Original lamps and lampshades with their own hands. Ideas, master classes

DIY lamps and lampshades. Ideas, master classes

Hi all!

Creating or decorating lamps and lampshades is not only incredibly interesting, but also quite useful: it allows you not only to create a unique item, and in full accordance with the interior of your home, but also to save a lot of money. It is enough to purchase the simplest lamp for little money and beat it to your liking. And there are a lot of options for what and how to do, in a variety of techniques, using a variety of materials.

I picked up ideas for creating and decorating lamps for you and me, I hope you can choose the right option for yourself :) Enjoy watching!

The lampshade is decorated using decoupage technique, the base of the lamp is made of books

The decor of the metal frame of the lampshade with feathers is very stylish :)

Quite often, fabric or paper flowers are used to decorate lampshades, the result is very romantic :)

Fabric flowers with candle processing

Chintz convolutions are used as flowers here.

Twisted fabric flowers

Flowers used here

The flower is made of a cotton strip of fabric, strung on one side and gathered into a bud.

Spiral newspaper roses

The bottom of the lampshade is decorated with spiral paper roses.

Decor of an IKEA lampshade with paper flowers

Lampshades made of lace and knitted napkins look very beautiful.

Shaped with glue

A balloon is inflated and lace napkins are applied to it with glue. After drying, the ball is pierced, deflated and removed.

A very beautiful option: a birdcage is used as the base of the lamp, the lampshade is decorated using decoupage technique with obsolescence.

Even an umbrella can be used for a chandelier :)

Even shreds-trimmings of fabrics will go into action: wound, tied in a knot. This option will fit perfectly into the design of a country house or a children's room.

Buttons

For the manufacture of lamps, various glass containers are often and successfully used - jars, bottles. A little lower I gave a master class on the manufacture of such a lamp.

A bottle as the base of a lamp - below is also a similar master class

It is a little more complicated here - a hole is drilled at the bottom on the back of the bottle through which the cord is inserted.

The lamp is made of figured metal sheet

The origami technique has been successfully used to create lampshades

Fabric strips glued to the base of the lampshade

Lampshade from various retro leaves

Lampshade from a basket - why not? :)

The second life of a metal colander

Unnecessary forks-spoons created a very interesting version of the chandelier :)

A very nice solution: a metal mesh is stretched over the frame and a poultry house is beaten. I think for a child's room.

And here's another bird theme :)

Painting a lampshade with acrylic paints

Thin veneer lampshade

The base of the lamp is glued with seashells

Knitted lampshades - look very cozy :)

Lampshade decor with commemorative photos and slides

The flowers on this lamp are the bottom of plastic bottles :)

Lampshades covered with paper circles

Vegetable lampshade :) I think it’s still hot for the flower there :)

Lace lampshade

Decoupage technique is also applied here.

A very interesting solution - a wire as an art object :)

The lampshade is decorated with strips of fabric

branch lamp

The lampshade is decorated with crumpled-compressed coffee filters (cupcake molds)

Glass vase lampshade

Lampshade base - unnecessary toy soldiers, glued and painted with spray paint

Creative lampshade made of strips of felt

Lampshade made of ping-pong balls :)

Floral decor

And many, many more ideas...

Master class on making a lamp from a jar with a metal lid from Tom & Brit (bestofinteriors.com)

Punch holes with a nail to create a hole

We insert the cartridge

Paint in one color

We screw the light bulb and insert it into the jar

The lamp is ready :)

Paper lamps from varrell.com

We need a picture of a castle

Cut out, cut through the windows, glue

Inside we place a spotlight on batteries

Rope chandelier by Sarah M. Dorsey (sarahmdorseydesigns.blogspot.com)

We will need a rope, Mod Podge glue (can be replaced with diluted PVA), a ball

To create the wavy shape, Sarah used wooden slats. We lay out the form, coat with glue for fixing.

After drying, lay out on a ball and coat with plenty of glue

After drying, remove the lampshade from the ball and paint it with white spray paint - Sarah has four layers

Very beautiful lampshade made of grandmother's squares from the author of the resource Aboutgoodness.com

We cover the lampshade with fabric

Bend the strip of fabric in half lengthwise and twist it into a roll

Straighten slightly

Apply glue to the fold and glue to the base

Kiri's lampshade base tutorial (ilikethatlamp.com)

Required accessories

Thoroughly wash the bottle, disinfect and dry

Cover with spray paint

Mounting process

This is how a gin bottle turned into a base for a lampshade :)

As you can see, the case is quite simple and very interesting. Give free rein to your imagination, create and let your home be beautiful and cozy!

Well, for those who still prefer to buy ready-made lighting fixtures, I recommend looking into a specialized online store lampa.ua- where high-quality and stylish table lamps, chandeliers, sconces, accessories, etc. are presented in a huge assortment. from the best manufacturers and at very flexible pleasant prices :) By the way, according to Google statistics, this online store is the most popular among Ukrainian buyers :) Use it with pleasure!

I wish you all the best and good luck!!

Decorating the lampshade will help create a unique atmosphere of comfort in the house. In addition, it will help to give old things a new life. No need to throw away outdated lamps and fixtures, but it is worth showing a little imagination to create a completely new design item. The decor of the lamp can be made from improvised means, creating a lamp that will harmoniously complement the interior of the room.

Decor materials

In order for a hand-made lamp to look original, you can use a wide variety of materials and fixtures to decorate it. Basic materials for work:

glue (PVA, silicate or glue gun);
twine, wire, twine;
beads, rhinestones, beads;
scissors;
pliers;
thick cardboard, sheets of white paper;
lampshade frame;
bulb holder and wire.

This is not a complete list of materials that are used to create a lampshade. In the work, you can use any improvised means and materials.

The simplest version of the base for the lampshade is the frame from the old lamp. You can use metal frames from old lamps, which are later decorated at the choice of the master. Also, as a basis, you can use glass jars, plastic containers. The frame of the product can be made of wicker or wood panels.

The light bulb holder and wire can be purchased on the market or use the remnants of an old lamp.

From papier-mâché

An interesting solution for interior design is a papier-mâché lampshade. For decor, you will need white paper, old newspapers (can be replaced with thin sheets of paper), PVA glue, a balloon, water. Before starting work, the ball is inflated to the size that the lamp will then be. The newspaper must be cut into long strips, which are briefly left in glue or paste. Wet the surface of the ball with water and lay out the first layer of newspaper. One of the parts of the ball is not sealed, since light will come from it in the future.

An unusual solution: if you do not cover the bottom of the ball with a newspaper layer, the light will be directed towards the floor. You can also leave the side of the ball free, in which case the light will come out to the side.

To create an unusual papier-mâché lamp, you will need to apply 5-6 newspaper layers. Be sure to ensure that before applying the next layer, the previous one is completely dry. After completing the layout with a newspaper, the lampshade can be pasted over with white paper, apply liquid wallpaper. After decorating the lamp, the ball needs to burst, paste over the lampshade with paper from the inside. Make a hole for the chamber on top of the product.

From cardboard and paper

Another decor option is a paper lamp. This requires thin cardboard in white or other colors. The length of the cardboard sheet depends on the required diameter of the finished product. The selected contour is applied to the cardboard (butterflies, hearts, stars, etc.). With the help of a clerical knife, the selected drawings are cut out of the canvas. The cardboard is glued along the edges and attached to the frame of the future lamp. Along the edge of the lampshade, you can attach ribbons or a fishing line decorated with beads, on which you can hang symbols cut out of cardboard. Such a product looks very original on the ceiling of a nursery or bedroom.

Colored beads can be strung on ribbons, which will alternate with paper figures.

After turning on a lamp with such a frame, funny figures will appear on the walls of the room.
Using fabric to decorate a lamp

Fabric lampshades are easy to make and hold up well to cleaning. As the simplest option for a lampshade, you can take a piece of fabric that looks harmonious with the interior of the room and sew its edge. A cord is threaded in the upper part and that's it - the lampshade is ready. Such a product is attached to a metal frame and is also easily removed.

A more complex version of a fabric lampshade can be decorated with ruffles, weave ribbons. Lampshades trimmed with fabric ribbons or embroidered with beads and sequins look quite original.

For the decor of the living room, you can make a lampshade, decorated with fringed ribbons. Ready-made ribbons are sold in sewing stores. A hot glue gun is used to attach the fringe to the frame. The adhesive substance is applied in a thin layer to the frame of the lamp, to which the braid is subsequently attached.

If there is a need to decorate the finished lampshade to make it match the interior, various figures can be cut out of the fabric, which are attached to the lampshade with a glue gun.

From improvised items

In any home you can find a lot of items that can be used to decorate a lamp. And if you look in the garage, you can create a whole studio of designer chandeliers. The most important thing is to show imagination and approach the choice of materials for decor outside the box.

For fire safety purposes, it is necessary to use items that are resistant to high temperatures or screw in low-power light bulbs before starting work, the surface of the item must be cleaned of dust and dirt, and degreased.

Choosing the style of the lampshade, it is worth considering the interior of the room, its purpose. For example, a lampshade made of plastic spoons would look strange in a living room that is decorated in a frilly glamorous style. At the same time, a lampshade decorated with rhinestones and stones will be completely out of place in the kitchen or in the summer gazebo.

From plastic spoons

This lamp is ideal for decorating the kitchen. It is very simple to make, while the materials for the lamp cost a penny. So, for work you will need the following materials:

A set of plastic spoons. A total of 50-100 pieces of fixtures will be required, depending on the desired size of the lamp.
Gun glue.
A set of acrylic paints and brushes.
Lampshade frame. A ready-made metal frame from an old desktop floor lamp is suitable for work.
Scissors.

First, you need to cut off the holder from all the spoons. For each product, you must leave 0.5 cm of the boat for fastening. Further, parts of the spoon are randomly attached to the frame. They can overlap each other, imitating fish scales, or scatter, resembling rose petals. Spoon legs can also be used for decoration. After covering the entire surface of the frame, the surface of the spoon is covered with acrylic paint - plain or multi-colored. Using this decor technique, you can create a lamp in the form of a pineapple, a flower, a goldfish and others. A lampshade made of plastic spoons is suitable not only for a ceiling lamp, but also for decorating a bedside lamp in a nursery.

From plastic or glassware

Water bottles often accumulate on the farm, which can be used to decorate lamps. Before starting work, the bottle must be thoroughly washed and dried. Further actions are the freedom of the master's imagination.

For example, by cutting off the neck of a bottle, you can create an excellent holder for a light bulb holder. Several of these accessories, which are glued together, form an unusual chandelier. Bottles can be used from multi-colored plastic or coated with a transparent colored varnish. So, multi-colored rays of light will sparkle in the room.

To create a lampshade, you can also use glass pickle jars. Hanging lamps from cans at different levels will be an interesting design solution in the design of the kitchen. Also, when arranging the kitchen, you can use saucers, cups, fragments from broken dishes to decorate the lampshade.

From twine

Such lamps can often be found as lanterns on the streets or on terraces. Making such a lamp at home is very simple - twine and glue are used to create it.

Before starting work, as in the case of a papier-mâché lampshade, you need to inflate a balloon of the right size. It is he who will serve as a form for the future product. The string must be soaked in a paste and wound around the ball in random order. The free edges of the twine are tied, while the knot must be placed at the top of the ball, where the chamber will then be located. The product will dry for about 2-3 days. Then the ball needs to burst and you can attach the chamber and the light bulb. The finished product can be decorated with large beads, dried flowers. To decorate the gazebo, you can use several of these lampshades of different sizes.

Thus, there are many options for creating an original lampshade. In work, you can use not only special equipment, but also improvised items. The manufacture and decoration of the lampshade will allow not only to decorate the house, but also to have a great time.

Decorating the house on your own is a favorite pastime of many hostesses, this article reveals how to make a lamp with your own hands. You can revive the interior of a living room, bedroom or hallway with the help of improvised means, only by changing the ceiling of a chandelier, floor lamp or table lamp. Do-it-yourself lampshades for lamps can be used not only in a residential interior, but also in the halls of cafes, pubs, pizzerias.

The choice of materials and lamps for the lamp

Products made for children's rooms should be made from natural non-toxic materials and painted with ecological paints.

When manufacturing, fire safety should also be taken into account, so lampshades made of combustible materials made of paper, plastic, feathers or threads should only be used with lamps that have a low heating temperature.

You need to use LED or fluorescent lamps. They have a number of advantages:

long service life;
minimum heating of the base from the glass part;
light has three shades: warm, cold, neutral.

In addition, such lamps are also called energy-saving, their only drawback is their high cost.

It is also desirable that the connection of the wire to the base be made by a specialist. Do not try to perform this operation yourself, as this may lead to undesirable consequences. It is more convenient to decorate an existing ceiling frame or make it from durable and not very heavy materials.

The following materials are used to create fixtures: scissors, a mounting knife, fishing line, wire, pliers, a hot gun, in some cases it can be replaced with super glue. They should be used by an adult, it is unacceptable to involve a child in gluing. Since in one case he will get a burn, and in the other he can glue his fingers or stick to the details of the future product.

What can you make a plafond from?

Many craftsmen make lamps from completely unnecessary materials:

from plastic or glass bottles;
newspapers, thin or colored paper;
artificial or natural threads;
dried branches of an unusual shape;
disposable spoons;
old disks.

plastic lamp

From plastic containers of different sizes, a homemade chandelier is easily obtained.

For the base, you need to take a bottle of 5 liters. The bottom is cut off. Then circles with a diameter of 1.5 cm are drawn on the surface. They must be cut with a mounting knife or small scissors.
The bottom is cut off from the bottles for decor and the entire surface is cut with scissors into strips 0.5 - 1 cm wide, then the workpiece is heated over the lit burner. Under the influence of heat, the stripes will take on a chaotic appearance.
Then blanks are inserted into a 5-liter container with holes, and lids are screwed on the inside. Then a wire is threaded through the large neck and a ceiling is installed. For such a ceiling, you need to use an energy-saving lamp.
In some interiors, you can find a fancy lamp made on the basis of an ordinary hanger or a straw hat. In general, nothing can limit the scope of the imagination of both home craftsmen and professional designers.

Plafond from glass bottles

A very interesting version of a homemade chandelier is obtained from glass bottles. They are used to decorate the halls of catering establishments. It is also a good option for a kitchen in a residential building or apartment. This can be a ceiling, consisting of one or more bottles, in which the bottom is cut off. You can do this yourself, but it is better to use the services of a workshop where glass and mirrors are cut.

How to use thread

For a lampshade made of threads or ribbons, you will need: a ready-made frame made of strong wire, threads of different colors, scissors, glue.

The frame consists of two rings interconnected by metal segments. It can be made independently from durable wire.
One color or several shades of thread is required.
A thread is fixed on the lower part, then it must be pulled through the upper ring, lowered down and thrown over the lower ring. It is necessary to ensure that the thread is taut and the coils fit snugly together. As soon as the thread ends, you need to attach the next segment to the lower ring.
Carefully cut off the rest of the threads and glue them on the back.

Spoons for the lamp

You can make a multi-tiered, colored lamp from ordinary disposable spoons.

It is necessary to make a wire frame, for a small round lamp you need to make three circles with a diameter of 12, 18, 26 cm. Then the circles are fastened together with a fishing line. The largest diameter will be at the top, there should be the same distance between them.
In spoons, you need to make a small hole with a thick needle at the top of the handle.
Spoons are painted with acrylic paints in three colors, for example, yellow, orange, red.
Assembling a homemade chandelier: the fishing line is cut into a length equal to the distance between the circles. A spoon is tied to one end of the fishing line, and the other to the frame. Yellow spoons should be tied to the lower circle of small diameter, orange to the middle one, and red to the upper one.

Lightweight and sleek shade

For a paper ceiling, paper or thin cardboard is suitable. Such a ceiling can be either rectangular or square. First you need to consider the size of the ceiling, the larger the room, the wider the design can be. In a small nursery or hallway, a ceiling with a diameter of 30 - 35 centimeters will look good.

The frame can be made of wire, it will consist of an upper and lower part, consider the manufacture of a cylinder-shaped ceiling.

It is necessary to make two circles of wire of the desired diameter. They are interconnected with a fishing line, the distance between the lower and upper frame is 12 - 15 cm, the hoops are fastened with a fishing line in three or four places. The larger the diameter of the base, the more connecting elements must be made.
On a paper blank, you can draw circles of different diameters, figures of cartoon characters. Outline drawings can be taken from the Internet and printed, then redrawn with carbon paper. A special ruler is suitable for drawing circles, or you can outline caps or buttons of different diameters. Some drawings are cut out completely with a clerical knife, some are cut along the contour.
The paper is tried on the base and glued with an overlap. Then glued to the wire, can also be fixed with a thin wire. To do this, first make a hole in the paper with a thick needle or awl, then thread the wire and carefully tie it to the frame. It is advisable to glue thin paper, as it is easy to ruin it.

Exclusive ceiling made of metal cans

Basins made of any metal are used, an interesting option will be obtained from copper or aluminum containers. An old, used basin will also work. If there is a through hole in it, it must be welded or sealed, for example, with epoxy.
The inner surface must be painted in a light color so that the light reflects from it as much as possible.
The outer surface can be painted in a dark, saturated color, in harmony with the interior.
A fringe about 5 centimeters long is glued to the bottom of the rim with hot glue. In the central part of the basin, it is necessary to make a hole for the wire. It can be drilled with a drill or pierced with a nail.

Such a ceiling can be decorated with a mosaic of CDs. To do this, the disks are cut with sharp scissors into small fragments, which are glued to the outer surface of the pelvis. You can glue only the bottom contour, and paint the rest. Or decorate the entire surface of the ceiling with such a mosaic. The more convex the surface, the smaller the disk fragments should be.

natural materials

The original lamp can be made from a dry branch of an unusual shape. It must be cleaned of bark and covered with stain, then, if desired, treated with transparent varnish. The branch must be attached to a hook on the ceiling with a regular fishing line. Then I wind the wire with the lamp several times onto the branch. A branch entwined with several wires looks beautiful.

You can make a lamp out of plastic hangers. Detailed in the video:

Lamps in different rooms

DIY bottle chandeliers are more suitable for the kitchen. Designs made of glass or plastic will be easy to clean from dust and wash if necessary. For the kitchen, hallway or living room, a lamp made of natural wood is suitable.

For a children's room, a ceiling made of painted plastic bottles, a floor lamp made of bright threads or a paper composition is more suitable. The latter option cannot be called durable, but this option will appeal to children. Girls will like the plafond with butterflies, plant elements, boys will like designs with cars, superheroes or bright plastic plafonds.

In some cafes, pubs, original lamps made from bottles are used to decorate the hall. It could be beer bottles. They can serve as both a lamp shade and an interesting frame for a lamp.

Ideas for homemade lamps by location

With your own hands, you can give a new look to the floor lamp. You can decorate the ceiling with fabric, threads, paper with cut-out patterns, and you also do not need to ignore the base and leg of the lamp. They can be painted with acrylics, glazed, decorated with beads. The decor of the lower part of the floor lamp should overlap with the elements in the upper part. The easiest option is to decorate the ceiling of a solid color with lace or guipure.

Decoration of lamps

The lower part of the plafond of threads can be decorated with pompoms of the same size hanging on a thread. They are glued on the inside of the frame with glue. Pompoms can hang at the same or at different heights. They can be made in one color or combined in several shades.

To decorate paper lamps, you can use lace, thick tulle, beads of different sizes. You can decorate glass jars or bottles with glass pebbles, which can be purchased at hardware stores. You can also use buttons of different sizes and colors. Small buttons can be glued even on PVA.

On New Year's holidays, it is customary to decorate the Christmas tree, but you can also decorate the shades of lamps, floor lamps. Here you can use the usual rain, do-it-yourself snowflakes, Christmas tree figurines, decorative balls and an ordinary garland. If an energy-saving lamp is installed in a wall or floor lamp, then its ceiling can be decorated with paper snowflakes.

Wall sconces are installed in living rooms, bedrooms, children's rooms. After repair, you can use old sconces only by changing their appearance. You can paint the body of the lamp in a light color, and apply bronze or silver paint on top with a hard bristle brush to create a patina effect. If the ceiling is glass, the pattern you like is applied to its surface using a glass stencil. Here you can use contour (they are used to create a stained-glass window) or spray paints.

Making a floor lamp with your own hands is not at all difficult if you put a little imagination and creativity. This task will certainly require some time, special tools and materials, but the end result is sure to please its owner. A lamp made by yourself will have personality traits and features, since no one will have this. This creative process allows you to create floor lamps of any desired size and style, which is most suitable for the room. It is often difficult to find a suitable option for sale, and it will not be cheap, but in order to make a floor lamp with your own hands, you can use any available materials. Some difficulty may lie in wiring it for lighting, but even the fairer sex can do it. So, we will consider step by step all the processes of making a lamp at home, as well as various types of lampshade design.

Do-it-yourself floor lamp: preparatory process

Before starting work, you need to draw up a sketch of the proposed lamp, decide on the desired height, the shape of the lampshade and its design, and make the appropriate measurements. A standard set of tools that you may need include: a drill, pliers, a knife, scissors, a screwdriver, special glue, a pencil and a tape measure.

We say “basic”, because, depending on a particular model, additional accessories may be needed. The individual elements from which the floor lamp will be assembled with your own hands are: a wooden or aluminum tube for the frame, fasteners, an electrical system that includes a cord with a plug, a switch, a cartridge and a light bulb, wooden boards for decorating the stand, a body (mesh, openwork plastic bucket, etc.), material for lampshade decoration and decorative elements.

A beautiful stylish lampshade can be built using a wide variety of materials, for example, colored wire, fabric, paper, unnecessary plastic bottles, wallpaper, etc. A do-it-yourself floor lamp (the photo in the article demonstrates this) can be made of a completely original design if you use decorative clay, which is a rather plastic material, dries quickly and lends itself perfectly to decoration.

Beads, beads, shells, rhinestones, appliqués made of fabric or paper are often used for decor, while the decoration is carried out taking into account the stylistic direction of the room in which the floor lamp will be located. The simplest approach when creating a new lighting piece of furniture is the reconstruction of the old one.

How to update a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands

No matter how beautiful this or that piece of furniture is, and, in our case, a floor lamp, over time it may lose its aesthetic qualities, or cease to correspond to a new repair carried out using a different style. In this case, it is not necessary to resort to buying a new model - it will be enough to re-register the lampshade for the floor lamp with your own hands, and there are many types of implementation for this.

The simplest of them is to paste over the ceiling with wallpaper. All that is needed for this is, in fact, wallpaper and special glue for them, which can be purchased at any hardware store. It is worth choosing wallpaper by illuminating them with a light bulb in order to immediately understand what kind of light the floor lamp will give when turned on. Having previously measured the circumference of the ceiling, cut off a suitable piece of wallpaper. The cover must be removed from the leg of the floor lamp and wiped with a degreasing compound. After such preparation, wallpaper glue is applied to the ceiling, then wallpaper is applied and fixed on the surface of the ceiling. It is not worth pressing them strongly, as unwanted tubercles may form, which are difficult to eliminate, and the aesthetic appearance of the lampshade will be lost. When the design dries well, it is returned back to the leg. The updated do-it-yourself floor lamp is ready.

An excellent way to design a lampshade, as well as its partial restoration, is to use the decoupage technique. For such work, it is recommended to take napkins with a solid pattern that have shades that match the interior of the room (for example, you can prepare napkins with the image of fruits for the kitchen, cartoon characters for the nursery, etc.).

The shade of the lampshade, initially, is primed with white matte paint. This is necessary to ensure better adhesion to the napkin. After drying (approximately about 1 hour), we begin, in fact, the process of pasting itself.

It is worth noting that, in the case when the napkins are multi-layered, it is necessary to carefully separate only the layers with a pattern. Glue (PVA or wallpaper) is gradually applied to the prepared surface of the lampshade and napkins are glued. You need to act as carefully as possible, since it is quite difficult to fix an incorrectly fixed napkin without damaging it. When the ceiling is completely processed and a drawing is created, it is left to dry, and then it is treated with glue again and left to dry for a day.

At the final stage, you can cover the lampshade for the floor lamp, decorated with your own hands, with acrylic varnish to give the finish strength and moisture resistance. Such a floor lamp cover can be decorated with beads by gluing them with a glue gun.

There are actually quite a few lampshade design techniques. Some craftsmen braid it with satin ribbons in a checkerboard pattern and decorate it with bows, use appliqués and embroideries. One of the extraordinary and original solutions on how to update a floor lamp with your own hands, and, in particular, a boring white lampshade, is to paste over it with used photographic film (in this case, the ceiling must have a cylindrical shape). Refracting through the frames, the light will cast bizarre patterns into the interior.

Do-it-yourself floor lamp

The independent production of this floor lamp involves three main stages: the construction of a leg with a base and electrical wiring, the design of a frame with a lampshade, and, in fact, the assembly of the entire structure together.

Having undertaken to design a floor lamp with your own hands, the first thing you need is a stand. You can make it from gypsum, the amount of dry mix of which is about 3 - 5 kg, depending on the size of the lampshade. As a leg you will need an aluminum pipe. Some savvy craftsmen use a fragment of an old tubular metal cornice as it.

For the frame, you will have to purchase a grid, the width of which will be equal to the height of the desired lampshade. The mesh is bent in a circle until the desired diameter is obtained, the excess part is cut off, and the edges are fixed by bending the wire. For structural strength, aluminum tape can be run along the entire circumference. Thus, the basis for the lampshade turned out.

Now it's all about fantasy. You can process the frame of a floor lamp with your own hands from a metal mesh in a variety of ways. For example, tie it with fluffy threads using the macrame technique, and tie flowers on top.

In the middle of the last century, things made by knitting macrame were very popular, and, as they say, everything new is a well-forgotten old. If a floor lamp is being made for a modern high-tech room, the best solution would be to braid its frame with black wire, while leaving gaps, and then paint it with black spray paint.

Do-it-yourself floor lamp made of fabric

You can also make a floor lamp with your own hands from fabric. In this case, the frame will be a thick wire structure. Any material can be used as a fabric, but an opaque one is better (so that the frame is not visible), such as cotton, taffeta, dark silk, etc. Blue, yellow, orange, green or red will be the most suitable colors - they will give a warm light. If you choose a fabric with a floral print and decorate the lampshade with elegant ruffles and bows, you can get a wonderful floor lamp for a room in country or Provence style.

Do-it-yourself wooden floor lamp

If the interior of the room is decorated in Scandinavian or eco-style, which is quite popular these days, you can make a wooden floor lamp with your own hands, or rather, from tree branches, which can be found in any park or forest. A massive, tripod-shaped branch will serve as a good base for a floor lamp, and the upper part will serve as a place for a lampshade attached to a rope. Or, on the contrary, the trunk can be mounted in a plaster stand, and several lampshades can be fixed on diverging branches. The trunk can be decorated with multi-colored threads and lace. It should be noted that wood is a flammable material, therefore, for safety reasons, such floor lamps are equipped with LED or energy-saving light bulbs.

In conclusion, I would like to say that everyone can make a floor lamp with their own hands from improvised materials. Using the tips posted in this article, you can completely decorate your home with a new stylish lamp without investing any special financial costs. Below, see photos of beautiful options for decorating a floor lamp with your own hands.

Do-it-yourself floor lamp: 30 photos of beautiful options for making a floor lamp updated: September 27, 2017 by: Kyiv Irina

The chandelier in the room is not only a lighting fixture. Without exaggeration, we can say that she is the main decoration of the room. Handmade items are considered especially valuable. This allows you to highlight the special taste of the owners of the home, as well as an outstanding and creative mind. Of course, this type of work is quite complex and requires increased concentration. But at the same time, when creating decorations for your home, you can find many interesting and extraordinary solutions in it!

This article presents some ideas for decorating a chandelier with your own hands, as well as instructions for them. Everything is written so simply and clearly that anyone can do what they have planned at home.

In order to make a chandelier, sometimes the most unusual materials are used. For example, everyone is already familiar with glass or wood, plastic, and so on. But sometimes, when you want something completely “unusual”, wooden skewers, and glass wine bottles, and cans, and all kinds of tree branches, and cardboard, and even straw come into play. You need to choose depending on the idea of \u200b\u200bthe creator and on the wishes of the owners of the apartment. It is also necessary to take into account the general interior of the room where the finished product is supposed to be placed.

An interesting idea for a chandelier made of plastic spoons

Plastic disposable spoons are one of the simplest and most readily available materials for creating a chandelier for a room. Their advantages are low price, a variety of colors and such material will last for quite a long time. To create such an extraordinary chandelier, you will need a minimum of investments, both physical and material.

Materials:

empty bottle of drinking water, 5 liters;
plastic spoons (their number depends on the size of the bottle);
glue for plastic;
an old chandelier (or rather, a cartridge from it);
sharpened knife.

Process of creation:

First you need to prepare a plastic bottle for the next steps. Remove the label in advance, cut off the bottom, dry well.
Then you need to get the plastic spoons out of the package and carefully cut off unnecessary handles with a knife, leaving about 2-3 centimeters above the level of the "scoop".
You need to glue the “scoops” blanks to the base of the bottle. Apply a large amount of glue to the left "tail" and press it to the surface (with the convex side of the spoon out). It is necessary to cover the entire bottle in a circle until the entire perimeter is occupied by plastic "spoons". It is advisable to arrange them in a checkerboard pattern and slightly move them together. This will leave fewer "free spots".
You need to remove the cartridge from the old unnecessary chandelier, and then place it in an already glued and dried bottle and fix it on the frame.
A decorative bowl can also be made from plastic spoons: stick "scoops" around the neck of the eggplant.
Install and connect the chandelier, check its operation.

Note! The option of decorative painting or painting of spoons in absolutely any color is possible. Thus, your product will look even more beautiful and more original!

Chandelier made of plastic bottles in the form of leaves

Another unusual option in the interior will be a chandelier made in the form of leaves. It is created from simple plastic bottles, the variety of colors of which allows you to work in the most unusual colors and embody the most daring ideas.

Process of creation:

Cut plastic bottles into blanks shaped like future leaves.
Each blank has to finally fix the shape of the sheet.
With a soldering iron with a thick tip and a one-sided bevel, you need to slightly fuse the sections of each leaf in order to give the future product the greatest effect.
In the same way, thanks to the soldering iron, you need to give the blanks a sheet structure. You need to act very carefully and accurately, because you can easily make a hole in the plastic. Such a leaf with outlined contours of veins and slightly fused edges will look complete.
With a hot needle at the "leg" of each leaf, you need to melt several holes in order to attach them.
Thanks to a thin wire, form branches and screw them to a steel wire frame.

It would also be a great idea to make a new chandelier in the form of a ceiling lamp for a floor lamp or a table lamp. Thus, it will be a great addition to the previous product!

Chandelier with paper butterflies

The most common version of the product is a chandelier with butterflies. And this is no accident. To begin with, this option looks luxurious and expensive, and secondly, its manufacture does not require special physical costs. Thus, even a child can participate in the creation of a chandelier.

Process of creation:

The basis is either an old chandelier or a similar frame. If this is not available, then you can take the simplest wooden or metal rim. If there is no such material, then, as an option, you can take a thick wire and make about 2-3 skeins, so that a circle forms.
Cut paper butterflies according to the template. You need to take a butterfly template and fit it to the desired size. The option also looks very unusual when butterflies of several sizes are located on the chandelier at once (again, depending on desire). Transfer the outlines to paper and carefully cut out, preferably with a sharpened clerical knife, or small non-rounded scissors. The material for the templates themselves is better to use dense, not very dirty and does not attract dust. For example, velvet paper is very bad for a product, because in the future you will need to vacuum the chandelier quite often.
Take a thread from a nylon or a transparent fishing line and attach butterflies to it. You can attach it in two ways: either pierce the bodies of butterflies, or stick them on silicone glue.
Next, we attach threads with butterflies to the base of the frame and decorate it.
You can also try an interesting variation if you make a wire ball! It should be based on a suspension from a chandelier and place several butterfly patterns on it using a glue gun.

fabric chandelier

This chandelier is also based on the frame. As in the previous version, either old metal frames or dense wire are suitable for its manufacture.

After you have pre-prepared the base, proceed to cutting out the fabric from which the lampshade will be made in the future. How long the finished product will be depends on your desire, but it should be borne in mind that the width of the fabric must be the same as the diameter of the frame! Once you have finished the pattern, you need to try on.

Another nuance is that the top of the fabric will need to be sewn directly on the frame, which means that it (the frame) must be solid. Otherwise, if it is possible to thread it directly into the fabric, then you should first fold the upper edge of the pattern and stitch it, and then iron it. Then we sew a seam on the side of the product.

In order for the lampshade not to lose its shape, due attention should be paid to the material. If the fabric is too light, "airy", then the bottom of the product should be weighted. To do this, you can use cardboard or fishing line.

A neatly sewn fringe, lace or braid will also look beautiful. But do not "overload" the product! The process of making a fabric chandelier is similar to making a lace chandelier. So you can safely experiment with materials that are located on the frame.

Plafond of threads and a balloon

Materials:

dense threads, such as woolen, cotton, or jute rope - at least 1 meter;
cartridge;
petrolatum;
PVA glue;
a brush to apply glue and petroleum jelly (it is desirable that the brush does not shed);
1 or 2 pieces of balloons (the first to work with it, and the second to check the finished product, if desired);

Process of creation:

Inflate the balloon to a certain size, secure. Remember that the finished work will exactly repeat the shape of the ball! With a marker, draw a couple of circles at the top and bottom, in order to determine the boundaries of winding threads.
Using a brush, smear the ball around the entire perimeter with petroleum jelly.
Pour PVA into a plastic container and thoroughly process the threads with it (It is not advisable to apply glue to the entire length of the threads at once! Treat them as you wind them around the ball!).
Given the borders that you applied with a marker, wind the threads around the ball. Do not forget that depending on the density with which you wind, the future appearance of the product depends.
After winding, you need to leave the product for a day until it dries completely; After complete drying, you need to burst the ball and remove it through the holes.
Cut a place at the top and insert the cartridge.
In order to be completely sure that the product turned out to be strong, you can insert a ball into it and inflate it. Similarly, you can check the flexibility and reliability of the lampshade.

Alternatively, you can paint the structure with a spray can or acrylic paint, attach all kinds of decorative ornaments to it, such as butterflies, artificial flowers or beads. It's also a great idea to arrange a few balloons in the form of a bunch of grapes and fasten them together.

Wine bottle chandelier

This version of the chandelier is a little more complicated than the previous ones. Making a chandelier for this is quite difficult, the manufacturing process will require accuracy and care. However, you will love the result!

Materials:

a bottle of wine;
glass cutter;
sandpaper for sanding edges;
cartridge;
electric wire;
metal or wooden frame, rim.

Process of creation:

First you need to prepare the bottle itself for further manipulations with it. The first step is to draw a straight line around the perimeter at the level you need. This is required in order to cut off the bottom of the bottle with a glass cutter;
In order not to cut yourself on the glass, you need to grind the sharp edges with sandpaper;
Pull the wire through the neck of the bottle and then connect the cartridge;
Attach the bottle to the frame.

You can also decorate the bottle with all kinds of decorative items, or leave it in its original form. In any case, it will look original and spectacular.

The number of products on the frame depends on your desire. You can either leave one bottle, or fix four or more bottles at once.

Chandelier idea from laserdiscs

This idea is great for those who have a large number of laser discs left in the house, and the hand does not rise to throw them away. It is immediately worth noting that the manufacturing options and the result can be very different. It all depends on your imagination and creativity!

Materials:

two round wooden planks of different thicknesses, and which are slightly larger in diameter than the disks;
racks made of metal or wood;
Fluorescent Lamp;
magnetic switch;
disks.

Process of creation:

Make a hole in a board with a greater thickness and install a starter with a switch in it.
Then connect it all to the lamp.
String disks on the lamp.
Install the racks around the discs and secure the top.

The finished product will delight its owners for a long time, and it does not require special care. It is not advisable to place this type of chandelier in the children's room so that the child cannot harm himself (only if the chandelier hangs out of reach).

Shabby chic chandelier

To create spectacular lighting in the room, you can also make a chandelier from fabric or beads. The result is a kind of chandelier or ceiling in the style of "shabby chic".

Materials:

a finished metal or wooden frame (or it can be made from an old hoop, garden basket, thick wire);
cartridge and lamp;
chains and threads for decoration;
all kinds of beads and beads.

Working on such a ceiling is not difficult, but it is a very painstaking task. Such chandeliers usually consist of two or three levels of rings, which are located one above the other. It all depends on the size of the selected bases. If you take rings of the same diameter, then the finished product will be made in the Art Nouveau style.

One of the important points is that before you start decorating the chandelier, you need to paint and wrap the frames with decorative materials!

The approximate consumption of beads is:

For the lower part of the lampshade - 16 mm beads, about 15-17 pieces per thread;
For the upper part of the lampshade - 12 mm beads, about 35 pieces per strand.

Naturally, when stringing beads on a thread, you can increase or decrease their number or the degree of thread tension. But it is still desirable to stock up on materials in excess of the norm.

The essence of the work is to hang threads with beads "waterfall" or "cascade" so that they flow down the structure.

In order to make the effect of "muting" the light, you can sheathe the frame with a thick fabric.

A handmade chandelier will definitely bring a fresh touch, originality and beauty to the interior. You will immediately notice how the room will sparkle with new colors, and your guests will sincerely admire your creativity, diligence and original taste!