DIY Farmhouse Fan – Making Over Your Ugly Fixture

We all have them in our homes – ugly ceiling fans that we would love to get rid of, but desperately need to keep. Here’s how we turned our eyesore of a fixture into a DIY Farmhouse Fan!

Do you remember that TV show Trading Spaces? Every week, Trent and I would tune in to see what amazing transformations Vern and Genevieve would do to the rooms – and every week, we heard the same thing.

“That ceiling fan HAS to go!”

And every week, Trent would roll his eyes.  You see, he grew up in the deep South.  The sweaty, humid, my goodness I never knew I could sweat there kind of south. You know, where you’ve cleaned up and coiffed yourself to perfection for it all to be ruined the moment you stepped over the threshold of your doorway into that blanket of humidity.

Yeah, that south. So he has been conditioned to fall asleep with that cool breeze flowing over him each night.

Now, I didn’t grow up in that type of humidity, but I did grow up the daughter of an HVAC guy. I still get calls to remind me to change the filters in my furnace – which have you done that lately?

Anyway, I grew up knowing that a ceiling fan would help the overall cost and energy effectiveness of your heating and air conditioning, so the fan stays for me too!

But that doesn’t mean I find them attractive.

But I knew that we had to focus our budget on making over our closets, so here’s the solution I came up with to transform our eyesore into a DIY Farmhouse Fan.

How to Make a DIY Farmhouse Fan

I have had these mesh hanging baskets that I’ve found at barn sales over the past few years. They were so cute and I scored them for a couple of quarters.

I moved them around throughout my home, but could never find a home for them, so they’ve sat in my closet for just as long.

I started to disassemble them, separating the baskets from the chain.

Next, I tried to see if the hole in the center of the mesh basket would fit over that center bolt and it did!

I had to figure out how to keep the basket from collapsing without messing with the integrity of the electricity. I wrapped thick wire around each screw holding the casing in place and then attached it to the basket. It worked!

I turned the fan to full blast to make sure it would stay put.

I disassembled everything, and took it outside to spray paint that white light casing with Oil Rubbed Bronze.

*make sure you tape over any electrical elements!

Finally, I replaced the light bulbs with some LED Edison bulbs and added crystals to make my DIY Farmhouse Fan look all fancy.

Of course, I turned the fan back to full blast to make sure I didn’t hear any jingling that would disrupt our sleep.

We had a winner!

It’s understated, but elegant.  A bit of masculine with the dark colors and mesh basket married with a touch of femininity.

The colors match my curtain rods and big, beautiful bed and I just LOVE how my DIY Farmhouse Fan turned out.

And we’re still cool at night and my electric bill is happy!! Here is what we purchased.

Supplies for our DIY Farmhouse Fan

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Vintage Edison LED Bulb Squirrel Cage Filament Light For Decorate Home

Rust-Oleum 11 oz Spray Paint, Oil Rubbed Bronze Metallic

6′ Clear Large Diamond Drop Garland

So what are you waiting for! Take that ugly fixture and make your own DIY Farmhouse Fan. If this inspired you, send me a pic of how you transform your fixture!