Sometimes what looks beautiful is the simplest and simplest thing to do. This is the case of this industrial-style cable lamp: it is simply a light bulb with a cable, placed with the help of a support used to hang pots, or a wooden coat rack.
The best thing about it is that being so simple it can be combined with any type of decoration. So it’s a great option if you can’t find something to match your room, or if you like to change the colors and style of your home frequently.
In addition, you can give the design your own touches, such as painting the support, doing it with a colored cable or bulb, or placing the cable in a different way.
Materials
- A support (it can be one of those used to hang pots, the support of a shelf, a coat rack, or whatever you can think of)
- punch and wick
- Screwdriver
- Cable
- Lamp holder (obtained in electrical houses)
- Duct tape
- A nice energy saving light bulb
Process
1. To assemble this simple lamp (of those that only connect the cable to the bulb), first choose and separate all the materials that you are going to use.
2. Make sure that your bra has a space for the wire to fit. In this case, the upper part has been perforated.
3. Thread the cable through the hole.
4. Disassemble the lamp holder to make the connection. It is divided into three pieces. Thread your wire through it and secure with electrical tape. If you have never made an electrical connection, ask someone who knows for help or read a manual, for example this one.
5. In this way you can make a cable lamp that you will connect to your electrical connection and it will turn on when you activate the switch. If you want to make it as a nightstand, you will also need to connect a plug and a switch. You can see this origami lamp tutorial to help you.
6. When you’ve made the connection and threaded the wire through the bracket the way you want, mount the fixture to the wall.
7. Cut the light in your house and connect the lamp to the current. Do not do it with the electrical current enabled, it is very dangerous!
9. Put the light bulb back on, turn the power back on. Now you can turn on the switch!
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