Making creative pendant lamps with your own hands. Do-it-yourself plafonds for chandeliers: original ideas and decor master classes Do-it-yourself round lamp

What could be more beautiful than the satisfaction of creating an original craft with your own hands, which will become a bright accent in a gray everyday life? We offer several simple models, the manufacture of which does not require professional skills and financial costs. Go ahead, get to work!

Every day we have to throw away empty tetra packs, but meanwhile this is an excellent basis for an openwork chandelier. We cut strips 5 cm wide, fold them into the desired shape and begin to carefully glue. So that the structure does not fall apart prematurely, it is possible to assemble it on a round piece of suitable sizes.

From disposable spoons it turns out quite a decent lampshade. We take a 5-liter plastic container and cut off the bottom. We break off the cuttings and mount the remaining parts with a glue gun on the base, imitating a pineapple peel. It is better to use a low-temperature light bulb for safety reasons.

Ordinary wooden hangers are transformed with a creative approach. By simply cutting them in half and placing them in a circle, we get a modernist chic lamp from the 30s era. A completely surreal option is also possible - pass a strong thread through the attachment point of the suspension and simply string the shoulders, unfolding a little.

Funny Gummi Bears are the perfect solution for a nursery. The difficulty lies in the accuracy of placing individual figures, so we recommend making a template with radial holes through which we lower the white threads. Do not try to use lollipops - these are acrylic figures!

The effect of a dense forest in the bedroom is achieved by bizarre chiaroscuro. A few stylistic roots, wire, skillful hands - and the original ball under the ceiling will plunge the room into the world of the unknown. Or gather the rhizomes, peel, dry and weave as you like. The finished product is better to varnish.

Has the drum set lost its former attractiveness and is gathering dust in the garage? From a boring musical instrument, an extravagant chandelier is mounted without any problems - fortunately, all fasteners are initially included in the kit. Original and beautiful, and most importantly - quiet!

If you are the owner of a bicycle workshop, then you probably have a container with unusable spare parts in the corner. A little creativity and a welding machine - you get a unique product, similar to the ancient inventions of the crazy Mechanicus. Of course, you can’t hang it in the living room, but just right for a nightclub.

Leaky galabash (a bottle of African gourd) lends itself well to engraving. Intricate patterns, contrasting transitions of textures from shiny to matte, elegant perforations scatter ethnic ornaments of the Black Continent on the walls.

It's in the hat - a funny tandem of top hat and bowler hat creates a solid entourage of a cigar club for gentlemen. If you are not an English dandy, do not despair - an old Stetson, a bright sombrero or a straw bryl will also work. It is important not to be a hostage to sanctimonious dogmas.

Paper cups for cakes will become an elegant accent of your interior. It’s not difficult at all - we glue them two by two, straightening the bottom one, and we connect the resulting “flowers” ​​with a thread in a spiral. We cover the original night light with glue or varnish for strength.

Banal iron graters look very original above the bar counter. You need 4 tubes with electric cartridges and a meter length of 2-core wire. Do not forget about fire safety - metal shades are seriously heated.

Have your lace doilies done their job? Do not rush to part with them! We inflate a white balloon, find a brush and PVA, straighten the matter on the surface and coat it liberally. An hour later, the elegant lampshade is ready for use.

Cutlery can decorate a meal not only with serving. The spoons collected in a bundle resemble a silver tulip. And connoisseurs of Kandinsky or Dali will appreciate the avant-garde cube, constructed from knives and forks. Bon appetit!

An interesting effect in the children's room is created by small light screens in the form of a cartoon cloud. A light bulb located behind it dimly illuminates the walls without blinding the eyes. Adding some more funny clouds, we get a romantic sunset.

Several brightly glowing globes will dynamically enliven the space above the stairs. Oceans and continents will light your way - an original and charismatic solution with deep connotations. Correctly select the proportions of the unique installation and charge yourself with positive.

Don't know where to put the miscellaneous remnants of services? Drill holes in the cup and saucer, place the cartridge in the middle and connect with a hollow tie - as in a conventional lamp. White porcelain scatters light wonderfully - hang the composition over a coffee table and enjoy a fragrant drink.

A ball of yarn can be successfully used as a chandelier. Several skeins of thread, a white balloon, electrical fittings and glue - we randomly wrap the base and generously spread it with a binder. Wait until it dries completely - and a unique masterpiece is ready. They cannot play football, but the product is quite reliable.

Can you make a table lamp out of beer cans? It turns out yes! Only a lot of them will be needed - after all, we use only valves for opening. We connect the frame of the desired shape from a rigid wire and begin to braid the base. It turns out something like a shiny chain mail. Unfortunately, the exact amount of raw materials is unknown.

Charming lamp in the shape of a cute alien animal is very easy to make. The most time-consuming process is cutting narrow paper wedges. We connect several wire rings together to get a semblance of a sphere, and with the help of adhesive tape we fasten the prepared parts in layers. Everything!

The option with pronounced charisma will appeal to hardened bachelors and lovers of noisy parties. Having seen an impressive installation above the table, guests will immediately understand what awaits them in the next couple of hours. Cheap and cheerful, but with soul...

Where to put endless plastic bottles? If you are tired of fighting them, we suggest you turn their myriad to your advantage, at least partially. Cut off the bottoms, and you will have a lot of small parts in your hands. Arbitrarily connect them with threads - there are no restrictions on the form.

In this article we will figure out how to make a complete and safe lamp with your own hands. In the initial publication of the cycle - - the general quality requirements were considered, how to form a luminous flux, as well as how to choose a light source and - safety first - the rules for connecting a stationary lamp to the mains. From the previous article, we learned how to make the main lighting parts of the lamp -. Now it's time to take on the solid, reliable and beautiful constructive basis of all this.

About LEDs

LEDs as lighting sources are becoming increasingly popular: they are very economical, durable, almost do not heat up, which provides ample opportunities for self-construction and design. In addition, low-voltage power makes LED light sources safe. Therefore, in this article a significant proportion of the material is devoted to how to make an LED lamp yourself.

However, the quality of light from LEDs has not yet reached the ideal: his spectrum is pretty tight. You can soften it with various lighting techniques, which was discussed in previous articles. But thanks to the low-voltage power supply, a street or garden LED lamp can be made independently without special precautions, and also be autonomous; then bulk earthworks and cable laying on the site disappear. In this section, we will focus more on LED lamps.

Some examples of what can be achieved by taking on lighting equipment with your own hands are shown in the photo. A similar selection “for ideas” or “for inspiration” will be compiled by anyone who knows how to use the Internet. And here we will deal with things that are not so aesthetic: how to embody all this in the material. Cheap, reliable and practical. Preferably at home, on your knees.

Materials, tools, equipment, technologies

To make a good lamp, expensive and / or hard-to-find materials are not needed. Former technologies focused on incandescent lamps, which are very hot and consume a lot of current. The current homemade ones have housekeeper lamps and LEDs that emit little heat, which simplifies the design.

To manufacture a lamp that is not inferior in appearance or quality to industrial designs, we will need scraps of metal tubes, steel wire with a diameter of 1.5-2.5 mm, galvanized steel sheet 0.4-1 mm thick and pieces of plastic or inexpensive plastic products, see below. And in many cases, to achieve the desired result, it is possible to get by with unnecessary trash. Wood processing for a complex lamp is a special case, and we will not bypass it.

Note: good old glass also should not be discounted. Take a look at this tutorial for example: diy.ru/post/3916/. That's what can be achieved by working at home with such difficult material. Only one small "but" - what the author of the product (a man, no doubt, very skillful and quick-witted) calls cutting, in fact, edging. However, how to call it is the business of letter-eaters, and it is enough for the master to make the contraption good.

Very simple but tasteful

Examples of excellent lamps made from improvised materials, namely, scraps of wood and paper, are well-known Chinese lanterns, see fig. When using modern light sources, their fire hazard is negligible, much less than that of an electric kettle. The basis is most often a rack frame, pasted over with paper, pos. 1. For the frame of what is in pos. 2, thin bamboo sticks are better (you can split an old rod into strips), or the ends of modern fiberglass rods; sold in fishing shops. The joints are wrapped with thread and glued. Paper (preferably rice) after pasting is lightly sprayed with water from a spray bottle. When dry, it will stretch. After that, the paper is varnished for strength.

A Chinese lantern can also be made entirely of wood: chopsticks or table skewers (wooden twigs on which barbecue and kebab are served at the table). Both are made of light, fairly well-reflecting light, wood. And its slightly rough surface effectively scatters light, which softens it.

From chopsticks, placing them with broadened heads alternately to the left, then to the right, they gain side light-transmitting panels, pos. 3. And from table skewers you get a good ceiling lamp for the kitchen or hallway, pos. 4. The ends of the sticks (they are made of soft wood) are simply pierced with a sewing needle with a fishing line threaded into it.

Plastics

But back to the materials, they are not finished yet. Excellent details of chandeliers, table lamps and floor lamps (cups, caps, see below) are obtained from reusable plastic utensils - bowls, glasses, saucers: the rim on the bottom is carefully cut off or sanded off. Then this place is passed 2-3 times with increasingly fine sandpaper; the last pass - "velvet" - and polished with felt with GOI paste. The decorative, lighting and technological (ease of processing) qualities of such parts are very good.

The second type of plastic, which allows you to make a very original lamp (see Fig.) - polymer clay or just plastic. In terms of lighting properties, it is not inferior to light wood, and in a thin, 2-3 mm layer, it is translucent, like milk glass, i.e. softens the light very well.

Polymer clay is available in various colors immediately-plastic in plastic bags and bars, like plasticine. The latter are quite hard at first, but soften when kneading. To speed up and facilitate softening, put 3-4 drops of vegetable oil on the bar, and start kneading when it is absorbed.

Lampshades are molded from soft plastic on a mandrel lubricated with petroleum jelly. Immediately, if necessary, they fill the texture with a brush, at the bottom right in fig. To obtain an openwork ceiling, the tip of the package is cut off and the mass is squeezed out with a sausage. After about a day, the product dries up, then you can, without removing it from the mandrel, cut out figures, scallops, frills. Completely the product dries up in 3-7 days.

Bar plastic is used for the manufacture of lamp stands. Having molded the workpiece, it is baked in the oven at 120-130 degrees. When a brownish crust forms on the product, the gas is covered to a minimum and “baked” for another 1-3 hours, depending on the size of the part. It should cool completely in the oven, which is undesirable to open. The baked workpiece can be cut, sawn, drilled, polished, painted. In this way, lamp cases are sometimes not only original, but also quite spicy (see the figure), or even frivolous on the verge of decency, or even beyond it.

Ceramics

Since we are talking about coasters, let's try to make a lamp out of a bottle. Ceramic vessels for drinks, worked out by company designers, deserve a better use than garbage, moonshine or recyclables for pennies.

There are 2 problems here: stability and holes for cable entry and a switch. The first is solved with sand, poured into the bottle by 2/3 or 3/4. To solve the second, it would seem that a tubular diamond drill is needed, which is expensive, wears out quickly, and requires a high-speed drilling machine. And we can do without all this:

• We will select a copper tube of a suitable diameter.
• We will securely fix the vessel that we will drill so that the drill enters along the normal (perpendicular) to its surface in this place.
• Around the place of the future hole, we will fashion a roller 4-6 mm high from plasticine.
• Let's rub a couple of pieces of fine skin against each other over some pallet to get about a teaspoon of corundum powder.
• Pour it into the hole and drip 3-5 drops of engine oil - you can drill.

For drilling, it is better to put a drill with a copper tube clamped in a chuck into a bed that turns it into a desktop drilling machine. Such beds are sold in tool stores; the prices are divine, the benefit to the artisan is invaluable. Moreover, you can buy a turntable with a degree scale to the bed.

They drill ceramics with copper and corundum in jerks: slightly pressed - raised - pressed again - raised. Abrasive particles first eat into copper and drill, but then they break out and crumble. Pulse drilling constantly renews the corundum “plating” on copper, and the oil prevents the powder from scattering and speeds up the work. The main thing is that the tube, with each feed, falls exactly into the already selected groove.

Electrical fittings

For a novice lighting engineer, it is best, perhaps, to use cartridges for lamps for a regular E27 base with fastening with union shaped nuts (threaded flanges); its designation begins with E27H, and the drawing is shown in fig. It will not work to mount such a cartridge, or a regular one with a skirt, with a threaded fitting in the lid: if there is an M10x1 or M12x1 die, then at home, with a manual wrench, cut the thread on a thin-walled tube without cutting it and not rolling it, very difficult, even with grease. Under mounting with flanges, you will have to make a mounting ring, as described in the article on lampshades, it is much easier.

Note: if a wall lamp is made in which the lamp is located along the base, then cartridges with a side bar are usually used, see fig., but they are more expensive. In this case, you can also get by with a flange cartridge: an Ω-shaped clamp is bent from the wire and fastened to the base with self-tapping screws.

The second thing you need is a screw terminal connector, or a terminal block, or just a terminal block, to connect the lamp to the wiring. For a chandelier, it is mandatory not only for the sake of ease of installation, but also according to the requirements of safety regulations: suddenly the chandelier breaks, its thinner wires break out of the terminal block, and the ceiling wiring is not affected, which will prevent an accident and ceiling-grooving repair work.

It is better to take a terminal block of the “comb” type, see Fig.:

Such are compact, reliable, exclude accidental short circuits, and by biting the jumpers between sections, it is elementary to get a connector for the required number of wires. It is allowed to enter no more than 2 stranded wires with a copper cross section of up to 1.4 square meters into each terminal. mm in total and not more than 1 single-core, regardless of the cross-sectional area of ​​​​its conductive core.

About wooden lamps

The tree, on the one hand, is easily processed and looks solidly finished. On the other hand, to make an elegant wooden lamp, you will have to use some special technological methods. Which we will consider.

cable channels

The first problem that arises in the manufacture of a wooden lamp is how to make channels for the cable in long parts. To do this, without special equipment, “on the knee”, you can use a wood drill with a narrowed 6-sided shank, see fig. A metal tube is tightly put on it, crimped, and the opposite end is bent in a T-shape to make a manual collar; to facilitate and greater accuracy of work, it is better to take a two-band drill.

Through axial holes in long wooden parts are drilled in advance, before bending:

1. At both ends of the workpiece, blind holes of the desired diameter are drilled, with a depth of 30-40 mm, trying to ensure that they go as accurately as possible along the axis of the part;
2. They are drilled with the described manual wrench alternately from both ends, each time passing no more than 3-4 thicknesses of the part;
3. The chips from the holes after each pass are carefully removed;
4. After the jumper is broken, the hole passes through twice, from one and the other end. This is necessary to remove the step inside, which the cable can catch on when tightened.

How to bend a tree?

It is quite possible to make a lamp from bent wooden parts with your own hands: seasoned thin-layer wood softens under heating, without delamining, but when cooled down, retains the shape given to it. Bamboo, walnut and soft woods are the easiest to bend, e.g. Linden. Harder - wood of medium hardness: maple, ash, hornbeam. For bending oak, beech, mountain ash, and other hardwoods, it is better for a novice cabinetmaker not to take on. MDF also bends well.

The wood is bent either steamed in boiling water, or heated dry to more than 150 degrees. The first method is simpler, but suitable, except for bamboo, for a few species. The second is more difficult, but more accurate, because. wood does not swell and when cooled, respectively, does not shrink.

To bend wood, you need a piece of steel pipe: with a welded end for steaming or with both open for dry bending. The pipe for steaming is installed obliquely, a workpiece is placed in it, poured with water on top and boiled. Boiling water must be violent so that the workpiece is bathed in steam bubbles. The process is continued for 10-120 minutes, depending on the thickness, species and condition of the tree. You can take out the workpiece for a few seconds to check its readiness, but you only need to add boiling water instead of boiled water. Dry bending, blowing the workpiece in the pipe with a building hair dryer. First, on a sample of wood, you need to check what temperature it can withstand without charring and cracking.

How to tighten cables?

The cables are tightened into the tubular parts of the fixtures using a guide rod - "fishing rods" - made of copper wire with a diameter of 0.5-0.7 mm. "Fishing rod" should be completely flat; a smoothly curved wire wound from a reel can also be crumpled in a narrow channel. The wire of the “fishing rod” is straightened, stretching it through a rag tightly clenched in a fist. The best guides are made from enameled winding wire, which is smooth and slippery.

"Fishing rod" is introduced from the far end. Before that, its tip is tightly bent, see Fig., To be rounded. The thrust is pushed into the curved channels, slightly feeding and turning. When moving from channel to channel (see below), the running end is directed with thin long tweezers or a screwdriver.

When the end of the rod appears from the opposite side, it is cleaned by 20-30 mm and tinned. The cable wires are cleaned and tinned for the same amount, up to 3 per 1 "fishing rod". Then everything is twisted together and soldered. The twist is folded opposite to the direction of tightening so that it does not cling. Tighten by alternately feeding the cable and pulling the guide. When tightening, the cable in the channel must not be taut all the time! If it is hooked, they pull it back a little, turn it a little and pull it again.

Note: up to 4 2-wire double-insulated cables with a cross-section of copper wires up to 0.5 sq. M can be pulled into a straight metal tube with an inner diameter of 12 mm. mm. In a channel of the same diameter in a tree - only 1 of the same cable.

Starting from the ceiling

Suspension of the lamp to the ceiling or wall is the most critical and vulnerable node. Hanging fixtures at the 1st point is allowed only if the base is a viscous durable material, for example. oak beams, pos. a) in fig. In other cases, you must either use at least 2 suspension points, or the luminaire anchor must press on the material from above, i.e. the ceiling must work in compression, pos. c) - e).

A chandelier weighing up to 5 kg is suspended using a mounting plate, see fig. on right. The distance between the centers of the mounting holes in the plank should be, for a concrete ceiling, at least 9 of their diameters. If the ceiling is plasterboard, or suspended, or stretched, then the suspension is lowered from the main ceiling to the level of the decorative one using wooden or metal crosses or plywood boards, at the top there. How to make a suspension in some other cases, see below.

The main requirement for the suspension is that the lamp should never hang on wires. It should be held either by a rigid bar, or a strong cord / rope, or a cradle made of chains or the same cords. Under the top cap of the gimbal, the power cable must lie in a loose loop, and must not be pulled, pinched or pinched anywhere.

How to make a lamp?

Now he will try to reduce the information received into a single product, at the sight of which the guests will gasp as sincerely as the master expressed himself while working. We will be guided by the following principles:

• Complex and / or technological operations requiring special skills are avoided in every possible way.
• Adhesive or solder joints are used only auxiliary, holding the parts to be joined from displacement. The product assembled without gluing and soldering should, in the absence of external influences, remain intact in its normal position for an indefinitely long time.
• From an additional tool, we will try to get by with a hand-held electric drill and a small removable bench vise with a screw clamp for attaching to the table.

Let's start with a chandelier, as the most complex type of household lamp.

Chandelier

On a cord

The simplest suspension of a chandelier weighing up to 5 kg is on a cord, pos. 1 in fig. In this case, 4 additional holes will have to be drilled in the lampshade mounting ring (see article on lampshades); marked in green in pos. 1a. Cord knots must be knitted that do not slip or unravel, for example. any fishing hooks. Cord - any non-rotting cross lay (eg linen) with a diameter in an unstretched state of 8 mm or more. Cords and ropes of spiral lay are not intended for long-term tensile load!

The most critical part is the suspension hook (red CP). It must be bent from steel wire with a diameter of 4 mm; a hook made of 6 mm wire rod can withstand weight up to 35 kg. Of course, if you buy a ready-made hook for a chandelier, it will not be worse.

Suspension rods with the same weight - from 4 mm wire; with a weight of up to 5 kg, you can get by with 1.5 mm, and with a weight of up to 12 kg - 2.5-3 mm. The ring is made of galvanized sheet 0.4 and 0.8 mm, respectively, or, for weights up to 35 kg, 1.4 mm.

Note: steel soldering technology at home is described in.

In this case, it is better to fix the upper cup from slipping with a rubber ring, because. the spring washer can crush the cable passing under it. A good pallet is obtained from a computer disk. Depending on whether the lamp is in the lampshade or in the ceiling, it is turned down, respectively, with the painted or mirror side. Radial cuts are made under the stretch marks of the lampshade in the pallet.

The top cup and cap are made of plastic utensils, see above. The cap lies freely on the pallet. Glue - any assembly.

Note: the bottom nut of the cartridge must enter the hole in the pan, and not press it. Otherwise, it may be difficult to repair or clean the chandelier.

On the tube

In a chandelier suspended on a rigid tubular rod (pos. 2), firstly, it is not necessary to bend the suspension rods so that it is convenient to knit a knot on their crosshairs. Secondly, the number of pulls can be anything from 3. Accordingly, the ring can also be made without an additional row of holes, such as is described in the article on lampshades.

It is preferable to fix the cap in such a chandelier with a shaped (decorative) spring washer. It can be obtained from a thick plastic button by drilling a hole in the center of it 0.5-0.7 mm narrower than the outer diameter of the tube and making an oblique cut at 45 degrees to the axis of the washer, a round link of a plastic chain with the same cut, etc. P.

An eye for a hook in the suspension bar is obtained by flattening the tube and drilling a hole in the resulting lamella (petal). After that (and not before), a hole is drilled for laying the cable, otherwise dangerous mechanical stresses may remain in the material. A bar for a lamp weight of up to 15 kg can be made from pipes of the following types:

1. Seamless steel - inner diameter from 6 mm, wall thickness from 0.5 mm. Finishing - painting or covering with a heat-shrinkable tube (HERE) of the desired color.
2. Steel with a seam - vnutr. diameter from 8 mm, wall thickness from 0.7 mm. The finish is the same.
3. Copper gas in a plastic sheath - vnutr. diameter from 8 mm, wall from 1 mm. Finishing is not necessary, and so it shines with copper for years. You can not solder, under the adhesive connection you need to remove the plastic coating in that place.
4. For air conditioning systems made of oxygen-free copper - int. diameter from 10 mm, wall from 1 mm. Very easy to solder and glue. To preserve the copper sheen, the finished rod should be coated twice with a water-based clear acrylic varnish, diluted by half with distilled water.
5. Simple red copper - int. diameter from 12 mm, wall from 1.5 mm. It is soldered after stripping, you need to use flux paste with borax. It darkens with time and under coating, so it is better to make lamps in retro style from such tubes.
6. Plumbing propylene - very durable, but do not stick and, of course, do not solder. It is useless to finish, the design in any case turns out to be terrifying.

many-horned

From the tubes, you can make chandeliers with brackets-horns for individual illuminators. The device for connecting the horns with the rod is shown in pos. 5. The horns, with their even number, are connected in pairs with through threaded studs M2.5-M4 with nuts and spring washers. Pairs of holes for the studs are located at different levels, this must be taken into account when calculating the height of the straight part of the horn and making markings on their blanks. You can horns, incl. with an odd number of them, fasten with pairs of small self-tapping screws for metal, however, then the cables must be tightened very carefully so as not to tear the insulation on the sharp ends of the hardware protruding inward.

Note: complex / extended tube bends are formed section by section, gradually moving the manual pipe bender along the length of the future bend.

If the free ends of the horns are without squiggles (sorry - volute), etc. curls, then it is better to cover the knot of their connection with the barbell with a cap lying on the lower cup (shown by a dotted line in pos. 5). In addition, then cable laying will be much simpler: a terminal block will fit under the cap, in which the cables from the horns will converge, and only one 2-wire will go up in the bar.

Multi-track chandeliers are most often made with switchable light. The diagram for connecting lamps to a 2-section switch is shown in pos. 6. Do not forget - SB switches (switches) must be included in the phase wire! And yet, it is extremely important: if the house is equipped with protective grounding, never use a ground wire as a neutral (zero, N) regardless of the power supply scheme (grounded or isolated neutral)! The earthing switch is always in yellow insulation with a longitudinal stripe, and the neutral insulation in properly arranged wiring is black. But in any case, before starting electrical work, you need to find zero and phase with a phase indicator!

About phases, zero and earth

The safety regulations (PTB), electrical installations (PUE) and the Code of Practice (SP) for the production of electrical work for related industries (for example, construction) unambiguously regulate the color of the insulation of only ground wires - yellow with a green stripe; colors for phase conductors A, B, C and neutral are only recommended. The reason is that in countries where the only acceptable power supply system is an isolated neutral (Germany, Japan, etc.), it is customary to designate phase A in white or light gray. without a hitch" is not always possible.

The chandelier is heavy...

For ceiling lights weighing from 15 kg, fastening on the 1st rod or cord is no longer considered reliable enough. These need to be hung on a chain or rope cradle of 3-4 branches. 1 branch should support the full weight of the luminaire with 3 times the margin.

The cradle is fixed to the ceiling using a triangular or square carrier plate made of steel with a thickness of 5 mm or more, pos. 7 in fig. The number of attachment points is 4 or 5, respectively. An attachment point in the center is mandatory: without it, if one of the corner fixtures is excessively loosened, the mechanical load will “slam” onto the next weakest one, the suspension will break out like a domino and the chandelier will “all of a sudden” collapse.

Corner attachment points should be located on a conditional circle (red dotted line) with a diameter in centimeters of at least 0.85 of the weight of the chandelier in kilograms. In any case, the smallest distance between the centers of the holes in the concrete ceiling must be from 9 of their diameters, as with a 2-point suspension on a bar, see above. Eyelets or hooks under the branches of the cradle are welded to the carrier plate. Homemade eyelets can be made from 6mm wire rod.

… and ultralight

Fans make a lot of lamps from disposable plastic tableware, PET bottles and paper. Their weight is negligible, therefore, firstly, it is permissible to mount the cartridge in the lampshade / ceiling lamp from the same kebab sticks, see fig. In this case, the cartridge is taken E17 or E10 with lugs, see fig. left. The "ears" of the cartridge with the help of a sewing needle are simply tied to the crosshairs of the sticks with threads, thin copper wire or fishing line.

Secondly, the suspension of an ultralight lamp can also be made cradle, but from a fishing line. Its branches are inserted into the ceiling cap along with the cable, as for a chandelier on a cord. Such a suspension is almost invisible. If the cable (we recall that it should not be stretched, pinched or pressed anywhere) is twisted or twisted into a spiral, then an ignorant guest may at first be dumbfounded: levitation? telekinesis? superconductor and magnets?

Floor lamp

A floor lamp based on the same design and technological principles is, in general, an inverted chandelier on a rigid rod with some differences, pos. 3 in fig. above with fixture designs. First: the bar (which is already a stand) is made of a steel pipe with an inner diameter of 10 mm and a wall thickness of 1.5 mm. Ring - galvanized from 0.7 mm. Second: all joints of steel parts are soldered.

Further, in the lower support of the floor lamp, a sufficiently heavy and extensive structure should be provided for attaching the bottom of the rack. Under the floor lamp of the usual type, a cross will go from about 450x450 mm from an oak beam 100x100 mm. A blind hole with a depth of 75-80 mm is drilled in the center of it along the outer diameter of the rack, and it is glued into the socket with mounting glue. Also glue the rack into the shelf of the floor lamp. It will be useful, both in design and strength, to apply a polished washer with a diameter of 60 mm and a thickness of 2 mm (steel) or 4 mm (aluminum) on the glue. The described design allows the amateur to do without custom-turned parts in the manufacture of a floor lamp.

Table lamp

A working table lamp based on our principles of construction is even simpler than a floor lamp, pos. 4: a fairly massive and durable base (wood, plastic) with a stepped through hole along the axis. A lampshade ring is laid on the step and fastened with self-tapping screws. Then at the same time it will press the whiskers of the lampshade extensions and it will not hang out.

Note: for the base of a table lamp made of ceramic or glassware, you need to make a pommel-knob with a stepped hole mounted on its neck. The most suitable material for this is plastic.

For outdoor lighting

Let's leave outdoor lamps for 220 V purchased: it is impossible to make a "forever" sealed cable gland for mains voltage and also a sealed case with glass at home. We will work with voltages up to 12 V, then the cable entry is quite simple, see fig. And if the light source is powered from a current stabilizer, then no short circuit will be scary.

However, things may not come to electricity: for temporary lighting in the garden or at a picnic and in the 21st century, an ordinary candle is often more convenient and cheaper, it is also more romantic. And you can make a candle lantern with your own hands from a coffee can in just a few minutes, see the video:

Video: do-it-yourself candle lantern from a coffee can

Such a lamp is suitable for a light bulb; then there is no need for ventilation holes and the carrying handle can be fixed on the lid, which is more reliable.

A permanent outdoor lamp should already be electric. The main problem with this is reliable sealing. Here again, glassware with a screw-on lid comes to the rescue: an outdoor lamp works well from a can. In this case, since a more powerful light source is required, it is better to take a vessel from under conservation. The cable entry pipe is made by breaking through the cover with a round pointed rod. For complete tightness, aquarium silicone is applied once and for all to the rim of the lid from the inside before screwing.

The lamp "once and for all" involves the use of very reliable and durable light sources. Requirements for its quality and spectrum fade into the background, because. non-living or working premises are illuminated. Taking into account these conditions, it is better to make an outdoor lamp on the porch or, say, at the entrance to the garage from an LED strip: it will give quite bright lighting with a negligible consumption of electricity. An example of the manufacture of such a lamp, see:

Video: do-it-yourself garden lamp in 15 minutes

In the garden and in general on the site, high brightness of lighting is no longer needed, here, in general, if only you don’t get off the path and see the door to the bathhouse, cellar, barn or bathroom. On the other hand, it is very, very desirable to have a garden lamp autonomous: here the point is not the cost of electricity, but the cable, and who would like to make trenches in a well-groomed area?

Garden lights powered by solar panels (SB) and a buffer battery (battery) are commercially available, but they are either expensive or short-lived. Let's try to figure out whether it is possible to do it on our own, especially since it is quite possible:

• 4 white LEDs at a current of 20 mA each in a milky glass or frosted plastic bottle cover will more or less acceptable for garden needs illuminate a circle with a diameter of 4-5 m. With a current of 10 mA each, in the light spot you can still see where the stone is, and where is the pit. Total average 60 mA.
• The battery, taking into account the weak recharging in winter and the decrease in capacity in the cold, should give the maximum current of the illuminators for at least 30 hours. Finger batteries for 2500-3500 mAh, frost-resistant up to -20, are on sale. We take the minimum allowable battery capacity of 2500 mAh.
• Voltage drop across the luminous diode approx. 2 V. In order to stabilize the total current consumption and the battery discharge mode, on which its resource significantly depends, we give twice as much to the quenching resistors, for a total battery voltage of 6 V.
• The SB, taking into account the energy efficiency of the Ni-Cd battery of 74%, should give a current of approx. 75 mA. Based on the winter in the middle latitudes, we take a rated current of 100 mA.
• Also, taking into account the efficiency of the battery in terms of energy and voltage losses during charging, we take the SB voltage of 9 V.
• In order for the battery resource not to fall from overcharging, the recharge current through it should not be more than 5% of the hourly discharge current. With a battery capacity of 2500 mAh and a short circuit current of 100 mA, this condition is met, even more so with a 3500 mAh battery. That is, instead of an expensive and complex charge controller, you can simply put a silicon rectifier diode.

A diagram of an autonomous garden lamp, built taking into account the described conditions, is shown in the figure:

Despite its simplicity, the battery in it is never brought to degradation of the active medium due to overcharging, and only in exceptional cases can it reach a deep discharge; therefore, its resource remains normal when operating in harsh temperature conditions. "Zest" here - SB. Their internal resistance is large and non-linear, according to a power law, grows with increasing load current, as a result of which the short-circuit current of the SB is only slightly greater than the nominal one. From this point of view, it is more profitable to use less expensive polysilicon SBs in this circuit.

The CU control device closes the switch S when the SB voltage drops to the "twilight" level. VD1 will close by then and the battery will stop charging. It is connected to the battery only for power supply. Switch - diode or transistor optocoupler or electromagnetic relay; in this case, the reed switch is better, because a conventional one with a low voltage coil will take more current than all LEDs. In this case, it is impossible to use a thyristor optocoupler as an S: in order for the opened thyristor to close, the current through it must drop to a very small value, almost to zero. Since the current is constant here, the thyristor, once opened, will not “quiet” until the battery is completely planted.

About aquarium lighting

For lighting aquariums, special linear fluorescent lamps are used. Unlike flower shelf phytolamps: the spectrum of aquarium lamps is tailored to the optical properties of water and the vital needs of aquatic plants. Both lamps are unsuitable for general lighting of premises: the light that favors photosynthesis is by no means always useful for human vision.

To create a lighting device, they use almost everything that can be found at hand: wooden sticks, pieces of plinth, containers, wood saw cuts, metal sticks and pipes, glass products, fabrics. Homemade lamps are made futuristic, classic, glamorous, minimalist. For each type, several step-by-step master classes have been invented. It is customary to decorate designer rooms with unusual lamps. These can be products with slots, many separate fragments, in the form of a large ball or cube. The same lamps are made with their own hands, from any material. This is done not only by craftsmen selling their products, but also by ordinary owners of apartments and houses. Home-made chandeliers can be similar to store-bought ones or they can be made in an unusual way: from graters, cans, etc. The shape depends on the characteristics of the material and the performer's imagination.

What can be used as materials

You will need:

• fat cream;
• PVA glue;
• cotton buckle;
• dye;
• balloon.

There are several interesting options. From ordinary threads you get a beautiful glowing ball. First you need to inflate the balloon and grease it with cream. It is placed in a container with water and PVA diluted in it. Then it is wrapped with threads. The design is left to dry for 24 hours - all that remains is to put the product on the ceiling. The second way is to use tubes. The sheets are twisted diagonally, the protruding tips are glued. It will take two hundred tubes: they are glued together into a round or triangular figure. The next option is a wire lampshade: it is twisted into a spiral or conical shape. You can also create a lamp from plastic bottles: they cut off the bottom and neck. You will need wire, acrylic paints, sealant and a marker. There are many other techniques for creating a lamp with your own hands.

Options for creating lamps made of wood

Making a lamp with your own hands is primarily an art, not an economy. Despite the fact that wood is a simple and inexpensive material, wood products can compete with others in terms of workmanship and aesthetics. The process of their manufacture will not be the easiest. You will need to carry out complex calculations, work with a large number of tools, remove a lot of garbage. Lighting devices are made from saw cuts, branches, veneer, wooden slats, wooden boxes and frames, wheels, logs, beams, etc. A wooden lamp is an ideal solution for an antique-style interior. It can be made from a piece of wood or from worked materials, such as a complex geometric structure of sticks, a ring, a cylinder, or a square created from four or eight bars.

Master class: how to make a lamp from wood cuts

You will need a tree trunk, grinder, hacksaw, LED strip (2 m), brushes, wood varnish, glue, matte plastic pipe. First, the trunk is cut into sections of the same thickness - about 2 cm. Then a template is made in the center of one of the cuts. He and all other sections are drilled according to the markup. Measurements must be carried out carefully, because of poorly marked fragments, the whole process will have to be started anew. After that, they need to be sanded. The next step is strengthening with glue and laying on pads to dry. After that, the log cabins are varnished. In parallel, you can prepare a frosted tube - a rod for the structure. Its surface is processed to the maximum effect of haze. The saw cuts are put on the tube and after that it remains to take one more step. The last step is to mount the tape. It must be folded in your hands and in this form placed in the tube.

The list of necessary materials and tools includes: self-tapping screws, a drill, chipboard, a brush, acrylic varnish, an electric block, 4 cartridges and 7 two-meter rails. From chipboard, you need to cut blanks, and glue their edges with an edge. Reiki is assembled into a single structure in the form of a cross with a diamond shape in the center. The base is cut out of a 5 mm plywood sheet. In places where the slats create intersections, pieces of bamboo sticks or dowels are installed. At the base, it is necessary to drill 8 holes: 4 are intended for the ceiling, and the same number for the main part of the lamp. From the tin you need to bend 4 corners with beveled edges. They are mounted with self-tapping screws so that the open parts of the corners are directed inside the lampshade. The entire wooden frame is varnished twice, with a break for drying. At the end, the cruciform structure is screwed on with confirmations.

It can be made from twelve strips. For the inner part, they take a smaller one - 60 cm, for the outer one - 70 cm. The strips are made from a sheet: they are cut along the fibers with a steel ruler and a knife. On a large paper sheet, you need to draw a circle with a diameter of 350 mm or more. It is divided into sectors of 30°. On the left and right side of the lines separating the sectors, parallel lines are drawn along the perimeter of the circle to determine the desired position of the veneer strips. Then a disc is prepared with a small hole in which to lay the strips. They are glued clockwise in the form of a snowflake, first three short ones, then three long ones. After the glue dries in the strip construction, you will need to make a hole about 1 cm wide. A wire is pushed through it, and a sleeve is attached to the disk. The hanging ends of the strips are fixed with a flange and bolts.

Lamps made of textiles and threads

To create a lampshade, you can use old clothes: jeans, golfs, spoiled dresses, etc. Products are decorated with bows, pockets, threads with beads. In almost all cases, the fabric needs to be put on some kind of frame. It can also be made by hand. As a material, it is better to choose metal, sometimes wood. The basis for a homemade fabric chandelier can be factory lamps, both new and old. The fabric of an ordinary old lampshade can be removed, and a modern one with stylish patterns can be fixed instead. To create and design homemade chandeliers, threads of different thicknesses are used. They wrap various jars and frames, connect parts of the lamp and hang the structure. Lampshades made of hardened threads look interesting. In addition to them, twine or ropes are also used. They are successfully combined with different fabrics and paper.

Master class: spherical thread lamp

To create this product you will need:

1. Table lamp base.
2. Glue.
3. Thick threads (up to 4 balls).
4. Air balloons.

First, the balloons are inflated. Several are better, because they can burst. Their shape should be perfectly round. On each of them, a ten-centimeter circle is drawn with a felt-tip pen. A light bulb stand will be inserted through a hole of this size. The ball is placed on the oilcloth. The adhesive solution is being prepared. Wear rubber gloves on your hands to dip the threads into it. When they are saturated with a solution, they are taken out; then the glue clots are removed. The end of the thread is tied to the balloon knot. After that, it is wrapped around the entire ball, this must be done evenly over the entire surface, but randomly. It is advisable to use several threads of different colors. The ball is then suspended until the structure dries. Then they burst it, and the knot is cut off. The ball is removed through a large hole, into which you will then need to insert a cartridge with a light bulb.

DIY fabric lampshade

You will need thick paper, glue, fabric, threads to match the color of the fabric, pins, a ruler, a pencil, an iron. You will need to make a template to calculate the required amount of fabric. If the frame for the lampshade should have a cylindrical shape, then measure the circumference and height and alternately draw the corresponding lines, creating a right angle. The opposite sides of the rectangle are drawn. The desired shape is cut out of paper. It is applied to the fabric. From it you need to get a larger rectangle. It is cut out after the desired fragment is selected. Then the matter is fixed on the template with the help of pins (its edges must be bent). After that, you need to use a sewing machine. The processed fabric is ironed. After that, it is glued to the base. Raw cuts are hidden. The seam is made so that the base is closed with a stitched edge.

Plastic chandeliers and lamps

Plastic has become one of the most sought-after materials in the modern interior. This also applies to lamps - a wide variety of models are sold. You can make a chandelier with your own hands, which will not be inferior to finished products in anything. The plafond of the lighting device is constructed from anything. It can be disposable cups, various sticks, painted plastic bottles. They are sometimes decorated with decorative devices: figurines, luminous details. As an auxiliary material, various metal frames can be used. The easiest way to make a table lamp. You can use cut-out parts and molds with holes. Instead of throwing away unnecessary plastic items (used disposable tableware, etc.), it's better to try to make a small lamp out of them that can decorate a room.

Master class: we make a ceiling lamp from plastic spoons

You need to find a large number of identical plastic spoons, up to 200 pieces. It will be more difficult to construct a product from whole devices, but if they are cut off, then everything will turn out quite quickly and simply. The handles of the spoons must be cut off and removed, leaving only the scoop. Then you can use the finished lampshade for pasting the elements or cut it out of the eggplant. They make the lower part of it and make a hole for the light bulb, or cut off the top of the neck, leaving a fairly wide hole. Next, you need to decide on the pattern. The upper surfaces of the cups will create a shell-like pattern, while the lower surfaces will create a "scaly" surface. If you choose the second option, then jumpers need to be glued to the eggplant. First, the upper part is trimmed, laying out rows of spoons one after the other. When the process reaches the open part, then you need to calculate everything so that the last row hides the cut edge of the eggplant.

As a fastener, you can use:

• glue;
• office plasticine;
• scotch.

You will need steel wire for the frame, thin wire, a soldering iron, scissors, ten plastic bottles of various shades of green. From the bottles you need to cut out leaves of different sizes and shapes. Fragments in the form of birch leaves and other leaves with a more or less compact shape are ideal. Thus, more elements will be obtained. Slices imitating plates are best processed with a soldering iron to make them slightly bent. You also need to make veins with the edge of the sting: the leaves will take on a more natural look. Since the bottles are cylindrical, the blanks will be with curvature. Holes for thin wires are pierced with a hot needle. You need at least two on each leaf, but four is even better to thread the wire in a figure-of-eight. As many sheets as possible are put on each. Then the flexible wires are securely twisted around the frame of steel wires.

Handle the soldering iron as carefully as possible so as not to burn your fingers or burn the leaves.

You can make several types of such lamps. Materials you will need: rubber feet, silicone sticks, fluorescent lamp, fiberboard circle, CDs. Tools such as a triangle ruler, pencil, compasses, glue gun, screwdriver, pliers, tongs, drill are needed. In a round form, a hole is made from fiberboard in the very center, twelve sectors are drawn on it. On the lines that separate them, one small hole is drilled. Steel wires will be stretched through them, on each of which a stack of disks will be placed. The design will turn out to be quite heavy, so metal wires are needed. A wire with a cartridge is inserted into the hole in the circle of fiberboard, a light bulb is inserted into it. You can also make a polyhedron lamp, a ceiling lamp in the form of a ball, petals, a ring lamp from disks.

Ways to create paper lamps

This material is popular because of its flexibility. You can design an interesting figure or fold sheets of paper several times and make flowers. Folded paper sheets are joined into rounded shapes. Paper lamps are made in the form of plants, animals, abstraction. Some people like to make patterns and cutouts. In some countries of the East, rice paper chandeliers are widely used. To make a lamp, you can use the origami technique. Paper lamps are created in two main ways, namely using one or more large sheets or gluing a large number of paper elements. Over the past ten years, table and floor lamps have gained popularity. From paper you can make lamps, carved pumpkins and houses. This material is also suitable for creating a lampshade of a traditional shape:

• conical;
• cylindrical;
• elliptical.

Rice or parchment paper

Rice paper is useful for making a Chinese lantern. Additionally, you will need a thread, an awl, a clerical knife, a ruler and a pencil. First, you need to make a markup on paper. The flashlight circuit consists of many diamond-shaped sectors. Half of them are filled with vertical intermittent markings. After that, the sheet is folded into an accordion. He curls up into a circle. Painted covers can be glued to the top and bottom. To make a parchment paper cover, you will need a marking board, a circular knife, two sheets of parchment paper, two rolls of waxed paper (similar to parchment), scissors, silk ribbon, a hanging frame. Strips of satin ribbon 18-20 cm and 40 cm long are attached to the frame structure. The final step is to paste on the ribbon circles of parchment and wax paper. You need to attach them with an overlap.

Paper bag origami chandelier

To make such a lamp with your own hands, you will need a wire with a switch, an LED lamp, two paper bags with a pattern. First you need to learn how to make simple origami. The next thing is to cut off the bottom of the bags, remove the handles. They stick together in one big paper bag. It is folded in half. Both parts are "turned" into harmonicas. You need 16 identical strips. The outermost ones are folded diagonally. A hole is pierced with an awl. One of the two open sides is securely fixed with a thick thread. It is necessary to leave the possibility of regulation. The second will be open. The LED bulb is connected to the cartridge, the top of the lampshade opens and closes back. Such lighting is necessary, incandescent lamps cannot be used. The wire is fixed on a branch of a tall decorative tree - the product is ready.

Corrugated paper products look very original, which is why the material has become so popular. You will need an LED lamp, a cable, thread, glue, a knitting needle, a ruler, a piece of corrugated paper 44 × 88 cm. First of all, you need to take a ruler and a pen and mark the paper on lines with the same width. Focusing on the drawn lines, you need to make an accordion out of a flat sheet. With the help of a knitting needle, it folds diagonally from one end, then returns to its original position and folds on the other side. The paper needs to be unfolded again - rhombuses should stand out on it. The entire sheet now consists of double shapes. The first and subsequent folds must be made according to the width of the strips, otherwise the appearance of the paper will deteriorate. The workpiece is twisted into a spherical shape, and its upper part is fastened with a thread.

Butterfly chandelier

There are two ways to create such a lamp:

1. One big butterfly.
2. "Swarm" of small moths of different sizes.

Preschool children will like the lampshade in the form of many hanging figures more. Separate parts of the lamp can be lowered up to one and a half meters from the ceiling. An old lampshade or its frame is taken as a basis. If there are no such blanks, then you can use a metal or wood rim or a thick wire twisted into a circle. It is necessary to prepare sheets with butterfly templates in order to select the butterflies of the required sizes and shapes. It is recommended to make moths at least five different sizes. Then the design will be visually larger. Butterflies are cut out with small scissors or a clerical knife. It is desirable that the paper is thick. Cut out figures are painted with different colors, decorated with sparkles, however, on some templates, butterflies may already be colored. To bring the product to readiness, the butterflies are fixed on the fishing lines and attached to the base.

The finished Chinese lamp can be used as a basis for other products. They are cheap. You need a perfectly round model. The first option: cut out circles of different colors from the fabric and glue them with an overlap. From a Chinese ball, you can make something like a round lamellar cone. The second way: circles are cut out of square sheets of paper. They are connected in the center, the edges are raised until a perfect flower is obtained. The elements are attached to the ball in ordered rows. Paper sheets make beautiful tartlets. They should be filled with something. The paper is also folded into square envelopes that can be turned into four conical molds. Some use an old wall map instead of paper. A newspaper lampshade with printed images in gray or brown will look stylish in any interior.

Lamps made of metal pipes and tubes in the loft style

Non-functioning water pipes with taps can be assembled into a single structure, equipped with light bulbs and thus create a stylish and useful thing. It is better to place it on the wall. This is a very popular loft style decoration element. Steampunk lamps are created from large and small pipes. These are complex designs, without special preparation it will not work to make them. However, it is possible to construct a small robot with a "head" in the form of a light bulb. Beautiful ceiling chandeliers are made from pipes. In addition, there are various models of lamps made of metal pipes. Brass is often used as a material. Chandeliers are created in the form of compositions from several tubes. Pipes, as a rule, are made in one piece, but lamps are also produced with various patterns and openings. They are not inferior in popularity to lamps in the loft style.

You can make a beautiful product in the form of diamond faces. In addition to the pipes themselves, you will need sandpaper, a jigsaw, twine or wire, and gloves. To create an original chandelier, you will need 20 pipes: 10 short (6 cm), 5 medium (12 cm) and the same number of long (25 cm). You need to find several long blanks, mark them and saw them with a jigsaw. After that, you need to do grinding with sandpaper so that the edges of the tubes are perfectly smooth. Further, the fragments are collected on a thick wire or twine. First, horizontal rows are created: the bottom of five short and the middle of the same number of medium tubes. Then they are connected by five more short tubes. The upper part of the structure is made of five long fragments that need to be combined with the already prepared part. Long pipes do not come down completely, in this place you need to fix the cartridge.

Fixtures from plumbing pipes

It is necessary to prepare such devices as an electrical cable, electrical tape, adhesive tape, various screwdrivers, a two-wire wire, cartridges, hinges, fittings that match the parameters of the pipes. One of the tubes should be larger - it will serve as a mount to the ceiling. The assembly process is quite complex. It is necessary to create a scheme on paper, and only then get down to business. At this stage, the design configuration is determined. Splitters must be connected correctly. All parts of the upcoming structure can be polished and painted. It is better to give preference to white, red, gold and black colors. You need to wait about a day for everything to dry completely. After that, all pipes are assembled together. Light bulbs are on them. The last step is connection. Since the scheme is complex, it is better to invite a specialist.

Using glass to create lamps

You can hang a composition of several empty liquor bottles on the ceiling. Three-liter cans can be hung from metal chains. Glassware is also suitable as a ceiling lamp. A lamp made of many glass fragments can imitate a crystal chandelier. Broken glass objects find a new purpose in the form of an original lighting fixture. Fine table lamps are made from glasses and wine glasses. Various glass boxes, glass from old wall sconces, headlights, interior doors can come in handy. A homemade glass chandelier can be painted with watercolors or stained glass paints. Get beautiful stained glass windows. To create pendant lamps, craftsmen use a variety of decorative containers from oils and perfumes. Unlike wood and paper, glass has a high fire safety.

The list of necessary devices includes wire cutters, screwdrivers, screws, glass cutter, silicone, a rag or brush, stain, pine boards, hooks, a chain, ten light bulbs, wiring, wine bottles. The first step is processing the containers. Labels and glue residues are removed from the bottles. With the help of a glass cutter, you need to remove the bottom of each bottle: it rests at a height of 1-2 cm, and the bottle rotates around its axis. Cracks must be tapped with a hammer until the bottom falls off. After that, the electrical wires are placed in bottles and connected to the cartridges. Light bulbs are screwed into them. Now we need to prepare the boards. In the lower, larger one, holes are drilled for necks and wires. The top will collect them in one bundle. Hooks for chains are screwed into the bottom board, which will hold the structure. For the kitchen, you can make a table lamp with a bottle base and a wooden shade.

Wooden boards can be stained to give an "antique" effect.

Using old cans to create lamps

Old jars can find a new purpose. Lamps can be created using threads, electrical wires, can handles. Containers must be equipped with handles. They will need to be tied with threads attached to a pre-prepared iron frame. Electrical wires with cartridges and light bulbs are lowered into the banks - the chandelier is ready. You can make an option for giving - the threads are tied around the branches of a tree, and candles or small lanterns are placed inside the cans. Containers wrapped with multi-colored threads or decorated with patterned napkins look beautiful. The inside of the cans can be painted white, and while it has not yet dried, apply a pattern in the form of chaotic lines. Some paint the container on the outside with different colors, and draw an image on top with the help of glitter shadows. Banks can also be pasted over with small cullet.

Shabby chic chandelier/lamp

Beads and fabric are used to create beautiful decorative items, including lamps that are typical for this style. Shabby chic decoration provides that the room is designed for a girl or woman. You will need beads, beads, threads, chains, a cartridge with a lamp, a finished wooden or metal frame. The first step is to paint the base in some of the soft shades. After that, it can be wrapped with decorative elements or fabric. The top of the ceiling is wrapped with smaller beads, but in larger quantities - up to 40 beads must be strung on one thread, while about 20 beads on the lower threads. This is an approximate proportion, it, like the tension of the threads, can be changed depending on the size of the structure. The lamp is usually covered with a pink cloth. All decorations are hung so that they flow down.

Conclusion

The chandelier is the single most important element in the upper part of the room, it can create symmetry and other geometric accents. To hang a beautiful, stylish, designer lamp in your room, it is not necessary to buy it in a store. Every home has enough items and tools to do everything on their own. In most cases, a blank, scissors, paper, glue, thread, frame, varnish and paints are enough. Sometimes you may need the help of an electrician. Most "handmade" lamps are made of wood, plastic, paper, glass, textiles or metals. There are also more exotic options using different designs, small parts, molds. A homemade chandelier should not only perform an aesthetic function, but also illuminate the room with high quality. It must be designed wisely.

In this article, we offer step-by-step master classes on how to make do-it-yourself table lamps from improvised means that are always in the house. It would seem at first glance ordinary and unnecessary things, but you can make original and designer lamps for your desktop from them.

The most popular and simple improvised materials are: glass bottles and jars, cardboard and paper, plastic vessels, water pipes and cement. How to make lamps out of this we will show and tell in this article.

With a simple and elegant copper table lamp, you can decorate any corner of your home with your own hands. It will perfectly fit modern interior from loft style to rustic. Prostate and conciseness - this is the main trump card of this table lamp.

For this you need tools:

• Roulette, marker
• Pipe cutter and washcloth
• Wire stripping and stripping tool
• Pliers and a thin flat head screwdriver
• crosshead screwdriver

M materials:

• Copper pipes
• Acetone and super glue
• Copper corners 90 °, 7 pcs.
• electrical wire
• Plug and Electro chuck
• Switch and light bulb

Table lamp assembly technique

To get started, take a tape measure, a marker, a pipe cutter, a rag, copper pipes and acetone.

Marking and cutting tubes

• Use a measuring tape and a marker to mark where you will cut the copper pipes.
• Do this carefully, accurately measuring every millimeter, because if the details are different, then in the end result they will not be as large as they should be.

• Point the pipe cutter and adjust the diameter of the pipe with the nut. Watch the copper tube, gradually readjust diameter with nut, so that the closure goes on until the pipe is cut.
• After, with acetone and a rag, you can wipe the markings from the pipe.

TIP: Our parts have: 3 cuts of 15 cm, 1 cut of 20 cm, 1 cut of 45 cm, 1 cut of 25 cm. We used 12 tubes. When designing your luminaire, please note that the size of the copper cubits will be added.

While the cable is inside, we connect the parts

Insert the pieces together and glue with super glue. In order to avoid problems in the future, it is better to glue each part and put it together.

Despite the instantaneous effect of the adhesive, it is preferable to wait a few minutes before proceeding to make sure the pieces are glued perfectly.

Tip: It will be more convenient to apply glue if you use a brush. If you want the lid to be at the very top, install it first. So the first part will be ready, and the cable will go in the other direction.

Instruments:

• Wire stripping and stripping tool
• incisors
• thin flat screwdriver
• crosshead screwdriver

Materials:

• fork
• electro chuck
• switch
• Copper pipes
• electrical wire

Install electrical system

1. Open the faceplate of the cover and start by stripping the insulation. Connect ground (blue) and live (brown, gray or black) with the two screws you find inside.
2. Repeat the same process in the plug and switch.
3. In the switch you will find two pairs of small screws, a cable that you must cut to the height you want the switch to be and connect to the appropriate sockets by going inside the small screws.
4. All you have to do is screw in the light bulb to make your copper table lamp.

Finally, put the lamp in a corner or place you like, and you will see how it will become a wonderful addition to your interior, illuminating the space!

Master class: Table lampfrom paper

When I first saw the Robert Delta table lamp, it was love at first sight! The shape is amazing, it comes in a variety of bright colors, just the way I like it. Recently I thought, since the accessories were amazingly durable, why not use them for the lamp?

Here are all the materials used:

• old lantern or lamp kit
• template and thick cardboard or paper, you can take polypropylene sheets
• glue and putty
• sanding block (medium + fine)
• wood block (add weight to base)

Instruments:

• artistic ribbons
• metal ruler / xacto knife
• drill (can optionally replace xacto knife)

Lamp manufacturing technology

• First, print the pattern (6 of each triangle) (1 of each hexagon).
• Cut out the shapes so that they fit snugly on the board. Then use glue to attach the pieces to the back of the mat.
• Using a metal ruler and a Xacto knife on a cutting board, cut through each shape.
• Put them together.

• Next, glue the bottom (shapes 2 + 4) to the base (shape 6). The triangles fit together nicely and if you did everything right, they will just fall into place.

Then use small pieces of art tape to stick them together and wait for the glue to dry completely.

TIP: Use super glue, it dries instantly (we used Aleene). Apply glue lightly, and wipe off excess.

1. After gluing the bottom half (forms 2 + 4 to the base, form 6 turn upside down (open end down), place the square on a flat surface and let it dry overnight, this will help preserve its area.
2. The next day, start working on the top of the lamp. Glue the 1 + 3 shape, leaving a little hole to insert the lamp inside. The top one (form 5) was glued along with the art tape, but it is not glued to the form 1 + 3 yet.
3. Then reinforce the seams with glue from the inside.

Then start working on the base of the lamp.

The level at the bottom of the lamp needs to be made a little larger, so cut a few 1×4 pieces to raise it a bit. Additional weight will also be added, which will give it more stability. Use screws to attach 1×4 to existing metal base. (We swapped the existing stem with one from another lamp to get it to the correct height).

Next, drill a hole for the cord and insert the plastic sleeve from the old lamp. The lamp should be disassembled, and pull the cord and wire through the threaded rod of the hole in the new base. Glue it in the center inside the lamp.

At the top (form 5), mark the center and drill a hole for the center rod. Then glue it in place.

1. After applying the adhesive, wipe off excess and, if necessary, lightly and apply a second coat after sanding.
2. Medium-grit putty and fine sandpaper, finish with a sanding block. At this point, you will notice its strong base.

When you've finished removing the dust, apply paint! To cover the top of the threaded rod, use the top of an old lamp - it just slides over the rod. Then return back to the nest!

Everything, a handmade table lamp is ready.

Bottle table lamp

Tin lamp

Such a lamp is perfect for a home desktop, both for a student and a schoolboy. Boys will especially appreciate it, it looks more like a transformer and a robot from the future. You can paint or decorate the jar itself with paper, thread, or make it more embossed. How right.

Table lamp made of plastic bottles

Plastic bottles can always be found on the farm, so decorating an old table lamp is not difficult. Usually, when restoring old lamps, the bases are left and plastic is used for the lampshade. The lampshade mount is usually used the old one. When working with plastic bottles, remember that cutting them is easier. paper cutter or construction knife. Glue is used for rubber or special for plastic.

Table lamp made of branches and cuts

Wood in the interior is always a classic - it is always fashionable and relevant. By decorating a table lamp with a cut of wood or an old driftwood with your own hands, you will get a designer item that simply has no price.

1. To do this, we need to pick up any piece of wood we like, process it properly namely, dry it, apply impregnation from pests and cover it with varnish.
2. The second stage is to mount the top from the old floor lamp into the base. If this is not the case, it does not matter, in stores everything for light usually sells bases for lampshades.

Other original ideas

The basis for a table lamp, in principle, can serve as any object that you do not need: these are children's toys, sewing machines, unnecessary socks, and so on. Experiment and create beauty!

People who have developed creative abilities very often create interior elements with their own hands, and making a master class chandelier is not difficult. Only bathroom fixtures are better to buy factory ones, because they should be small and reliable.

Dwellings, in which handmade items are present, acquire an exquisite and original look.

We make a chandelier with our own hands from plastic bottles

To make a chandelier from plastic bottles, we take:

• If there is an old chandelier, you can take its island
• Lots of colorful bottles
• No more than ten steel rods

1. From plastic bottles with scissors we cut out any figures that you want to see on your chandelier (animals, flowers, etc.)
2. We attach several twigs to the island of the chandelier. From the rest we make something similar to a hedgehog, connecting the rods in the middle. We remove one rod where the light bulb will be
3. Next, we supplement the resulting frame with previously cut plastic figures
4. We connect the island and the hedgehog together.

Now you know how to make a plastic chandelier with your own hands. To consolidate the material, we recommend that you watch a video in which examples of chandeliers from plastic bottles are collected:

We make a chandelier with our own hands from wood

To make a wooden chandelier, we need:

• Twelve planks for facing the door, 30-45 cm each.
• Liter jars, from which we will make ceiling lamps (6 pcs).
• White and wood paint.
• Self-tapping screws for wood.
• Sandpaper.
• Rolling machine.

Description of the manufacturing principle.

1. Smoothen planks with sandpaper
2. We need a place for the electrical wire, so we make a notch on the back of each plank.
3. We drill three strips, to which we attach the shades.
4. We paint the planks in wood color.
5. We make a regular hexagon from the plans.
6. We attach the cartridge to the hole in the lid.
7. We roll up jars with light bulbs inside.
8. We paint the ceiling in any light color.

DIY chandelier made of wood, photo below:

We make a chandelier with our own hands from threads

To make a chandelier from nylon threads, we take:

• Let's make a lampshade from a plastic bowl
• multi-colored threads
• Fastening paste

Description of the manufacturing principle.

1. Let's make the pasta first. We mix half a glass of flour and two glasses of water, two glasses of water with a temperature above 60 degrees there, boil and throw about three tablespoons of sugar. We stir and wait until it cools down. Next, consider how to make a lampshade with your own hands for a chandelier
2. We throw the yarn into the paste.
3. The resulting yarn is wound on a bowl.
4. After 24 hours, we separate the resulting lampshade from the threads from the bowl.
5. We attach the ceiling to the bottom and that's it, the chandelier can be hung on the ceiling

Attention! A do-it-yourself lampshade for a chandelier provides for the use of a light bulb of no more than 60 watts, as it is made of flammable materials.

Have you decided to change your interior and want something unusual? The store offers a huge selection of different things, but why not make something yourself? The designer lives in each of us, you just need to wake him up, change the world that surrounds you, make it the way you see it!

Why not start with a chandelier? It can become a hallmark of your home that no one else has. This will not only save you money but also give you a sea of ​​unforgettable emotions.

Make a do-it-yourself chandelier shade. You will be surprised that things that you were ready to throw away can be useful to you and be reborn in your new invention.

First you need to decide on the style, what kind of chandelier you want.

If you are young - a romantic style chandelier is for you, you need to decorate a country house - country style will be just right.

DIY chandelier (photo on lampshade decorations)

To make a chandelier with our own hands, we take:

• Bulb socket.
• Power cord.
• Chandelier frame.
• Decor for jewelry.
• Multicolored threads.
• Hot glue.
• 60 watt light bulb.

For the frame, what is left of your old, long-forgotten chandelier is suitable. Many famous designers have started their illustrious careers by polishing old pieces, bringing them to life and putting them up for sale.

Take measurements, decide on the fabric you will use. After sewing the cover of the desired size, put it on the frame. You can decorate the lampshade as you like. It can be carved flowers, animals, figures, beads and much more that will reproduce your imagination. We fasten the cartridge equipped with a low-power light bulb to the lampshade and you're done. A handmade lampshade will cheer you up every time you look at it.

We make a New Year's chandelier with our own hands

How to make a New Year's chandelier with your own hands to surprise your friends with a suddenly discovered talent?

To make a chandelier, we take:

• Organic glass or thin wooden sheet.
• Linen rope.
• Multicolored balls.
• Small stapler.
• We use the glass parts left over from the old chandelier.

Description of the manufacturing principle.

We start by cutting off a square from plexiglass, the dimensions of which are 50:50 cm. We make holes over the entire area every 5 centimeters, as randomly as possible. We take a linen thread and thread it through a hole and bring it out into another, adjacent one. The length of the output ends should be two meters. We do this procedure until we fill all the holes in the square.

We hang this composition instead of a chandelier on the ceiling and continue to decorate the chandelier like a Christmas tree. We take the balls and tie nylon threads of different lengths to them, and tie them to the structure, concentrating them in the central part. Next, we perform the same operation with glass products, but we hang them already at the edges, the length of the thread should be less than on the balls. If you look at the design as a whole, it will look like an inverted pyramid.

Now you know how to make a Christmas chandelier with your own hands. Start your crafts right now and you won't stop at the chandelier.

Recently, such decorations for a chandelier as winding with threads have become very fashionable.

Description of the manufacturing principle.

We will need a lot of thread and PVA glue, as well as an inflatable balloon. Cotton threads for our venture will come in handy, as the glue falls on them evenly and behaves obediently.

We wrap the inflated balloon with threads, apply glue and wait until it dries. Then we just burst the ball with a needle. Cut a hole in the top for the bulb and you're done. Your result can be compared with a handmade chandelier in the photo.