Lamps and lampshades are an important part of interior design. Some like it puristic with hidden LED lighting, for example, while others like it classic with a magnificent crystal chandelier. More and more often people feel like doing something themselves, developing their imagination and doing something creative in their free time. You can make a lampshade out of almost anything. All you need is little more than a good idea and some free time. Everything else can be found at home. Take a look at our picture gallery and think about what is lying around in your house unused and can be used. Maybe it will soon become a beautiful, creative designer lamp. Some things can even be made for outdoor use, such as hanging lights out of mason jars or you can hang one out of wooden clothespins in the laundry room.
With a little more patience, you can even fold cardboard lamps like origami. Those who are more skilled can cast a lampshade out of plaster using a suitable plastic bottle. In order to hang the designed object, different hanging devices are available commercially (at Ikea or in a hardware store). These are also available in different colors for the cable.
Discover your new designer lamp that you can make yourself. At the bottom, two videos show how you can make an original lampshade using lace doilies or string and an exercise ball.
Mason jars can be perfectly converted into effective lights. You can either use solar lights or get light bulbs and lamp holders from the hardware store. Whether it's a pickle jar, a ball mason jar or colorful preserving jars for drinks - they look particularly decorative as a glass lamp.
This DIY project requires some craftsmanship. Using a marker, transfer the diameter of the lamp holder to the inside of the metal cover. Then it's up to you how you create a hole in the lid. You can either make small holes with a hammer and nail or drill along the line with a 4mm metal drill.
Now the drilled inner piece is removed from the cover. Three to four holes are drilled around the opening. Now insert the light bulb through the resulting opening in the lid and screw it into the socket on the other side of the lid. Then close the preserving jar and the lamp is ready!
You can also use the same method to transform a flea market cylinder into an elegant pendant light. You will need a light bulb socket and a light bulb again. Use a cutter to make a cross slit in the middle of the top of the hat. The cable is pulled through the hole and connected to the base on the other side. Optionally, you can also drill a tin bucket and put it in the hat. This provides additional stability and beautiful light reflections.
Make from wire baskets
Wonderful hanging light - Instead of birds, you can also use butterflies or adhesive ladybugs to decorate
Make a dodecahedron out of plexiglass and gold tape
Have you put away all the music cassettes?
Connect clear music cassettes with plastic ties
A DIY project for a rope pendant light
An artistic model made from plastic bottle bottoms
Make different versions of the lampshade from lace doilies
Sculpture made of wooden cubes
Make your own thematic lampshade out of clothespins for the laundry room
Video instructions for a variant made from lace doilies
More ideas for homemade lampshadesyou can get it here.
