Do you want to transform your interior by adding a touch of originality and modernity to it? It’s time to learn how to make a lamp with your own hands, because thanks to this piece of furniture, your home will stand out from the rest and become unique. The creative process itself will be very interesting and useful, so if you wish, you can invite children and create your masterpiece together. Dekorin has selected for you the most beautiful lamps and lampshades for lamps, which can be made from paper and other improvised means.
1. Paper lamp: how to do it yourself?
From such a simple material as paper, everyone can make incredibly beautiful and modern lamps with their own hands. In the photo below, we presented several unusual options for homemade lamps made of paper. Happy viewing !
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Chinese lanterns: do-it-yourself paper lamp
Thanks to such a simple and at the same time interesting décor item as Chinese lanterns, you can add a little brightness, lively colors and a sense of celebration to the interior.
The materials you will need for this:
- Colored or white paper;
- A cartridge that you can remove from an old lamp or buy;
- LED light bulb (please note that you should not use a heated light bulb, because we make the lamp from paper);
- Pencil and ruler;
- Stationery knife;
- Thread;
- Awl.
Making a lamp with your own hands (step by step with a photo)
First, on the back of the paper, you need to draw lines that will create the relief of the lamp. Below is a drawing on which it is proposed to make markings.
We fold the paper along the marked lines in order to get a kind of accordion. At this stage, it is important not to rush and do everything carefully so that the lamp comes out smooth and beautiful.
Next, connect the light bulb to the cartridge. We make a small hole with an awl at the bottom and thread a thread through it.
Now we create a lampshade for the lamp made of paper around the cartridge. At the joint, the sheet can be glued with ordinary PVA glue or joined in any other way. Please note that without gluing the edges together, it will be easier for you to change the bulb in this light.
Our Chinese lanterns are ready! In the photo below you can see what happened in the end.
2. How to make a lamp made of wood with your own hands?
From such a simple material as wood, you also have the opportunity to make a very creative lamp with your own hands. It is enough just to look around: nature itself inspires us with its extraordinary forms of creativity. Each of us at least once in his life noted the beautiful shape of a branch or snag. Dekorin offers to reflect their beauty in interior design as an original and functional luminaire.
Using a branch, you can make a lamp out of wood yourself without the use of special tools and skills. You can easily find the necessary material in the forest or near the house. The main thing is that this snags is already dried, but not too rotten, because it will have to hold the weight of the shades and at the same time serve you as long as possible.
Do-it-yourself floor lamp from a wooden branch (photo)
In fact, depending on your wishes, you can make a floor, table or ceiling lamp from a branch. Here we will look at the option of making a floor lamp.
First of all, you need to make a strong base for the floor lamp (for example, pour cement mortar into any container and insert our branch for a wooden lamp into it). After a while, the container can be removed, after which there will be a reliable and stylish cement base and the leg of the lamp. Also read how simple cement mortar can be used to make
At the next stage, it is necessary to attach a cord with a cartridge and a light bulb to the driftwood with the help of improvised means. Our floor lamp is ready!
Ceiling and even wall lamps from the branch will also look very beautiful in the interior. You can decorate them with ordinary light bulbs, as well as antique shades or lampshades. Examples are in the photo below.
3. How else can you make a lamp with your own hands from scrap materials?
Do you have a favorite lamp that you do not want to part with, but the appearance of its ceiling leaves much to be desired? Don’t worry, everything is fixable! Dekorin will tell you how to make a lampshade with your own hands. Just look at the photo: what original and even intricate lampshades for lamps you can make yourself!
How to make a lampshade for a lamp with your own hands from threads
Such a lamp will become a creative and unique decoration of your interior. It will easily fit into both the kitchen and the bedroom with a living room.
So, what you need: a balloon (you need to take into account the size and shape of the inflated ball, because the shape of the lampshade will depend on it), thick cotton threads (preferably twine), PVA glue about 250 grams, a suspension cord that will hold the lampshade, an energy-saving lamp, scissors, a needle, any cream, a brush, a cotton pad, and a cotton swab.
Step 1. Inflate the ball to the desired size and tie it securely.
Step 2. Using a cotton pad, grease the ball with any cream to make it easier for the threads to detach from the base later.
Step 4. When all the threads are wound, walk a little with glue in those places where it is not enough. Now the lampshade is almost ready and should be removed to dry overnight.
Step 5. In the morning, take a dried lampshade and start pressing the ball with a cotton swab, helping it separate from the threads. Carefully and most importantly slowly deflate the ball, because doing it quickly, you risk creating a dent on the lampshade with your own hands.
Step 5. Mark the future hole and make 4 cuts in all directions so that the bulb with the cartridge can enter the lampshade.
Finally, you need to insert the socket with the bulb, and carefully attach the lamp holder between the threads. The lampshade is completely ready, now it remains only to hang it in the room that you have chosen and enjoy the results of creativity.
