Light-Up Living Room Accessories for Dynamic Decorating. Like large-scale LEDs for your living room, this creative home lighting idea combines a design-it-yourself approach to decor and standardized accessory modules. The basic idea: buy as many as you need and arrange the lights to make your own functional lighting system layout and dynamic decorative statement. These so-called Light Brix are flexible accessories that can illuminate rooms and spaces or serve as simple accent lighting in halls or on walls in entryways.
Kids bedroom design, for example, can become interactive play activity, lights programmed with custom patterns by the children themselves. Of course, these can always work as artistic garden or other outdoor lighting. Modern as they are, these pictures demonstrate that the fixtures can work well in simple contemporary contexts as well as elegant antique spaces. DIY Project Lighting, Egg Carton Flower Pendant Light. There are so many fun crafty things that can be done with paper pulp egg cartons. When I came across these unique purple ones in the trash at my office (yes, I dug them out of the trash), I just knew they could be turned into something really spectacular.
My idea? This paper pulp egg carton flower pendant light. I think this flower pendant light would add a pretty feminine touch to a girl’s room or any room that needs a pretty, feminine touch . Project Cost: Approximately $30 Tools & Materials: 15-foot extension cord,One strand of 50-count miniature white Christmas lights,Paper pulp egg cartons (at least 80 cups, plus a few extras to allow for errors),Metal hardware cloth with 1/2-inch grid,Approximately 50 4-inch zip ties,Scissors (they need to be sharp!)
Instructions: Prepare the flowers (you’ll need a total of 40 flowers): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Helpful Hints: This project is not appropriate for small children. Light bulb made from tea strainers on the Behance Network. DIY Tuesdays: Flower Fairy Lights. I’ve been browsing for outdoor wedding decor and I happened stumbled across this easy DIY project from Apartment Therapy. So cute for a summer wedding! What you’ll need: - Fairy lights (Christmas lights) - Vellum paper in your wedding colors - Scissors Here’s my simplified version of the project: Step 1: Cut 5 inch squares of vellum paper. Step 2: Fold the left and right corners up to meet at the center, forming a diamond shape.
Step 3: Cut curves along the open edges to form a heart-shaped top and create the petal effect (see my photo below). Step 4: Snip the tip of the bottom of the triangle – remember to cut small enough that it won’t fall off the lights but wide enough so you can pass through each fairy light. Although it is unlikely that these tiny lights will catch on fire, you don’t want to worry about that on your wedding day! TetraBox Light by Ed Chew. Liquid to Light Designer Ed Chew takes a green step in the right direction with the TetraBox lamp, a light object made from discarded drink packets that would have otherwise ended up in landfills already packed to the brim. The design is achieved by unfolding the packets and refolding them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections that are then pieced together to form a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape.
Here, the Epcot-like ball makes an attractive overhead light and casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space. Designer: Ed Chew. Craft Recycled: Cutting Glass Bottles. By Becky Striepe on August 12, 2011 Our pals over at Eco Snobbery Sucks posted some gorgeous photos of wine bottles turned into into gorgeous hanging candle holders. The really tricky part about the tute is cutting the glass itself. Luckily, with the right tools and a little bit of finesse, you can cut your own glass bottles to make candle holders and lots of other awesome glass bottle crafts! This video below goes into a neat method for cutting glass bottles: Have you guys done any crafty bottle cutting? About the Author: Becky Striepe is a green blogger and independent crafter with a passion for vintage fabrics. Lovely Laminated Chandelier. I remember when I got my first laminating machine. If I could have laminated my assistants I would have. I went NUTS! If it could be put through that machine and trapped in between the plastic sheets I was laminating it.
Now, well, I am more conservative about it but I still love doing it almost more than the Mambo. Pair my love for the laminate with my love for anything that has book pages and I'm all over it. Book pages 200 paper clips or Christmas bulb hooks Swing arm cutter or good scissors Big safety pin Double stick tape A place to laminate your pages STEP 1: Laminate your book pages. STEP 2: With a swing arm cutter or some good scissors you need to cut your laminated pages into rectangles that are about 2" by 1 1/2" and 3" by 1 1/2". STEP 3: Poke holes in the top and bottom of each of your rectangles and hook them together in long strands with the paper clips or Christmas ornament hooks. STEP 4: Once you have your strands you will tape them around your light fixture. Recycled 2-Liter Sea Creature Lamp.....Lamptastic!
How cool is it that you can finally have a use for those large 2 liter soda bottles that take up tons of room in your trash can? I've discovered even more possibilities with this project because lately I've been spray painting the bottles with different colors and they look amazing. You can also use the beautiful green bottles for a terrific effect. Attach the smaller bottles on a string of lights and you'll have some amazing party lights. Use your imagination and don't make any more landfill, OK!
Now go forth and recycle and make your momma proud. Scissors Two 2 liter bottles per light Spray Paint if you want a different color Cord and socket set with a chandelier size socket 15 Watt Chandelier Bulb STEP 1: Cut of the bottom of the bottle and start making fringe all the way around the bottle up to about 1" below the neck of the bottle. STEP 2: Place one bottle inside the other bottle as shown. STEP 4: Screw in your bulb and hand from the nearest hook! CAUTION: Use very low wattage bulbs. Sneak Peek Project from: THE BIG ASS BOOK OF HOME DECOR. I don’t usually pick favorites, but I have to say that this just may be my favorite project in this entire book. It’s beautiful, simple and easy to make and if I do say so myself, it was a piece of crafty heaven when it finally came together. 6 clear plastic plate stands.
*I got mine at the 99C store. Household Goop Glue 6” socket and cord set Small bulb for your socket and cord set (think night light size here) Office tape Newspaper Dremel Tool with grinding attachment (standard with Dremel) Small piece of sandpaper STEP 1: Unwrap all of your 6 plate stands. STEP 2: Arrange 3 of them so they touch in the center and are equal all the way around and then carefully mark on the newspaper where each of the legs touch the paper because this will be your guide.
STEP 3: Tape your 3 pieces together and then take your socket with your bulb screwed in and figure out how much space you will need to create for them on the inside of your chandelier once it’s finished. From Straw to AWE! The Incredible Strawburst Lamp. Alright, it's late and I'm working on this blog and wondering what project to write about next.
As I look up on my studio wall I notice my "Strawburst Lamp" and think to myself that I haven't turned on this lamp in quite a while. All of a sudden it hits me that this lamp totally encompasses everything I love about being creative...about my creativity. It takes every day mundane things and turns them into something quite interesting. Even beautiful. I particularly enjoy the way this lamp looks when every other light in the house is off. I remember making this lamp for the first time and wondering after the first 20 minutes if it would ever make it into THE BIG ASS BOOK OF CRAFTS. Now I'm so inspired to take this concept to the next level. You'll need: 1 cheap deep-fryer (I got this one at a discount store for 99c) 500 drinking straws 1 plug in light fixture with a chandelier bulb sized socket Here's how: Step 3: Attach your socket and bulb inside the handle so that it's secure.
Light me up baby! Give me some electricity and a light bulb and I'm sitting in my boxer shorts making a lamp and trying not to burn down the house. I can't help it. This craft paper lamp is beautiful at night, at least that's how I like it. It's also super easy to make and has endless possibilities. When I say endless, I mean endless.
You'll need: 2 wire plant baskets 1 extension cord with a night light on the end Craft paper 2 ft. of small gage wire or several plastic twist-ties Needle nose pliers Elmer's Glue All Step 1: With the small gage wire, wire your plant baskets mouth to mouth to create a big egg shape. Step 2: Cut your craft paper in rectangles about 6" x 2" in size Step 3: Water down your Elmer's Glue a bit so it's easy to spread and wet a piece of your craft paper and lay it on the wire. Step 4: Continue until the entire basket is covered (except for a 3" diameter hole at the top) and let dry. Colorful Tissue Paper Lamps. I initially called these the Industrial Tissue Paper Lamps, but they are anything but industrial looking after they're done.
In fact, the base structure of these lamps could be used with any kind of paper and the look would be amazing. Toss some spray paint on the duct cap and you would have a lamp fit for any home decorating project. I particularly enjoy the glow of colored light in the room depending on which color of tissue paper you've used. 1 2x5ft. roll of galvanized steel 1/4” hardware cloth (this looks like a wire grid) Tin snips Gloves, the hardware cloth can scratch you easily 1 Galvanized steel duct cap in the size of your choice (I chose the 8” and 6” sizes because it’s easy to get your hand in to change the bulbs) 2 ft. of small gage wire 1 lamp wiring kit with socket, switch and cord in the length you will need.
Either tissue paper in a color you like or a cool paper you think would work Polycrylic Clear Coat from Minwax One 1 1/2” wide brush 1 Tube of Household Goop Glue. The Last Straw my friends! Straw Cluster Lamp. Tomato Cage Chandelier.