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» How to make a lamp do it yourself: 15+ ideas and photos

How to make a lamp do it yourself: 15+ ideas and photos

Do you want to transform your interior by adding notes of originality and modernity? It's time to learn how to make a lamp with your own hands, because thanks to this subject of the interior, your home will stand out among the others and becomes unique. The process of creativity will be very interesting and useful, so if you wish, you can invite children and create your masterpiece together. Dekorin picked up the most beautiful lamps and lamp lamps for you, which can be made of paper and other remedies.

1. Paper lamp: how to make it yourself?

Of this simple material, like 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!


Chinese lanterns: paper lamp do it yourself

Thanks to this simple and at the same time an interesting piece of decor, like Chinese lanterns, you can add a few brightness, live paints and festival sensations.

Materials that you need for this:

  • Color or white paper;
  • Cartridge that you can extract from the old lamp or buy;
  • LED light bulb (note that you should not use the heated light bulb, because we make a paper lamp);
  • Pencil and ruler;
  • Stationery knife;
  • Thread;
  • Awl.

Making a lamp with your own hands (step by step with a photo)

First, on the reverse side of the paper, you must put the lines that create a relief of the lamp. Below is a drawing, which is proposed to make marking.

We fold the paper on the marked lines, in order for a kind of harmonica. At this stage, it is important not to rush and do everything neatly so that the lamp is smooth and beautiful.

Now we create around the lamp of the lamp of the paper around the cartridge. In place of the connection, the sheet can be glued with conventional PVA liner or connect any other way. Please note that without gluing the edges it will be easier for you to change the light bulb in this lamp.

Our Chinese lanterns are ready! In the photo below you see what happened in the end.


More ideas how to make a desk lamp or a suspended lamp of paper you will find in our article.

2. How to make a lamp of wood with your own hands?

From such a simple material like a tree, you also have the opportunity to make a very creative lamp with your own hands. Just look around around: Nature itself inspires us with its extraordinary forms of creativity. Each of us at least once in his life marked the beautiful form of any branch or snag. Dekorin offers to reflect their beauty in the interior design as an original and functional lamp.

Using the branch, you can make a lamp of wood without the use of special tools and skills. You can easily find the desired material in the forest or near the house. The main thing is that this snag is already dried, but not too drumming, because it will have to keep the weight of the plaffones and at the same time to serve you as longer as possible.

Outdoor lamp do it yourself from a wooden branch (photo)

In fact, depending on your wishes, you can make an outdoor, tabletop or ceiling lamp. Here we will look at the option of making an outdoor lamp.

First of all, you need to make a strong base for the flooring (for example, pour cement mortar into any container and insert our branch into it for a wooden lamp). After a while, the container can be removed, after which the reliable and stylish cement base and the feet of the lamp will remain. Also read how from a simple cement solution can be made.

At the next stage, it is necessary to attach cord with a cartridge with a cartridge with a cartridge with a cartridge with a chorus with a screwdriver. Our outdoor lamp is ready!

Also very beautiful in the interior will look ceiling and even wall lamps from the branch. You can decorate them as ordinary light bulbs and old plaffones or lampshades. Examples - in the photo below.

3. How else can you make a lamp do it yourself from the girlfriend?

Do you have a favorite lamp with which you do not want to part, but the appearance of her plastic leaves much to be desired? Do not worry, because everything is fixable! Dekorin will tell you how to make a lamp lamp with your own hands. Just watch the photo: what original and even intricate lamps for lamps can be made independently!





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How to make a lamp to the lamp with their own hands

Such a lamp will become a creative and unique decoration of your interior. It will easily fit into the kitchen and the bedroom with the living room.

So, what do you need: the air ball (you need to take into account the size and shape of the influxed ball, because the shape of the lampshar will depend on this), thick cotton threads (better twine), PVA glue is about 250 gr., Cord-suspension that will keep the lampshade, Energy saving lamp, scissors, needle, any cream, tassel, cotton disk, as well as cotton wand.

Step 1. Inflate the ball to the desired size and securely tie it.

Step 2. Using a cotton disk, lubricate the ball with any cream so that later threads are easier to disconnect from the base.

Step 3. To inhale threads in the needle and pass through the glue bottle. Wash the thread around the ball, as you consider it necessary, however, do not pull them too much.


Step 4. When all the threads are wounds, take a little glue to the 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 upgrade and start pressed with a cotton wand on the ball, help him separate from the threads. Carefully and most importantly, slowly blow the ball, because making it quickly, you risk your own hands to create a dent on the lamp.