Subtle lighting provides the perfect ambience both at home and in the garden. To create the desired effect, candles, lanterns and fairy lights are usually the most popular choices. But instead of buying the usual run-of-the-mill fare from hardware stores, we recommend giving the following projects a try. Whether it’s for your apartment, terrace or garden, these ideas will certainly bring light into your life!
1. Can Lanterns
You’ll Need:
- empty drinks cans (number dependent on the length of the fairy lights)
- water
- 2 hair ties
- spray paint
- fairy lights
Here’s How:
1.1 Fill a drinks can with water. Keep it in the freezer until the water has completely frozen. Roll two hair ties onto the can to mark the top and bottom edges.
1.2 Make horizontal incisions into the can at ½-inch intervals between the hair ties.
1.3 Remove the hair ties and place the can in hot water until the ice inside has completely melted.
1.4 Dry the can and spray paint it. Leave the paint to dry.
1.5 Now carefully press the can together until it looks like a lantern.
1.6 Now take the fairy lights and insert at least two lights through the opening at the top of the drinks can. If you need to, you can tie the lights together before inserting them into the lantern. All you need to do now is hang them on tree branches or along the balcony. What a beautiful sight!
