Turn a Lamp into a Fountain Birdbath #3 

I love your fountains and I cannot wait to build a couple for my garden. I do have a suggestion for you... For the bird bath you made from concrete, place a bunch of river rocks, mixed with those glass pebbles you can buy at those Dollar Trees and 99-cent stores that come in a variety of really pretty colors. Place enough of the mixture of small river rocks and glass pebbles so that the water is still reachable, but there is plenty of dry surface for the butterflies, bees, and other small beneficial creatures to drink, bathe, but not drown. Plant some Butterfly Bushes and a variety of blue and purple flowers nearby to attract some Monarch butterflies and honey bees. You'll love watching your garden come alive. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with the rest of us and giving us ideas on these beautiful bird baths we can build for our own gardens. May God always Bless you with good health and prosperity in all you do.

GREAT IDEAS, I WOULDN,T HAVE THOUGHT A LAMP WOULD HAVE MADE A BEAUTIFUL BASE. THANKS FOR SHOWING US HOW TO DO THIS.

Thanks to Steve for being such a great helper. Nice person.

What a clever way to upcycle the lamp into something beautiful and functional. Loved seeing the birds enjoying their new bath. Your garden is lovely! Cheers from FL😺

Love seeing the Robin bathing...puts a smile on my face 😊 Enjoyed the tutorial and your lovely garden too. 🌼🐦🐇🐝🌺A happy place !!

The turquoise and terracotta looking basin are perfect together! ❤️❤️❤️

I didn’t know impatients would come back every year, I love them

What a fabulous idea! I can't wait to make one. I'm heading to a dear gardening friend's house today and can't wait to share this project!!😊

Awesome idea and looks absolutely gorgeous. Mr Robin was a happy boy.

That bird baths longer than my son lol Thank you for showing these lifes moments, so great!

Your garden is very pretty and I love your lamp Reno into a bird bath. WTG!

That is so cool, the robin is really enjoying himself!!! You defiantly need a couple more to go in the other ones too…..That is the best fountain, you have encouraged me to get another birdbath to put a fountain in, we have a dripper in ours now, but defiantly need the fountain!

Wonderful idea for bird bath. I also got idea from cinder block planting

I loved the robin. I love to watch birds taking a bath. They're just sooo cute!

Turned out cute, also like that it’s budget friendly!!!

This is great. I have an old broken birdbath and now I see I can make a new top for it. That fountain was a nice addition. My birds will be happy! Thank you.

Such a creative way to recycle things. I bought the same solar pump and I didn’t put any of the nozzles on so it created a low water spout so you don’t lose water with the taller spouts. Hummingbirds like the shorter spout.

To help keep fountain centered you can attach straws to the stabilizers to make them longer

Beautiful birdbath; such a nice color. Beautiful garden.

Absolutely beautiful! Love the idea of the lampstand and your finished solar fountain. Such a colorful garden. You've gotten my creative juices flowing. The caught moment of the Robin taking advantage of your shower/bathing fountain made me laugh. He looked like he really enjoyed it. Gods creatures are so precious and wonderful to watch. Thank you for sharing. I'm so thankful for diy videos like this. Have a blessed day.

I have used the solar fountain before. They work good. How ever have to watch them closely because the spray nozzles can cause the water to spray out and if it’s windy water will spray out. Robin is having a great time 😂😂

You will have much better luck with your birdbath if you lower your water spray to about 6 inches max or even make it more of a bubbler. The wind won't be blowing the water around, and the birds will be able to actually bathe in it, especially if it's low level. I would also suggest adding platforms such as rocks or even repurposed items items to add landing and bathing stations. You have a great start and have spent an amazing amount of money, certainly more than I ever have. I live in San Diego and have other critters too besides birds but only rabbits, skunks, raccoons, and possums. We have coyotes but not in my yard.. I love watching Robbie and Gary on RU-vid in the Los Angeles hills. She is the Queen of the hummingbirds, with literally thousands enjoying her feeders and fountain, and she is an endless inspiration...but be careful 😂 because it becomes addictive . She uses some of the strangest things for fountains, soda bottles, kurig coffee pods and just about anything from the thrift store. She grows an amazing organic veggie garden .in plastic totes from the Dollar Store and has a cute little dog and emus. Us crazy Caliornians right😊 You may not want to go any further than what you have, but I am now 80 and always looking for fun way to enhance my small space in the senior mobile home park where I live. My cats .weare harnesses and leashes, we go outside where the hummingbirds love to tease them and just enjoy what nature we can. You have so much more, a real house & yard ❤ Have fun, you have a great start so cut loose and really GO FOR😂 GREATNESS...Dana, a crazy SoCal Gardener

This would be a great idea for one of my Mom's old lamps. She passed away 7 years ago, but I couldn't part with some things.

I really enjoyed watching the birds taking baths. Thank you for sharing the DIY project. I’m going to give it a try. Also subscribed to your channel. ❤

That robin loved his bath!

Hi Chastity, Love how the birdbath turned out! great flower garden tour! I love Lillies! TFS! Blessings to you! ✝🕊🙏🏼💖

Genius! I LOVE it and I am so happy I came across this video! Thanks for the inspiration! ❤😊

I love your laid back down to earth personality personality and so creative. thank you for being price conscious and for sharing. And God Bless You

The bird bath and flower garden is beautiful ! Love it all 💕🐦🌺Looking forward to more videos😍

That’s so cool! I want to try one in my back yard this year. I’m wanting to attract more birds. The robins are loving it!!!

Lol loved the entertainment great bird bath. Thank you for sharing.

I love the bird bath. Will make us one. Thank you

LOL I am doing a fresh up on my carport patio and I used the Seaside on my table chairs and glider and another tiny accent table. LOVE that color and now I want to see your kitchen!

That robin was adorable

I loved watching the birds bathing! I need to try to make this! Thank you. Love Chattanooga

That robin is in love with the fountain!

Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and for letting us know how much they cost. Very helpful in know what to budget for and where to go!

This has inspired me so much ! Your garden is beautiful 😍

Birdbath turned out beautiful, your garden looks very pretty too!

what a joy watching your creativity with the lamp/birdbath and your lovely garden. I"m a sucker for keeping the birds, bees, insects and frogs afloat with fresh water, so happy to see you doing this as well. Its so hot here in central Texas! One suggestion - or maybe two - lol - it would have been nice to see how your husband sawed the wood square spacer into the round shape - and how did yall fill up the lamp with sand and concrete? would have been nice to see that done too. overall a joy - thank you!

Thanks for the info on the bird baths and the tour. It was amazing

Thank you for sharing! The robin was great!🎉

I love this idea! I’ve been looking for a unique solar fountain idea, but for hummingbirds. What I’m going to do to attract them is use a fountain nozzle that’ll just gurgles water out. This will also solve a lot of the loss of water due to wind sweeping the spray away. Thanks for the video!

Looks amazing! That Robin sure enjoyed splashing around. 💯❣️Thanks for sharing!

Great idea! Love the color and love the robin! Yes, birds are drawn to the trickling water sounds! The straws are basically bumpers so the fountain doesn't go to the sides and spill out even more water! I bought the glass solar fountain on amz this year. Try that one too! It has a different attachment that keeps the water lower. I agree that the planter tray is probably too shallow. That's what I've been using in my broken bird bath. Thanks for the cool DIY's !

Nice bird bath. Like the color. Glad birds used it. I miss seeing Robins. It is rare they fly through here.

I loved this! Very creative and you have a truly beautiful garden. Have a great week! 🤗💕🐦

I love that birdbath, especially the lamp part and the color. I’m inspired!

Very cool!! I made one last year from a lamp I found in FL and a tray I found at TJMaxx, used E600 to glue them together

Find the center of the circle with a paper pattern you fold to find center the mark on your wood. The extra time is worth it.

I find what does fountains they have to be in direct sunlight all the time for them to work properly and you got to put those guides around them so they won't move around and empty the water out of your fountain

Such a beautiful birdbath/fountain! Love the colour! ❤👍

I’m in the process of making my own bird bath!! Love the robins!!

Nice job. Recommend add ring some rocks. . Small birds can drown in just a little bit of water

Very nice! And thanks so much for the bird footage…. Happy bird bathing… fun to watch!

I love that ❤I need to make one ! I found a solar powered fountain on Temu for $7 ! That Robin is very happy 😃

Thank you for sharin . Terrific, economical and a great idea. KISS: KEEP IT SIMPLE, SMART! 😀😶😶😶😶

Just beautiful,I got me a solar pump ,love it made mine with two flower pots

Such a beautiful serene garden. Thank you for sharing

What a pretty bird bath, your flowers are beautiful

I love this DIY and favorite flowers too❤

Awesome beautiful flowers!!

I love it, and the color is gorgeous! ❤😊

Such a wonderful idea Thanks for sharing Your garden is so pretty

Thanks for the info. The bird bath is lovely.

If you come a crossed some older glue like you said you had in this video try putting the glue into some hot water if it's not to old or dried out to much it should help soften it back to normal .

I love how you did this. So cool!

Lovely project!!! The birds love it❤❤❤

That is so pretty. Great job.

FYI, as a woodworker, if you have a small bit of glue left that's too dry but still without chunks, you can add a bit of water (because Titebond is water-based), mix or shake well, and use it only once or twice after. It gets weird after a week. I know. Hint: to remove the squeeze out residue even after scraping, you can use white vinegar. Just wet a shop rag with white vinegar and rub on the area that still has residue and won't take stain or finish. You'll be able to see what you can't with the naked eye on dry wood once you soak it in white vinegar. It will be way lighter in color. Just be patient and wipe the residue out with a rag and white vinegar. If it's blobs, then let it soak, scrape, and then wipe. The vinegar will pull all of the residue out of the grain without raising it in most cases (depending on the wood). With enough patience, you'll have joints or blobs or "oops" fingerprints" that will be entirely extracted from the wood and won't show up on finish. The trick is to check before finishing. After, you'll be sad, and there won't be anything you can do but sand the finish, remove the residue with vinegar, and re-finish.

HIXSON!! Tennessee?🤔 If so, I know exactly where that Goodwill is. That's funny because this is the first time I have seen a post from someone in the same area. I'll have to check it out. Birdbath is beautiful.

Perfect. I recently acquired a stone-like lamp with similar design to create a birdbath. Looking forward to making this.Thanks

Beautiful!

Success - looks cool and the birds love it. You can always anchor the solar fountain with some stones if you don't want it to move/float. I liked your other birdbath lamp project even better because it has more height and I liked the shape a bit more - but this one looks cool too. I see a trip to Goodwill et al in my future:). I really liked the idea of boring a hole in a wood piece like you did - THANKS!:)

How beautiful and the birdie to!

How Awesome! I Love the lamp idea ❤

What a great idea.

Nice garden…

You betcha!!! I LOVE IT👏🏻😍

That is so cool.

Beautiful

Great video! The bird bath turned out really nice.

Nicely done!

I bought one of those solar fountains a few yrs. ago. Tried the different sprayers, same problem. I ended up using the little bubbly one. The others went too high and would spray over the bowl. I ran outta water Too fast and what a noise they make when they do. Love your bird bath !

Beautiful garden.

great idea!!!!A++

Cool project

Just want to try!!!❤

Thanks for your video nice yard

Thank you🫶🤩🤩🤩🤩Beautiful ❤️

I love it!!! Now i want to make many of them

Looks awsome thanks for posting

Oh I love this Video, it was cool

Beautiful, he should have paid for that shower, lol.😊

I love it I have the same pump, I put the rod only on mine and the water just rolls off the top no wind issues, and bird love it even hummingbirds

Nice idea. I have two lamps I'm not fond of so I'm going to make a bird bath too. Thanks for Sharing.

❤ love this thanks 😊

❤❤❤awesome

Tell Steve I SALUTE him! 😊

Drill the small holes bigger so the water doesn't spray out. It works great for me. And you can put rocks on the inside too.