French Inspired Lamp (From Scratch!)

 

Several of you have asked me to post more photographs of Blue Creek Home.

And since everybody else seems to be cleaning and organizing after Christmas, I thought it would be a great time to get things in order and finish a few projects that I’ve had going way too long!!

I have been cleaning and rearranging things in our master bathroom in hopes of taking photographs this week and getting it posted first.

There is a shower curtain rod (AKA copper pipe) to cut off.  A little grouting around the border tile needs to be done. The sinks need to be re-caulked.  Lots of glass and mirror needs to be cleaned. 

I was tired of cleaning, so this afternoon, I changed hats and started creating.  It is so much more fun!!!

I have been wanting a romantic lamp on the dressing area, between our sinks. 

I currently have a blackamoor lamp there.  It is a bit small for the space, but it is perfect to hang necklaces and bracelets on.  And , I like the look of it there.  But, romantic he is not!

This lady statue made of a concrete-looking-resin has been residing on G-Man’s side of the counter.  He has never appreciated her being on HIS side!!  Well,  I made him very happy when I took her away this afternoon…to make her into a  lamp!!!

In the past, I have rewired a few lamps, dismantled a lot of them to use as something else, and turned candle holders into lamps.  But, I have never started from scratch. 

No fear,  I got this!! 

 

Let me say it was challenging and I had to Google a few things!! But, I did it!!!

And here’s how!

The statue

 

I lost the photos of the statue getting drilled.  ARGHHH!!!!!

So just imagine me drilling a hole in her upper back,  through her body (which is hollow) and out the bottom.  I kept my drill as straight as I could so that the rod would be straight.

I centered the statue on the wooden base.  I put white paint on the end of the threaded rod and then put it through the holes in the statue, onto the base.  The paint marked the spot on the base where I needed to drill the hole.

 

Bad photo, but this is the paint that marks my drill spot.

 

 

This is the same drill bit that I used to make the holes in the statue.  

 

 

I painted the base black. 

After cutting the threaded rod to length,  I inserted it from the bottom and secured it with a nut.

 

View of Base bottom

 

 

Next, I carefully guided the statue over the rod and onto the base.

 

 

I inserted the cord into the rod from the bottom.

 

 

After pulling the cord through to the top , I slipped the smooth metal rod (that I also painted black) over the threaded rod.

 

 

I was very pleased that it fit so nicely into the hole in her back!!

 

 

I added the bottom piece of the harp and the base of the socket which screwed on, serving to tighten everything.  Then I fed the wire through the socket base. 

Okay, at this point I got so excited that I forgot to take more photographs!! 

So, we are skipping to the finished product!!!  Sorry. 

(There are good u tube videos that show you how to split and attach the wiring to the socket)

 

I went from this little guy…

 

 

To this very French lady lamp!!!

And I like her a lot!!!

I will finish up my bathroom and post photos later this week.

 

This week I am linking to:

Metamorphosis Monday,  Made it Mondays,  Make It For Monday, Just Something I Whipped up,  DIY Day,  Get Your Craft On, Penny Pinching Party, Show and Tell.

 

Rhonda