People who never get carried away should be. --Malcom Forbes

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Bottoms up....

My dad and I started making these cute little lamps a few years ago. All you need is an empty liquor bottle (how you obtain this is none of my business), a lamp kit from Lowe's or Wal-mart, and a drill with a glass drilling bit (although I've drilled them, very carefully, with a regular bit).





Make sure you get a lamp kit with a fitting as close to the size of the bottle opening as you can. In this case I used the bottle's rubber stopper to secure the lamp part in the bottle opening. I did this by drilling a small hole through the bottle stopper. After you drill a hole into the back side of the bottle you're using, run the lamp cord up through the back and out the top of the bottle. Their are directions on the lamp kit for hooking up the wires and it's pretty simple to figure out. After you've got it together and secured the bottle to the lamp parts, find a bulb and a cute shade...and a place to put your new lamp.  :)

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