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Tea Cup Rain Chains
 The perfect ornament to your garden and a beautiful approach to making your gutter less mundane, a rain chain can come in a large selection of shapes through HG Lifestyle - even tea cups. A popular request, a tea cup rain chain is a gorgeous addition to any garden or outside of a home - or any place water falls from a gutter. Choose from several styles of polished and aged copper tea cup rain chains at HG Lifestyle.
In general, rain chains originated in Japan, where they were used for hundreds of years. While rain chains of any style are primarily used for ornamental purposes today, they were used to collect water in Japan. The water flowed from the rain chain into a barrel, where it was then kept for household uses. Rain chains in Japan, in fact, were so common that they were built into temple designs.
Modern-day rain chains, such as the tea cup and other styles at HG Lifestyle, are designed in two types: link or cup. A tea cup rain chain falls into the latter. Creating a clean line from the roof to the ground, a link rain chain is basic and straightforward but ends up causing more splashing. As the water moves through the single - or double-link design, it is not funneled through a series of cups. A cup rain chain, on the other hand, employs them as funnels, moving the water down to the ground without much splashing.
A tea cup rain chain at HG Lifestyle is available in various sizes and patinas. Choose from chains with small or large tea cups in polished or aged copper, and even find a teapot and cup chain in our selection. For installing a tea cup rain chain, each kit contains a flexible clip, which attaches to any gutter. The rain chain attaches to the clip, and a basin to collect water can be added to the bottom.
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