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How to Turn a Gourd into a Lamp

Besides being easy to grow, gourds have lovely, sexy shapes just aching to be turned into lamps.     

Martha tells us that doing so is a snap with standard lamp kits. Besides that, here's what we'll need to make one:

• a gourd with a flat bottom
• a keyhole saw
• gravel or sand
• glue gun and hot glue
• a standard wooden lamp base, which she says is available at hardware stores OR a piece of wood to fit underneath the gourd to act as a base
• felt pads

For the entire--and short--how to, follow this jump. And to learn how to clean a hard shell gourd like the one pictured above, read this Instructable.

Tagged : Makeover-Mondays, gourd, Lamps, How-To, DIY