I’ve already showed you how to make a cool sunburst mirror of a bunch of paint sticks. It isn’t the only thing you can make of it. For example you can make a lampshade from about 50 paint sticks and a simple cheap lampshade frame using hot glue and stain. The cool things about such...
If you like industrial elements in your decor than here is a project right for you. In the result you’ll get a cool industrial lamp almost for free. To make you’ll need a tomato cage, an old brass lamp or a cord set from IKEA, black spray paint, and a rusty metal primer. The idea...
This beautiful light is made out of reclaimed maine white birch woods. It could be bought on Etsy for $60 or it become an inspiration for your next DIY project. To make similar table lamp you need to find a birch branch of approximately 2 1/2″ in diameter and 12″ tall. Many other kinds of...
If you have an ugly tabletop lamp you can try to make it better. That’s isn’t very hard with all these tutorials that show how to make cool lampshades. On pictures you can see an ugly $8 lamp turned into a very cute and chic item of decor. Its base is covered with gloss spray...
Who said that you can only use Mason Jars to make pendant lights? Here, for example, are pendant lights made of real crystal decanters. They are located at the Conquine Bar in London but you can easily make similar lighting solution by yourself. The process is similar to any DIY lighting system made of Mason...
You can make a lot of useful things from old tin cans. For example you can make cool pendant lights to hang above your dining table. Large cans that hold vegetables are perfect for the project. Drill a hole in the bottom of each can for the wire. Insert the wire. Put a light socket...
Normally when you think of silverware, you consider them to be used as eating utensils. Although it can be used other way. It can become a material to make a cool lampshade for a tabletop lamp. You can use as those silverware pieces that you want to throw away as those that people presented to...
In case you’re going to throw away some of your old books – don’t do it. You can reuse them so they won’t occupy your shelves anymore. We showed you how you can make shelves from old books but you can also make a floor lamp using them. To be more specific, books will become...
Pink accessories are usually quite trendy and looks chic. They are perfect as for kids as for adult rooms. You probably saw these cool tabletop lamps among Pottery Barn Kids products. Floral motifs can add some sweet style to any space but the price for such lamp is $99. Laura from The James Junk has...
If you have plastic cups, plates and straws after your last party you can use them for your next craft project. Here are awesome lamps made of that stuff. Plates are perfect for lamp bases, the cups works great for the stem while the straws are awesome for the lamp shade. Thanks to the fact...