I figure the hardest part about making your own rusty bed spring wreath is probably finding the old bed springs...
The cute Bed-Spring wreath I made took 14 - old, rusty springs...
Materials Needed:
1 - A Man to cut the springs off the old mattress frame...
(Or, some kind of saw, because they are thick wire!)
~I'm all for the feminist movement - woman's power, etc. but come on - I'm pretty weak~
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2 - Some kind of wire frame to wire your bed springs to.
(I used a wire the Man-Child cut off an old wire tomato cage he made me a few years ago...)
~You could use a wire frame from the florist if you're not a scrounger like me~
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3 - Some rusty 'pliable' wire to wire your springs onto your frame.
(Thick wire will make you swear, I swear...)
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4 - Wire cutters of course.
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5 - GLOVES!
(Maybe, a current tetanus shot?)
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6 - A Crazy Imagination~!
(You could make these any shape you want, a circle is good for me)
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I found my old bed springs in the middle of nowhere. Seriously, the 'Man-Child' was cutting a tree down at a friends farm and as the tree was falling toward me ~ I noticed a set of crusty, rusty, old bed springs buried in the dirt. I was scared for a split second that the tree would fall on the bed springs.
It was a nail biter until the tree hit the ground and missed the little treasure I spied...
The 'Man-Child' went from timber cutter, to bed spring junker in like 2 minutes~~~
These old, rusty bed springs are wicked strong.
They're made out of really thick old wire.
There is no way I could cut one free and even the Man-Child struggled with the fighting tools in the pickup, so we ran home and got the heavy duty artillery = big wire cutters of multiple sizes and even bolt cutters could be used. In the end, the most practical thing was a Dewalt cordless saw.
The cordless saw made the bed spring removal a breeze!...
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Wearing gloves is a great idea, but I'm slow with the common sense at times and what the hey, I had a new box of Sponge Bob bandaids I needed to test for the next boo-boo, or 13...
I wired the springs to the wire form with one up and one down, so they would line up with ease...
I done my best to keep the springs even as I wired them around the circle form.
It's not so easy with really thick old springs.
I figured with Spring coming soon, I needed a 'Spring Wreath'~!
(Pun intended, he - he...)
Of course, an old piece of chain came along for the ride...
It's amazing what treasures can be found when you come across an old homestead while cutting down trees.
The 'Man-Child' told me when he gets home this weekend, he'll solder, or weld this old chain into a heart shape for me.
Yes, "Spring Fever" is in the air~!
But, which Spring Fever might that be?
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