Posts tagged: pendant
How to make a Drinking Straw Pendant Light
By DIY Maven
Seriously...a pendant light made out of drinking straws. Lots of them. And the best part? It looks great! Addicted 2 Decorating tells us that 40 bucks should buy the supplies to make one. What you'll need » READ MORE
Nimbus: A Polystyrene Cloud
By DIY Maven
A few years back, Dominic Wilcox was inspired by a bag of tiny polystyrene balls stashed under his desk. One day, just for fun, he put a lightbulb inside the bag, which ultimately became the impetus for his pendant light 'Nimbus'.
'Wood' Lampshade Inspired by David Trubridge
By lilybeeDavid Trubridge's Coral lampshade has been around for a while. I saw it first in Elle Canada and it's been popping up everywhere (it's in this month's Domino, where they have labeled it incorrectly as being a Arne Jacobson piece). While it barely registered at first I am now completely consumed by it... wake-up-at-four-in-the-morning-thinking-about-it style consumed. The trouble is that I don't have $500 to spend on a lampshade. So I have » READ MORE
Flower Pendant Light
By DecoratorGirlThis pendant light was inspired by DIY Maven's Flowery Fairy Lights. I loved her idea, and I'm absolutely obsessed with lighting, so when I found these egg cartons in the trash at my office (what a lucky find!), I decided to try to incorporate my version of those flowers into a pendant light. This is the result!
Contemporary Drinking Straw Pendant Light
By DecoratorGirlThis Contemporary Pendant Light is sure to be a conversation piece in your home. It's made of 1500 drinking straws, a wire hoop from an old lampshade, metal hardware cloth, and a pendant light wiring kit.
The bright colors would work great in a child's room, a dorm room, or a game room. Want a more mature look? Use solid white straws, or translucent straws, or a combination of the two. There are really an endless number of design » READ MORE
How to turn a plastic jug into a modern pendant lamp.
By DIY Maven
RePlayGround was inspired by a lamp project in the January ‘07 issue of ReadyMade and came up with this eco-friendly alternative. The ReadyMade version uses paperwood whereas this clever option uses a 1-gallon plastic jug of the vinegar or windshield washer fluid variety. Other ingredients you’ll need include:
- 2 pairs of chopsticks (leftover from take-out night)
- fishing line
- 8 #47 O-rings or small black rubberbands
- a hanging lamp, like » READ MORE
Tea Cup Pendant Lights.
By ChrisjobA new Etsy shop, Domestic Construction, features these adorable upside down coffee and tea cup pendant lights. At around $60 for one, they're moderately expensive, but with some thrift store china, some Ikea pendant kits, and a bit of creativity, they're mos def DIYable.
Via and photo from Decor8.
How To Apply Images to Enamel Jewelry.
By ChrisjobIndie Fixx teamed up with artist Andrea Oda for a helpful tutorial on applying custom images to enamel pendants and other jewelry. The instructions are for an electric ceramic pottery kiln, but seems totally accomplishable. (Is that a word?)
1. While the kiln is warming up, stick your enamel pieces on a wire shelf to create oxides on the surface of the copper. You can also take your copper piece and fire it with a torch in order for the oxid » READ MORE
The Bendable Bendant Lamp
By DIY Maven
Check out Mio Culture’s bendy Bendant Lamp. It’s a ‘flat-packed chandelier composed of a series of leaf-like shades surrounding a central fixture.’ Users become co-designers as they can bend the flaps up or down to create an variety of ‘unique light and shadow arrangements.’ The 30" L by 33" W lamp is available in silver, white and chartreuse, and at $165 bucks it’s not terribly expensive.
The Convertible Lampshade
By DIY Maven
Check out LeKlint’s UnderCover Lamp. Available in acrylic and glass varieties, the see-through quality allows for interchangeable inner shades. Additional inner shades are offered for purchase, but I’m thinking clever Curbliers could fashion DIY shades themselves for ultimate custom-ability.
242 bucks for a can of soup?
By DIY Maven
Okay, Ingo Maurer’s canned light doesn’t actually contain soup. What it does contain is all the parts to make a lamp, parts we can probably find at any hardware or big box store. Those items include a reflector, socket, switch and a 60 watt halogen light bulb. The can itself measures 5.3" h x 3.4" d. A quick measurement of my Campbell’s Tomato tells me a regular-sized can measures 3.875" h x 2.5", which might be a bit small for a DIY job, but » READ MORE
DIYable Lace Chandelier
By DIY Maven
Consider Louise Hederstrom’s ‘Grace’ pendant light, available through Scandinavian Design Center ($129). Is just me, or does it look totally DIYable? The white lace pattern is constructed out of plastic. I’m thinking the inner ring of a large wooden embroidery hoop, one of those inexpensive paper lantern lamp kits, some wire.... Whaddaya think for the lace part? Fabric, plastic...paper??
Visit Ms. Hederstrom's website to view additional » READ MORE
Planter + Lamp = Plamp?
By DIY Maven
Check out Margot Barolo’s part lamp part planter pendant lamp. (Say that three times fast.) The Lampel ($277.58) has a clear glass shade with a shallow concaved cavity at its top that you can actually use as a planter or vessel to hold decorative items.
DIY Soda Bottle Chandelier
By DIY Maven
Ingo Mauer’s Campari Light, constructed out of a 75 watt par lamp and about ten Campari soda bottles, is absolutely DIYable. The original will cost you $375, but a few bottles of your choosing, a flood lamp, socket, wire, cord, plug, plus a few other things I may have forgotten, and you’ve got yourself a very contemporary light fixture with a sense of humor.
You want cream with that styrene cup lamp?
By DIY Maven
Places and Spaces is featuring a pendant lamp constructed out of styrene cups that have been shaped via heat. Stuck together, the totally synthetic cups take on an oddly organic shape. Although I hope recycled cups were used in its construction, something tells me they weren’t. Available in 40cm and 70cm diameters, you’ll have to contact the website for the price.
