How to make a decorative lamp with your own hands. DIY lamp (58 photos): options for table, pendant and wall lighting design. Paper shade decoration

A do-it-yourself table lamp is one of the most affordable ways to decorate an interior and give it individuality. As soon as the designers and amateurs do not scream at them! The reason is simple: in relation to functionality and possibilities of creative self-expression to the required costs of materials, labor and skill, the table lamp is firmly in the top of the leaders among household items. In this article, and we will see what you can do with it, without really straining your hands or your wallet. Just fiction.

Which one to do?

Rack table lamps (item 1 in the next figure) illuminate the working area, which does not require prompt movement of the light spot on the table surface: dressing table, writing table. The possibilities of decorative design in this case are the greatest. Technically, the design of a desk lamp on a stand is the simplest. There are practically no possibilities for operational adjustment of the size of the illuminated zone. Adjusting the illumination of the working area is possible if there is a thyristor voltage regulator in the lamp, but the spectrum of the emitted light changes significantly.

A huge advantage of rack-mount desk lamps is the possibility of obtaining, by relatively simple means, the so-called. cosecant-square radiation pattern (DP) of the illuminator, see also at the end. Cosecant-square DN provides, within a certain angle φ, almost uniform illumination of the working area (see the figure on the right), which sharply reduces fatigue from intense intellectual work.

Lamps with a breakable articulated arm (item 2) are more suitable for technical creativity. Lamps on a pantograph arm at home are impractical and technologically complex, and making a lamp on a flexible arm at home will cost more than buying a ready-made one.

The design of a table lamp on a breakable arm is limited by laconic and utilitarian forms. The design is more complex than that of a lamp on a stand, primarily due to the requirements for ensuring electrical safety, see below. Possibilities of operational adjustment of light in the working area are wide both in terms of the size of the illuminated area and in terms of its illumination with a constant spectrum.

Console table lamps (item 3) are less common in everyday life, because for stability, they require a heavy base and, most often, a counterweight, which complicates and increases the cost of the structure. Console lamps have fewer possibilities for operational light adjustment in the working area than lamps on brackets, however, it is possible to obtain a cosecant-square DN.

Table lamps without raising the light source above the supporting surface are no longer table lamps, but night lamps (pos. 4). The fundamental difference between the one and the other is that the night lamp does not have a working area with certain requirements for light in it. Accordingly, the light from the night light can be anything you like, as long as it does not harm your health.

Design

In any type of table lamp, a trace can be distinguished. structural elements:

• Electromechanical - ensures the stability of the luminaire and the safe supply of power to the lamp holder.
• Reference - supports the illuminator or reflector and, possibly, allows you to change its position.
• Illuminator - a light bulb in a lampshade or reflector.

Electromechanics in the design of a table lamp plays a role only insofar as it can be hidden in the support of the illuminator. Design delights fall on the support and lighting. In rack lamps, as a rule, the main aesthetic load is carried by the lampshade, and the rack complements it; in hinged ones - on the contrary. But there are plenty of exceptions to this rule.

Electromechanics

The electrical circuit of a table lamp is simple: power plug, cable, switch, bulb holder. Sometimes a voltage regulator is added. The pendant lamp holder E27 (for the lamp base of a regular width, item 1 in the figure) can only be attached to the threaded shank M10 or M12. The cartridge for a narrow base-minion E14 is also attached to a thread or to a lamella in the form of a steel strip; the socket under it is shown with a green arrow in pos. 2. For a table lamp, chandelier holders (item 3) with threaded union flanges are best suited: between them you can clamp a steel faceplate with a lampshade frame or a clamp for mounting on a hinge. Drawings of the E27 chandelier electric cartridge of various modifications are given in pos. 4.

It is necessary to make a table lamp in such a way as to ensure its electrical safety. This is especially true for lamps with hinges and console. Achieving the safety of a table lamp is quite simple:

1. The cable must be taken round with double insulation.
2. The conductors of the cable are flexible, made of many wires. The cross section lived from 0.35 sq. mm.
3. Places of cable routing through conductive or damp structural parts must be protected by sufficiently strong flexible dielectric bushings, cuffs or elbows.
4. The cable inside the lamp structure must not be taut.

A diagram of the mechanical part of the support with a load of a homemade rack table lamp is shown in Fig.:

The cable is tied in a knot from the inside before entering (highlighted in color) or pulled through the holes of the dielectric fixing washer so that, by pulling it from the outside, the cable cannot be torn inside. Decorative trim made of polymer clay (plastic, cold porcelain) on a dummy from a cut plastic bottle is the best option at home, but, of course, only one of many. If you want, for example, to carve the decorative shell of the rack out of wood - please, if only the mechanic would sit down properly. However, polymer clay as a material for the stand of a table lamp allows you to realize the most original ideas for its decor and fully meets the safety requirements: dried polymer clay is a mechanically durable non-wet incombustible dielectric.

Original supports

It is not necessary to fence in a rather complex and requiring turning work support of a rack table lamp if its lampshade is light, for example. made of threads (see below) or thin hard plastic, and it is not supposed to place a dimmer and other electronics in the support. In this case, a fairly stable lamp support is obtained from a "pot-bellied" glass bottle with a wide bottom, pos. 1 in fig. A narrow bottle can be made heavier by throwing stones (item 2), steel balls, etc. into it. The lamp shade holder is fixed on the neck with a standard screw plug or a piece of solid EPS foam, ground in along the neck thread.

The hole for the cable in the bottle is drilled with a tubular thin-walled diamond drill. But glass is not at all like a tile, so you need to drill it in this way:

• The bottle is placed on its side and secured securely.
• Around the future hole, a plasticine side is sculpted with a height of 2-3 cm.
• Water is poured into the resulting hole.
• Drill under a layer of water at not less than 2500 rpm with the most gentle and smooth feed.

How to make a table lamp from a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey, see the video below:

Video: do-it-yourself table lamp from a bottle

Such a lamp will organically fit into, steampunk and other technogenic utilitarian. Just don't make the mistake of trying to make her lampshade out of a flower pot or any other utensil. Technogenic-utilitarian styles are not a senseless heap of rubbish, their concepts are clearly thought out. Interior elements for them should be related to industrial, not agricultural or food production. A lampshade, for example, is needed from a tin reflector from an old industrial pendant lamp on a pantograph, a car headlight, a small spotlight, etc.

In fig. on the right is shown a very original version of the support of a "real large" table lamp made of ... rope! It is done in this way:

1. The rope is taken from a natural organic layer 6 + 1, i.e. 1 strand along the axis and 6 around the circumference;
2. A piece of rope is stretched by hands and loosened, turning simultaneously in different directions against the direction of the twisting of the strands;
3. The axial strand is carefully pulled out and a thin-walled copper tube with a fishing line threaded into it is inserted in its place to tighten the cable;
4. The rope with a tube inside is pulled together, turning with your hands in the direction of the twisting of the strands;
5. The ends of the rope are firmly fixed to the tube by winding with a cord;
6. Tighten the cable into the tube;
7. The workpiece is bent and knitted. You need to bend a little, carefully so that the tube does not break;
8. The rope is tightened again, picking up the puckered strands, and impregnated with acrylic varnish.

Note: the tube must be taken for air conditioning systems, made of oxygen-free copper. The red copper gas or electrical tube in the assembly is likely to break.

Hinge features

The mechanical part of a table lamp on an articulated arm is more complicated. The lamp shown on the left in the figure does not meet the requirements of electrical and fire safety: the cable is clamped in combustible parts and may stretch when manipulating the illuminator. Its hanging down loop can be hooked with a hand or a sharp object in semi-darkness.

The cable to the bulb holder in a table lamp on a hinged bracket should be routed along dielectric fireproof elbows either between the sidewalls of its links, or, if the hinge link is one-piece, along its top, center and right in Fig. In this case, the cable must be secured to the hinge link. If the hinge links are tubular, the cable is routed inside them. In any case, Ω-shaped cable loops with a diameter of 60 mm or more, but not less than 12 cable diameters, are made over the kinks of the hinge links. At the transition of the cable from the bracket to the illuminator, the Ω-loop is made from 90 mm, but not less than 20 cable diameters.

The balance of a table lamp on a hinge varies widely and it is rather difficult to ensure its stability with a load. Because of this, manufacturers sometimes invent such systems that it is easier to shine with a flashlight than to adjust the light from such a miracle, see Fig. left. For this reason, hinged table lamps are often fitted with screw clamps.

As a screw clamp for attaching a homemade table lamp to a table top, a small carpentry clamp is excellent, see fig. on right. Better than a lamp clip from a furniture store: cheaper, more reliable. The grip of the clamp is wider and the lamp can be attached to any worktop thickness imaginable or unthinkable. It is necessary to ask the carpentry, tk. sponges of locksmith clamps without a soft coating.

The clamp is turned into a lamp holder using a socket made of a steel tube with an inside diameter of 10 mm and a length of 120-150 mm. In the tube approx. for half the length, make a longitudinal cut with a width of the thickness of the clamp holder. The socket is fastened to the clamp with through bolts. A steel pin with an eyelet, which is a fixed link of the lower hinge of the lamp bracket, is inserted into the socket tightly, but not tightly. Hooks for hanging chandeliers with an end bent into a ring are well suited here; the thread does not prevent them from turning smoothly in the socket.

When adjusting the clamp to the lamp holder, you need to remember that its holder is made of highly carburized steel; so it is necessary that the jaws of the clamp do not succumb under the back pressure of the parts being compressed. High carbon steel is very hard and quite brittle, so you need to drill it with a carbide drill at 800-900 rpm with a not strong smooth feed. Pounding with hard objects and trying to bend the clamp clip is not allowed!

Illuminator

This desk lamp assembly needs to give the right light to the work area and is often a major decorative element. First of all, it should be noted here that compact, lightweight and economical LED illuminators (see fig.) Shine well only in 3D models. In reality, their light is still far from satisfying the health requirements for local work lighting.

Reflectors

Hinged table lamps are made reflective, the lampshade is too bulky and heavy for them. The reflector must be parabolic, it gives a fairly concentrated and even light. You can make a single conical reflector yourself, but the light from it is uneven, tiresome to the eyes, and a lot of it is “scattered” to the sides in vain. Reflectors of good articulated table lamps are made with a reflective surface of the 4th order of curvature (for example, in the “Hobby”, which has not lost its popularity for more than 20 years), but it is unrealistic to build one yourself.

The way out, if a suitable reflector is not found, is to use a krypton incandescent lamp with an internal reflector, it is also of the 4th order of curvature from conscientious manufacturers. In this case, the manufacture of the illuminator is reduced to installing a shell of any shape around the lamp from any sufficiently strong and lightweight material that protects the lamp from accidental blows.

The reflector of a table lamp illuminator on a hinged arm must necessarily have an opening or openings at the top for the heated air to escape. Housekeeping fluorescent lamps and LEDs seem to heat up poorly, but from being in a heated air cushion their resource sharply decreases, and they are not cheap.

Shade

Illuminators for rack desk lamps are made in the form of a light bulb underneath. Its purpose is not only to be a fertile field for decoration, but also a partially translucent reflector that provides the required illumination of the working area of ​​a given magnitude. The table lamp shade can be made by rigid frameless and soft on the frame. The frame of the lampshade is most often made of wire in the form of a truncated straight cone, on the left in the figure, with simple (in the center) and complex (right) curvilinear generators.

The simplest way to cover a straight tapered lamp shade is with tape strips. It is laborious, but good in that the outer surface is smoothly curved, without fractures. The seams on the rims of the lampshade are masked with ruffles (pos. 1 in the next figure), braid, fringe, etc.

It makes no sense to cut the fabric in the form of a sweep of a truncated cone for trimming a conical lampshade, because as a result of tightening the material, the lampshade will turn out to be not conical, but faceted, pyramidal. It will be easier to sew a lampshade cover from wedges, the patterns of which are built step by step completely without using geometry:

• A sheet of thin cardboard or thick rigid paper is applied to the frame section;
• Cardboard / paper is wound to the frame with an elastic band or tape;
• The contour of the pattern is encircled from the inside, this will give an under-coverage of the fabric necessary for tight fitting of the lampshade with it;
• The fabric is taken in satin, twill or staple weave;
• Cut so that the threads of the base of the fabric are oriented along the longitudinal axis of the pattern.

The finished lampshade is often decorated with rosettes, bows, etc. For such a case, there is an interesting design technique: the main fabric is taken thin, well translucent colorful, and the rosettes are sewn in pale pastel colors or very light, pos. 2. In the light, the lamp stands modestly in the interior, but if you turn it on in the dark, everything is colored.

How to fit a lampshade

On the frame of the lampshade with complex curved ribs (with a "waist"), the sewn cover can be simply thrown over and pulled off with ribbons (pos. 3), thread, elastic band. But according to the rules, covering the lampshade with fabric is done like this:

And in a different way?

There are other ways to make a table lamp shade that allow you to embody a variety of original design ideas in the material. For example, a dummy mandrel (item 1 in the figure) is glued from ordinary writing paper and impregnated with acrylic varnish twice. After the varnish has dried, lanolin is rubbed into the block several times until it stops absorbing. A blank covered with lanolin is wrapped with a thread stretched through PVA glue, as in the manufacture of Christmas tree decorations with your own hands. The device for pulling the thread through the PVA is shown in Fig. right below. The finished hard cover of the lampshade is fixed with drops of glue on the frame, which in this case can only consist of a lower rim, fastening ties and a faceplate for a chandelier cartridge.

The same dummy is used to make a rigid seamless lampshade made of thin synthetic fabric. Cut out like a sweep of a truncated cone (with an allowance), a block is wrapped with a cut. The fabric is fixed at the edges with paper clips and impregnated with acrylic varnish with a wide strip in the middle. When the varnish is dry, the staples are removed and the edges are soaked on the outside. The paper is ripped out of the dried lampshade. The cuffs are trimmed inside, thick fishing line is put into the bends and fixed with drops of glue.

The frame with curved ribs can be braided horizontally with strips of fabric (pos. 3) or narrow ribbon, newspaper tubes, straws, etc. In terms of lighting, ordinary propylene twine is excellent, but its aesthetics ... not very much ... Finally, a soft textile cover for the lampshade can be sewn with a simple straight sleeve along the diameter of the lower rim, and pinned on top, pos. 4.

Quite original

The following 3 lampshade options for a table lamp are outwardly extravagant, but provide very good lighting performance. Which, by the way, cannot be said about many homemade textile lampshades. For example, we buy (it is a sin to steal, as Captain Barbosa from Pirates of the Caribbean would say) a milk plastic shade for a street lamp. Not too expensive, perfect light transmittance with light diffusion, and won't beat. And at the bottom there is a wide opening through which enough light will come out for local working lighting. We decorate the outer surface of the plafond with decoupage on a transparent basis or paint by hand. What happens in the end - see fig. But this, of course, is an option for an amateur, resistant to psychedelic influences.

Plywood or board-glued lampshade (see next figure), due to internal reflections, has good light transmission and greatly softens the light. You can even put an LED bulb with a frosted bulb in a table lamp with it. Hoop - hoops for embroidery of different diameters. In the same way, you can make a table lamp, integrated with a lampshade (on the right in the figure). It will take up a lot of space on the table, but it looks original, “environmentally friendly”, and the light is very soft, not tiring.

A table lamp integrated with a lampshade can also be made from the same wonderful material -; in a thin layer, it is translucent. The jellyfish lamp (see fig. On the right) is made from it. The manufacturing procedure is as follows:

Green lamp

Review old photos with Lenin, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, Theodore or Franklin Delano, Mahatma Gandhi. Or, if you like, with Hitler, Mussolini, General Tojiyo, Chiang Kai-shek. And take a look at their table lamps. Really, they look like the one on the left in the rice? Which in the USSR was not sold to the "broad strata of the population"? And which gave rise to the popular expression "green lamp"?

Luxury green table lamps antique and modern

"Green lamps" are still produced and sold well. True, judging by the prices (on the right in the figure), they did not become more affordable for ordinary citizens. The secret of the "green lamp" is in the lampshade made of green glass painted in mass, covered from the inside with a translucent (more precisely, 3/4 transparent) layer. The shape of the lampshade corresponds to a well-defined mathematical law. Within wide, approx. 3 diameters of the lampshade, the working area of ​​the DN of the "green lamp" is practically cosecant-square, and then its illumination very smoothly turns into a greenish twilight. I slightly raised my gaze from the papers - my eyes and mind are resting.

Do you want to transform your interior, 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 the children and create your masterpiece together. Dekorin has selected for you the most beautiful lamps and lamp shades that can be made from paper and other handy tools.

1. Paper lamp: how to make 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!

Chinese lanterns: DIY paper lamp

Thanks to such a simple and at the same time interesting decor item, like Chinese lanterns, you can add a little brightness, lively colors and a sense of celebration to the interior.

Materials that you will need for this:

• Colored or white paper;
• A socket 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 are making a lamp out of 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 according to 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 even and beautiful.

Now create a paper shade around the holder for a lamp. At the junction, the sheet can be glued with ordinary PVA glue or connected in any other way. Please note that without gluing the edges, it will be easier for you to change the light bulb in this fixture.

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

You can find more ideas on how to make a table lamp or pendant lamp out of paper in our article.

2. How to make a lamp out 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 for creativity. Each of us at least once in our life noted the beautiful shape of a branch or driftwood. Dekorin proposes to reflect their beauty in interior design as an original and functional lighting fixture.

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 driftwood is already dry, 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.

DIY 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 consider the option of making a floor lamp.

First of all, you need to make a solid 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 a reliable and stylish cement base and lamp leg will remain. Also read how you can make a simple cement mortar.

At the next stage, it is necessary to attach a cord with a cartridge and a light bulb to the snag with the help of improvised means. Our floor lamp is ready!

Ceiling and even wall lamps from a branch will also look very beautiful in the interior. You can decorate them with both ordinary light bulbs and 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 shade leaves much to be desired? Don't worry, everything is fixable! Dekorin will tell you how to make a DIY lamp shade. Just look at the photo: what original and even intricate lamp shades for lamps you can make yourself!

Also read:DIY glass and plastic bottle vases

How to make a lampshade for a lamp with your own hands from threads

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

So, what you need: a balloon (you need to take into account the size and shape of the inflated balloon, because the shape of the lampshade will depend on this), thick cotton threads (better 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 balloon to the desired size and tie it securely.

Step 2. Using a cotton pad, lubricate the ball with any cream, so that later the threads will be easier to detach from the base.

Step 3. Thread the needle and pierce the bottle of glue through and through. Wrap the threads around the ball as you see fit, however, do not pull them too tight.

Step 4. When all the threads are wound, pass a little glue over the places where it is not enough. The lampshade is now almost ready and should be removed and allowed to dry overnight.

Step 5. In the morning, take the dried lampshade and start pressing the ball with a cotton swab to help it separate from the threads. Carefully and most importantly, slowly blow off 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 socket can go into the lampshade.

Finally, insert the bulb holder and carefully attach the bulb holder between the threads. The lampshade is completely ready, now it only remains to hang it in the room that you have chosen and enjoy the results of creativity.

How to make a lamp with your own hands: 15+ ideas and photos updated: March 27, 2017 by the author: Oksana Krutsenko

There are no lamps in electrical stores - manufacturers go to all sorts of tricks so that each buyer finds exactly what suits him both in design and in his pocket. But a sconce, made with your own hands, still remains the most original functional decoration of the house.

Electricity and creativity

Electrical appliances require during the production, installation and operation of compliance with all the rules that are prescribed by law, safety standards and the laws of physics. Therefore, if there is no special knowledge and skills in working with electrical appliances, then it is best for creativity to use the base from the old sconce, at least its electrical filling. It is possible to assemble a wall lamp, as they say, from scratch only to someone who understands the materials and tools for collecting such equipment, knows the physics section called "electricity", knows how to assemble electrical circuits that meet the requirements for household lighting devices. If all knowledge about this sphere of life is reduced to a successfully forgotten course in physics of the school curriculum, then you should not risk it. It is better to use that wall lamp that has been asking for the trash for several years. Different types of creativity and craftsmanship allow you to create a sconce with your own hands. Photos of similar works are presented on this page. Therefore, the question of how to make a sconce with your own hands does not require a complicated answer, you just need to turn on your imagination.

The plafond for the sconce is the essence of the lamp

Wall sconces perform an interesting functional task - lighting a small area of ​​the room. They are located on the wall, and most often the light from the sconce falls down, slightly scattering along the sides. That is why wall lamps are popular for creating coziness in the bedroom, in the kitchen above the table at which the whole family gathers, near a seating area with an armchair or sofa. Such a local lighting device can have any design in any style - from eco-style to high-tech. Only the interior of the room decides what the sconce will be. Therefore, a variety of materials can be used for man-made wall lighting. The only condition is that they must be resistant to a sufficiently high temperature of the light bulb in operation. Although thanks to modern LED lighting devices, this question disappears in itself - the LED bulb heats up to 64 degrees during operation in the lower part, where the necessary lamp elements are located. The flask itself heats up to approximately 33-34 degrees, i.e. you can safely hold it in your hands. That is why LED lamps allow you to use almost any material for the shade. Having thought of making a sconce with your own hands, you can refer to the materials in available sources or printed publications to choose the appropriate option for your creativity.

Thread and weaving - a suitable basis for creativity

Different types of weaving from threads: macrame, tatting, knitting, crocheting, on a fork - are actively used by needlewomen to decorate the interior of their home. To create a lace sconce with your own hands for a craftswoman is not a problem, you just need to find a suitable scheme or develop it yourself. When preparing for work, you should first think over the basis of the plafond. Will the lace be stretched or will it hang down, what is the shape of the shade and how to put the lace on it: observing the pattern, or it will be abstract, or undemanding to a clear correspondence of each rapport. Lace will look very elegant on a classic-shaped round plafond. And for a non-trivial solution of a sconce lamp with your own hands, lace may be appropriate. For example, for high-tech style, you can use lurex or metallized threads. But even those who do not know how to knit will make a lace bra with their own hands using ready-made lace. Measure the area of ​​\ u200b \ u200bthe frame for the plafond and buy the required amount of the material you like with a margin for any shortcomings or unforeseen circumstances in the work - and an interesting, unusual lamp will decorate the room. In general, beautiful lamps are always made from threads. Even the chaos created from textiles can be presented in an unusual way, for example, by winding threads on a balloon, having previously coated them with PVA glue. When the threads are dry, the ball must be carefully blown away by piercing it with a needle. The resulting spider web is used as a shade for a lamp.

Wood and light

Wooden objects look very original in any interior. Natural wood is beautiful - with its own pattern, shades and color transitions. Using the natural curves of the branches, you can get interesting objects and their details. How to make a sconce out of wood with your own hands? Several options can be used. For example, you can take special blanks that are sold in stores for creativity. They are assembled or glued together, forming a shade for the lamp. You can try to make an unusual sconce from the most ordinary twigs collected during a walk in the park. Rinse small, 1.5-2.5 centimeters long twigs, clean them from dirt, dry them. Then inflate an ordinary balloon and stick branches on it in a chaotic manner, using glue that does not destroy the rubber of the balloon, for example, construction PVA. When the twigs grip well, the ball needs to be pierced with a needle, it will deflate and lag behind the resulting ball of twigs. The plafond, if necessary, is covered with furniture varnish. The only thing is that you will need to prepare the base on which the ceiling of the resulting diameter is attached. You can also make a lamp on the wall with your own hands from unusual wooden parts. For example, taking apart wooden clothespins for parts. They are collected together so that they form a circle, gluing to the base and to each other. Each half of the clothespin has an interesting shape with grooves that are just perfect for a jute cord or decorative braid, chain, or any other material that is most appropriate for a particular interior solution. You can also use colored pencils - creating a chaotic lamp-ball or gluing them into a slender circle or semicircle to form a shade.

Do-it-yourself sconces from dishes?

Craftsmen can think of everything to create something interesting. For example, they use disposable plastic dishes - waste penny material - to create interior items, including sconces, with their own hands. Plastic spoons, cutting off the cuttings from them, are collected in the shape of a flower, gluing them together in circles and in rows. Disposable forks, also without cuttings, are assembled, like a constructor, with the help of teeth in a sphere for the shade. The plates are bent, getting two semicircles, and also fastened together. This is an interesting DIY sconce solution, which is actively used in decorative arts.

And you can not throw it away!

Fancy wall lights are made from tin cans. Banks themselves already represent a rigid form, which will easily fit a shade. You just need to decorate it. You can do it like this - draw a drawing on the bank like a spot painting and use a nail and a hammer to punch holes according to the pattern. So that the jar does not wrinkle when they work with a hammer on it, you need to put a wooden chock inside it. The drawing should be built neatly, and the distance between the holes should be the same. When the drawing is done, the jar needs to be painted.

An unusual do-it-yourself sconce is obtained from ordinary plastic bottles. They come in different colors, can be easily cut with scissors and melted with a candle. Figures (flowers, butterflies, ribbons) are cut out of plastic, melted, shaping them, and then using glue they are attached to a base from the same bottle or to an old glass shade. By the way, a glass shade that has lost its appearance can be decorated in any way and give it a second life.

DIY "delicious" sconces

You can come up with a lot of interesting things using natural materials. For example, pumpkin. Yes, you can create magic yourself, without a fairy wand, if you only want to do something with your own hands. And the pumpkin just asks for the desktop. There are pumpkin varieties that you can only eat, and there are those that are not very suitable for a tasty dish, but the hard shell serves as a unique creative material, for example, to create a lamp-sconce with your own hands. The pumpkin is prepared for processing, and then pictures or a mandala drawing are cut out of it, whatever you want. Such a plafond for a wall lamp will not only decorate your home for Halloween, but will give you a smile on any other day.

As easy as pie

The simplest sconce lamp can be made from an ordinary box, for example, from juice or milk. It is good when from the inside such a package is covered with a layer of metallized foil, which is the best fit for creating a lamp. From such a box, an original sconce will turn out if you cut out the walls in it and tighten them, say, with parchment paper or lace fabric, or make plot pictures on the walls of the box. Such a lamp is suitable for a child's room, because a baby can come up with a picture, and parents will help to cut it out. Joint creativity will make the room more comfortable and the family more friendly.

If there is a desire to do needlework, decorating your world, then there will always be materials for creativity, and interesting solutions. You just need to want to create beauty with your own hands. Good luck!

Self-made sconces from scrap materials will decorate any interior. This does not require special skills and large financial investments. You should purchase a lamp holder in advance at a hardware store, and already come up with a lampshade for it. There is only one requirement for materials: they must withstand high temperatures if the luminaire is used with incandescent lamps.

From paper

Openwork

To make a sconce, a base for a floor lamp is cut out of paper, and with the help of a clerical knife, neat holes are made, imitating lace. This option allows you to diffuse light from the source.

From the cylinders

Shades can be easily glued from a variety of colored paper strips.

From paper tapes

Origami

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Option 3

Herbarium

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Paper shade decoration

A Chinese paper shade in the shape of a ball can be easily turned into an original piece of furniture using a simple applique made of flowers, sequins or feathers.

Made of cardboard

Cardboard is used like paper, but for a solid form, it has a wider range of applications. Cardboard is used without consequences with incandescent lamps.

Round shade

Thick cardboard is used for its texture on the cut. Such products are usually not dyed. Sconces made of corrugated cardboard, which are made in the shape of a ball, look spectacular. It will take a lot of material, but manufacturing will not take much time.

It is necessary with the help of a compass to draw circles on cardboard, cut them out with a clerical knife to get an even cut and glue them together in the desired shape.

Square lamp

Materials:

• corrugated cardboard;
• PVA glue;
• stationery knife;
• scissors;
• cartridge;
• pencil and ruler (triangle).

Manufacturing:

1. A large square with an edge of 20 centimeters or more is drawn on a sheet of cardboard using a ruler.
2. Then, with a step of 1 centimeter, so many smaller squares are inscribed inward until there is no free space in the center. As a result, the largest square will have an edge of 20 centimeters, the next one 18, 16, and so on.

   

3. With the help of a clerical knife, the cardboard is cut into blanks, several square frames are obtained.

   

4. There are 4 such blanks that must be made so that the largest square always has the same rib length. Those details that will be inside can be reduced by a different number of centimeters.
5. After everything is ready, each side plane of the future lamp must be decorated. The outer square will always be the same, and inside the frame, they will be placed at will. Glue them together using PVA.

   

   

   

   

6. For the base, thin strips are cut out of cardboard, equal in length to the edge of the square. They are folded in 4-5 pieces and glued together. A hole is made in one place to stretch the cartridge.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

7. When everything is ready, the side edges of the lamp are glued together and the bulb is screwed into the socket.

   

   

   

From newspaper tubes

To create a sconce, cut the newspaper into identical strips, twist into tubes and, putting them in the desired shape, glue them together. The finished product is put on top of a cartridge with an energy-saving light bulb.

Made of wood

The tree offers a wide variety of ideas. Smooth blocks are folded like a tower when playing mahjong, they create a frame from them and stretch paper (Japanese style), connect together in a chaotic manner, like a nest.

Lamp-dog

Materials:

• Wooden bars 30 by 25 millimeters in cross section;
• Metal planter for flowers;
• Light bulb wire;
• The cartridge is the size of the pots;
• Black paint;
• 6 bolts;
• drill.

Manufacturing:

From threads

The original thread lamps are designed for use in dry rooms, so they are not suitable for the bathroom, but they look good in the kitchen and living room. They are made with the help of balloons, which are wrapped with threads greased with glue. When the structure is dry, the ball is burst, and the rest of the rubber is removed. It turns out a fairly dense braided frame.

Threads allow you to experiment with the shape, size and color of the finished product. Such a lamp is decorated with beads and beads, artificial flowers or decorative butterflies cling to it. Initially, you should leave holes at the bottom and top for the cartridge and the possibility of replacing bulbs. In this case, it is better to use energy-saving lamps that do not heat up.

From the pipes

Loft sconces are best made from metal pipes and fittings.

Materials:

• Fittings - the amount varies from specific composition;
• Wire and lamp holder;
• Drill;
• Adhesive for metal.

Manufacturing:

1. Connect the fittings together in a single composition. Lamps in the form of people or dogs look the most interesting. Some parts are connected to each other using a ready-made thread, others will require glue.
2. A small hole is made in one of the "legs" of the object through which the cord will stretch.

   

   

3. When all the parts are connected to each other, an electric cable is run in the hollow tubes. It is pulled out from the side where the lamp will have a lamp.

   

   

   

4. The wire is connected to the socket into which the lamp is inserted. Due to the flat and heavy parts, such a lamp does not require an additional stand and can be used just like that.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Wire

Often a frame is made from it, which is then covered with another material. If the material is taken too dense, then individual parts will have to be welded or soldered. It is enough to wind the thin wire in an inconspicuous place.

Wire helps to create unimaginable products, imitate other materials, and make antique sconces.

Ball with butterflies

Materials:

• The wire is thick and thin;
• Nippers;
• Lamp holder;
• Braid form (ball, vase, bottle).

Manufacturing:

From bottles

From a dark bottle with a narrow neck, you can make a fairy lamp in a couple of minutes. To do this, an LED garland with small bulbs is immersed in it and connected to the network.

You can cut the bottom off the bottle, and then insert a suitable shade inside.

It will be effective if you connect several of these bottles by twisting the wires together.

To detach the bottom of a glass bottle, you will need: a woolen thread, a lighter and a flammable liquid (alcohol, ignition fluid).

1. Close the drain in the sink and fill it with water. It is important that there are no flammable objects nearby during the process.
2. Remove the labels from the bottle, wash it thoroughly.
3. Where the cut should pass, wind a thread soaked in a flammable liquid several times.
4. Set fire to the thread.
5. Hold the burning bottle over the sink and slowly rotate it along the axis so that the fire touches the entire surface of the future cut.
6. After 2 minutes, sharply immerse the bottle with its bottom in water, after which the bottom will come off and remain in the sink.

From the branches

It is difficult to make a plafond for a sconce with your own hands made of wood if you have no experience with this material. A simple way is to use small branches by gluing them together in any shape you like. It is convenient to connect natural wood with a glue gun.

Small lamps may not require a special frame, and floor sconces require a ready-made base from an old lamp or a large amount of wire. Such sconces look beautiful in the interior, where elements from natural materials are already present.

From plaster

Gypsum cannot be attributed to improvised materials, but beautiful laconic works are obtained from it. To make a lamp, you will need a form into which the plaster mixture will be poured, so you will have to think about it in advance. You will also need tools that will have to make holes for the cartridge and wire.

Creative stores have foundations for lamps in the form of different shapes. They are usually made of disposable plastic and are easy to handle. To make several of the same lamps, you will have to find a silicone mold.

Materials:

• large glass flask;
• medical bandages;
• gypsum;
• water;
• lamp holder.

Manufacturing:

In order for the lamp to transmit light, the mixture is made strong enough, but the bandages are wound in a maximum of 3 layers, leaving holes. The finished lamp, if desired, can be painted with spray paint.

Plywood

Plywood is easier to handle than solid wood, but it also requires basic carpentry skills, since to make a sconce, you will first have to create a drawing and accurately cut every detail.

Plywood luminaires can be of different shapes. For the manufacture of flat wall lamps, 2 identical figures are cut out, which are fixed at a short distance from each other. A cartridge with a light bulb is inserted inside. When the light in the room is turned off, and only the night light is on, a person sees only the outlines of a plywood figure.

Flat light

Materials:

• plywood;
• 3 brackets;
• jigsaw;
• dye;
• cartridge;
• self-tapping screws;
• glue gun.

Manufacturing:

Pendant lamp

Materials:

• 1 sheet of thin plywood 1 square meter;
• Wood glue;
• Grinder;
• Electric circular saw for small jobs;
• Lamp holder;
• Pencil;
• Compass.

Manufacturing:

1. On a sheet of plywood, 2 figures are marked with a compass. The first has a diameter of 10 centimeters, while another circle with a diameter of 4 centimeters is inscribed inside. The inner circle should correspond to the size of the future lamp holder, so there may be more.
2. The second circle is drawn with a diameter of 14 centimeters from the outside and another one with a diameter of 8 is inscribed there.

   

3. 2 rings are cut from the blanks, which are the top and bottom of the lamp frame.
4. On the remaining plywood sheet, side wedges are drawn in the amount of 20 pieces, in the same place they make recesses 1 centimeter deep and 4 millimeters wide.

   

   

5. All parts are carefully sanded so that the cut parts become smooth.

   

6. Side blanks are connected to rings.

   

7. A cartridge is inserted into the upper ring. The lamp is ready for use.

   

   

Lamp in the shape of a letter

Lace

Usually this material is used for classic floor lamps. Balls, thick paper or wire are taken as a basis. Lace on the base is fixed with threads or glue. Some specifically soak the material in starch so that it holds its shape well.

Materials:

• cut of lace;
• starch, PVA glue, gelatin (optional);
• balloon;
• cling film;
• bulb holder;
• sharp scissors.

Manufacturing:

1. Cut out circles of the same shape from lace, for this it is convenient to use a large plate.

   

   

2. Lower the workpieces into a container with diluted starch to make the material stiffer.

   

   

3. The balloon will become the basis. To make it easily fall behind the lace, the ball should be covered with cling film.

   

4. Glue the entire ball with lace, trying to carefully smooth out the folds. The layers must be on top of each other. If the lace is thin, then after the first layer the structure should be left for an hour, and then the second layer should be applied.

   

   

5. After 2 days, pierce the ball and remove.

   

6. Make a hole in the resulting sphere to insert the cartridge and fix the suspended structure.

   

   From yarn

   If you have the knitting skill, neat crochet and knitting floor lamps look beautiful.

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   • wooden plank;
   • electric cord;
   • lamp holder;
   • gelatin;
   • yarn.

   Manufacturing:

   1. Using a hook or knitting needles, they knit a blank for a shade, which should resemble a dome in shape.

      

      

   2. 2 packs of gelatin are diluted in a glass of water, the future shade is placed on a vase or other suitable surface and smeared with dissolved gelatin. Leave for a day.

      

   3. A blank is made of wood in the form of a circle, it will be attached to the wall. A hole for the cable and a small groove are made in it so that it does not interfere with the lamp from fitting snugly to the surface.

      

      

   4. A cable is inserted into the hole, then a dried knitted shade. The cable is connected to the socket, the structure can be hung on the wall. If desired, you can find a metal nozzle on the plafond so that it better keeps its shape at the base. In the same way, a lining is made to match the lampshade in the form of a wooden plate on the wall.

      

      

      

      

      

      

   In addition to knitting, yarn is also used for wrapping the warp. You can focus on one color or take several, forming stripes. With enough skill, yarn can be used to make designs, logos and words.

   

   It is best to take acrylic yarn for lamps and do not use incandescent lamps.

   From cutlery

   Unusual compositions are created from metal cutlery. To make a sconce out of them, you will first have to make a strong base of dense wire. Then drill a hole in each handle and then secure all fixtures to the frame. A similar product looks good if different cutlery of the same size is used.

   

   In a room where there are many metal parts in the interior, multilevel lamps are made from spoons that resemble flowers. To do this, 7-8 spoons are fixed around the cartridge with the help of a wire, forming petals. Use teaspoons or coffee spoons with small cartridges. Such flowers are beautifully collected in one chandelier.

   

   Made of plastic

   The basis for the sconce can be plastic bottles. The same type of parts are cut out of them, which are then connected to each other. To make the product look neat, the sections are processed with a lighter. Often a ball-shaped lamp is made in this way. You can connect the fragments together with a glue gun, but you can only use an energy-saving lamp with such a floor lamp.

   

   

   From spoons

   Another option for a plastic lamp involves the use of disposable plastic spoons. The result is a bump-like lampshade that can be spray-painted if desired. A plastic bottle is taken as a basis, for 3 or 5 liters. Cut out the bottom of it. And then spoons are glued along the rows, from which the handle was previously removed. A convenient way is a glue gun. Manufacturing starts at the bottom and imitates scales.

   

   From the plates

   Materials:

   • 50 flat plates with a diameter of 18 centimeters;
   • a ready-made drum-shaped lampshade with a diameter of 15 centimeters and a height of 13 (if it is made of paper, the excess can be cut off);
   • glue gun;
   • base for the lamp;
   • ruler, scissors, pencil and stationery knife.

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   From clothespins

   Materials and tools:

   

   • cartridge and light bulb;
   • construction metal mesh;
   • clothespins for linen;
   • spray paint of the desired color;
   • scissors for metal;
   • metal paper clips.

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Everyone wants to decorate their home with decorative items. This brings something alive and completely non-standard to the interior of the house. Such a transformation also affects lighting, lighting fixtures made by yourself - this is an excellent option to transform everyday life. This article will tell you how to make a lamp with your own hands.

There are countless ideas, this applies to both the design itself and its type. It can be a floor lamp or a chandelier shade, or even a table lamp.

Materials (edit)

It is worth paying attention to safety precautions and using non-flammable materials. Avoid using paper, plastic or similar materials that have a fairly low ignition temperature.

As for the lamps themselves, it is worth using LED lamps, since they have many advantages, such as a long service life, do not undergo overheating. Also has several shades and, of course, saves energy.

Lighting Ideas

Since relatively recently, the creation of interesting lighting devices from completely useless materials has become fashionable, a striking example of this is lamps from empty glass bottles.

There are countless ideas, however, if you have a desire to do something like this, but the idea is not ripe, then you can spy on the network photos of lamps made by yourself.

The easiest and most effective way to create original lighting is to create a lamp from a regular glass jar with a screw top.

Place the jar in hot water and dilute the detergent to remove labels and dirt. The next step is to drill a hole for the base. Now you need to insert the plinth into the cover and fix it.

The main thing is not to forget to solder the wire with a 220V plug, otherwise you will not have a power source. Finally screw in the bulb and screw on the lid of the jar. Done, now you have a very simple lighting fixture that stands out from the general concept of classic everyday life.

By the way, the jar can be decorated with painted engravings or a knitted pattern of threads. This is a very original and beautiful solution, for example, you can make a lamp with a knitted pattern in the shape of a flower.

Lamps made of wood

This kind of lighting fixture is completely different from simple designs. After all, a lamp made of wooden driftwood will look truly extraordinary. However, the work requires more time and accuracy in handling tools and materials.

But with all this, such work is quite within the power of almost anyone. And wood can be found in forest plantations. The technology is quite simple, it is necessary to clean the wood and sand it with sandpaper.

Now, in the necessary places, drill holes for the wiring, but this must be done where the wood blank will be installed closest to the ceiling. To heighten the effect, you can make small grooves in the tree where the wiring will be installed.

After laying the wiring, part of the wood with the wire can be putty, and after the putty has completely dried, polish these places and open the whole snag with colorless varnish.

It remains only to install this lamp. Of course, after the work done, the skill and understanding in this will appear, and now, with a high degree of probability, you will be able to repair the lamp with your own hands.

Lamp from planks

Not everyone is satisfied with a spotlight, but you can assemble structures from scrap materials. When working with wood, in particular with boards, there are often scraps left, and even they can be used. They can be used to make an excellent decorative lamp.

The most interesting thing about this design is that you don't need to use nails. To create such a lighting fixture, you need 17 boards, which will be the same size.

Now, each board needs to be shaped like a wedge and a base where you want to install the cartridge. The next step is to use a drill to make a pair of holes in the base for each plank and, accordingly, in the blanks.

Take the wooden dowels and fasten the structure together. Such a lamp is very simple to manufacture, but it looks very impressive.

If these ideas do not suit you, then on the network you can easily find master classes on making a lamp in video format.

Photo of lamps with your own hands