So I was reading that Fab book PAD that no home is complete without and there was a lamp that someone had made out of an old birdcage. Inspiration hit me...

I thought I'll make my birdcage into a hanging basket for a plant instead, and that is just what I did!

Luckily, my parents had this old rickety bird cage in their garage from some parakeet I had many moons ago. Thanks God I have had a tetanus shot recently one stab with this cage and lock jaw would have set in for sure!

And so I had my cage now I needed the other stuff...

So if you paid attention to the tricks aout making a hanging basket you will remember my fondness for buying ready made baskets and freeing the plants from their tacky plastic homes.

I did the same thing here. I am not sure what kind of plant this is, but is seems to be in the succulent family and has little flowers. What I was looking for was A) something that vined and B) something with thin branches that could fit through the wires of the bird cage.

I also got a co-co husk liner to set the plant in so dirt wouldn't fall out through the open sides.

Here is where it got a little tricky...

Well first of all I immediately threw away the tacky basket that poor plant had been subjected to. I then sat the plant inside the coco husk liner. You might need to add a little dirt, but I didn't. I then sat the whole thing inside a plastic bag so the plant would not get as damaged as I shoved up into the cage.

I took the bottom off of the bird cage and gently began to squeeze the plant up into the cage.

So once the plant was all smooshed in, I slid the bottom back on the cage. I then cut away at the plastic bag and pulled it out.

At first the poor plant looked a little squished, but never fear that is what wire clippers are for. I took out a few wires just so the plant could come out a bit.

I then sat and fingered out the vines of the plant so that it was coming out all over the birdcage

Presto! I had my new hanging basket in a bird cage!

Remember again that all container plants need to be fed and hanging baskets in particular are going to need more water.

You can hang this from a tree or on your apartment balcony. I sat mine as the centerpiece on my patio table.