Copper Shop Gutters & Downspouts

I have been working on the exterior of my copper shop.  I decided to add a "copper" rain gutter and downspout.  I also added some wood trim to finish off the edges.  Here is a view of the downspout in place.

 I have been collecting plastic drinking straws over the past few weeks trying to find just the right size.  I was looking for one that was larger to use for the gutter and one that was flexible for the downspout.

I ended up using the teal ones for the downspout and the large milkshake straw in the white wrapper for the gutter.

Here was a trial fit of the downspout.  Once I had the right shape, I used super glue to attach them together.

While the glue was drying I bent some sturdy wire to use as the supports.  

I drilled holes in the end of the roof fascia to hold the supports.  I used a hole punch to cut a hole in the gutter for the downspout, then trimmed it to fit and used super glue to hold it all together.

Once the glue was dry, I painted it dark brown.  The red and teal were still showing through so I added another coat.  Once that was dry, I added copper colored paint.

This is a view after I added some age and patina.

While I was waiting for the paint to dry and since I had all the shelves empty, I added some metallic copper looking vinyl wall covering to the ceiling of the dormer.

I liked the texture of the wallpaper sample and it reminded me of a modern version of a punched tin ceiling.  I added some plain copper look paper to each side of the dormer because I didn't like how the angle of the roof looked with the angle of the hexagons. 

Here are a few photos of the gutter and downspout in place.   

I used a hole punch to cut out some cardboard ends for the gutter.

I like how the copper looks through the dormer.

To see the tutorial on how I made the shelves, click HERE