponges and fixed the sponges with some hot clue onto the thread
- very important: beware of not putting the flowers up in a boring pattern and keep the colors mixed! :)
~ Patrick Mast, Amsterdam
Great idea, I bet they look great from the street level as well - Are they attached to your guard rails in anyway apart from the hook? If not I would put a small hole in the back and tie them on with some fishing wire or clear plastic string in case the wind took them off.
ReplyDeleteoh, that ties in nicely with yesterday's window herbs hack. I bet you could use the BYGEL for planters, too.
ReplyDeleteThough i do really like the loofahs as flowers. So bright!
my balcony is too windy for that but it is a great idea!!
ReplyDeleteflowers for black thumb
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Love the cheerful effect of the translucent Bygel. Using bath sponges instead of plastic flowers: Brilliant!
ReplyDeletePippa
This looks so cool. And it gives a interesting view from outside. Very clever.
ReplyDeleteFor safety you might tie them to the rail wit a tierip. Punch an extra hole in the bygel, put tie rip around
ReplyDeleteWow! You didn't just create a hack, you turned it into a fun art project!
ReplyDeleteThey remind me of truffula trees! Very cool looking!
ReplyDeleteThis is too cute! Wow!!
ReplyDeleteTrieste is a too windy town, but your idea is absolutely fantastic!!
ReplyDeletedo you use them to collect rain water for watering your real flowers? Seriously, what do you do with the rain water in the buckets?
ReplyDeletethere are hole in those buckets, i see in the pictures.
ReplyDeletenorthern design, always good looking
I think this looks brilliant. A contender for 2012's Hack of the Year?
ReplyDeleteI love this. *_* And it must look great from the street and other buildings.
ReplyDeletei've seen them..
ReplyDeleteand i can say they also
look brilliant if you're
a passerby.
These flower look gorgeous, I guess you put a smile on the face of everybody down the street! ;-)
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