Bottle Lamp {tutorial}

Pottery Barn Seeded Glass Lamps for around $99 each for inspiration

Materials Needed:

- Large Bottle or Jug

- Bottle Lamp Kit (Lowe's) - around $11

- Glass Drill Bit

- Drill

- Lamp Shade

- Stuff to put inside (optional) I used wine corks, you could also do shells, sand, anything!

- needlenose pliers and a phillips head screwdriver (for the lamp kit assembly)

Glass Drill Bit

Bottle Lamp Kit

Step 1: Drill the hole for the cord

I used some masking tape here... I couldn't find this in instructions anywhere but I feel like way back when a long time ago when I had done something like this before, someone told me to use masking tape, so I thought, hmmm... might not hurt!

 Step 2: Thread the cord through the bottle

Step 3: Fill bottle with corks, sand, shells, etc.

(side note- if using sand you may have to seal the hole to prevent sand from spilling out)

Step 4: Follow instructions for lamp assembly. Good Luck.

You may need the wine from the bottle at this point...

(side note #2: did you know that what we tend to call lamps are really called luminaires and the lamp is actually the bulb that we put in it? Some interior design factoids for ya!)

 

 

Step 6: Wrap cord in jute twine so it's not so noticable. I picked the twine since I had it on hand, any natural material, or something that coordinates with the contents of your bottle will work. I secured the twine with hot glue, being very careful not to get any twine near any part of the lamp that might get hot.

Voila! Bottle Lamp!

P.S. I still need to paint that pedestal white! Next week... :)

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