Why make your own floor lamp.
Make a pvc floor lamp.
My base was a floor flange bolted to an old brake disc for an industrial look.
Design by joanne palmisano.
Use pipes at least 5 inches.
Check out here a brilliant sample which you can easily duplicate for your nightstand.
How to make a pvc lamp.
The beauty of this project is that it cost me 15 instead of 841 that i would pay at restoration hardware for a chandelier floor lamp.
Thoroughly scrub all of the pipes and fittings using trisodium phosphate tsp or a grease dissolving detergent and let dry.
The floor lamp base.
Aqua and green jars are fitted with funnel tops and edison bulbs then hung in a cluster to make a vintage style kitchen light.
Use painter s tape to mask off the threads of the flange and apply a metal finish of your choice to the flange and eight pipe caps but not the close pipe nipples.
A simple length of pvc pipe is for more than plumbing it can become a sophisticated custom lamp with a few cuts and a bracket style lamp kit.
Never be throwing pvc source 14.
Complete project details and tutorial here whathopesand.
Important to get a heavy base to prevent tipping.
Now it s time to prepare the lamp kit part for the bottom of your lamp.
The trick was to install a new lampshade cardboard and metallic paper on a sturdy metal stand.
Make use of glass bottles in making adorable looking lamps the lamp bulbs can easily be fitted to opening of the bottle and can be secured with custom lampshades.
Inexpensive way to make custom lamp very simple completely unique.
It s hard to believe this gorgeous expensive looking diy floor lamp cost only about 5 to make.
Creating display worthy floor lamp source 13.
This was spray painted in the same rustoleum metallic finish as well.
I found the chandelier at my favorite thrift store and a few of the strands of beads had come loose but it was so simple to put back on.
I made a pole lamp with galvanized pipe.
Perhaps you could do one out of pvc but don t know how sturdy rigid it will be.
The aged painted metal finish is shown on the completed lamp.
Design by brian patrick flynn.
A thrift store birdcage is paired with an old chandelier to create a unique floor lamp.
Rustic floor lamp with shallow shelves source creating a pallet floor lamp with a rustic look that fits any home and any room.
This will help to make the holes the same size give them a nice round shape and to help get rid of the pvc scraps that are still attached inside the holes.
This time i used two expected items to make this floor lamp.