Revamp your home using Feathers

Up-cycle and Refurbish your home using feathers

Feathers have been used for ages for different reasons. They symbolize fertility, sensuality and have been used as tokens of endearment and even for ritualistic purposes in the past. Today, craft feathers are used to enhance the beauty of a home and because using feathers as decorations is not that complicated, many home owners are enjoying designing and making their own decorations where they can express their creativity. Here are the top three ideas you can work on if you plan to use feathers as decorations and what type of feathers are best used.

Pheasant Feather Wall from Penny Weight

Goose Feather Chair by Swoon

Turkey Feather Chandelier From Lisa Leonard Design Blog 

Feather Chandelier – Considered as one of the major centerpieces of a home, a chandelier can easily set the mood and express the ambiance you want to convey in your living space. Decorating your home with a feather chandelier is a great idea if you want to give your home a peaceful and relaxing touch. Try choosing light colors such as white, ivory or champagne feathers. You can choose to use Ostrich feathers and turkey feathers for this project and while there are nice ready-made feather chandeliers, they cost a fortune. Making one as your craft project in your free time to show off to your friends is definitely doable.

Feather Chairs – Chairs decorated by feathers is another great idea if you want to create your own craft feather project in your home. Decorating a chair with feathers can be tricky at first but with the right materials and guide, you can learn do it in no time. Some prefer Peacock feathers and some like to buy ostrich feathers, it really depends on your taste. Some of the more popular rooster feathers you can use to decorate your chair are hackle, schalappen, saddles and coque and they are available both in their natural color or you can order them dyed. If you are planning to have a small party in your home and you want to add some of that stylishness like what you would find in Mardi Gras celebrations, then feather decorated chairs is a nice addition.

Feathers Wall Decal – Here is another great idea for your feather decorating fetish; feather wall decals. Wall tattoos or wall stickers, as what others call them, wall decals are fashionable room decorations and they are commonly made of vinyl stickers. Creating your own wall decal out of feathers is simple enough that finding the right inspiration and design is usually enough to get you up and running. Check out our variety of large natural wing or tail feathers. Using a hot glue gun they can be stuck together in a wide variety of designs and attached to the wall using nails or double stick tape.

Making your own craft feather decorations is easy and its fun with the right tools and materials. Creating your own design comes naturally if you love the feel and look of feathers.  Spend some time finding the feathers you want and let your creativity run wild.

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