Creating a useful object from a recycled material with your own two hands is really rewarding; not only you have produced a valuable item, you also got to enhance your crafting skills and most especially, you have helped save the environment.
DIY home improvement projects which use recycled materials are becoming more and more popular with people all over the world. And when it comes to home improvements, lamps are frequently an afterthought. But they’re actually a great opportunity to add a little bit of flair to your room.
Here are 21 lighting fixture ideas that would add some creativity – and light – to your space:
#1. American Gourd Lampshade
The gourd is carved to form a certain design.Light shines through its holes.The American Gourd transforms into a beautiful lampshade.
#2. Bike Parts Chandelier
Old bike parts are turned into a chandelier.Light reflects beautiful shadows.
#3. Cloud Lights
Pieces of cardboard are cut into cloud shape, fixed on the wall with some lighting behind.When lighted, it gives a cloud night sleep.
#4. Cup&Saucer Lights
Elegantly designed tea cups and saucers were made into attractive lights.
#5. Doily Lamp
A simple party-shop balloon is blown up big and wrapped in white lace place settings painted with wallpaper glue.The soaked material sticks readily to the sides of the inflated sphere, overlapping to form a contiguous shell, suspended and left to dry overnight like a plaster cast. Pop the balloon and cut the top a little to drop in a bare bulb and create your own chandelier.
#6. Drum Chandelier
These noisy musical instruments are made into gorgeous chandeliers to create a relaxing and peaceful environment.
#7. Forest Shade Chandelier
A pair of Danish artists have created a magical chandelier that turns a room into a forest using a trick of the light.Vast leafy shadows are thrown onto the walls as light shines through the mirrored sculpture.Different types of woodland can be created by turning the dimmer switch up and down.
#8. Globe Chandelier
This glowing globe chandelier by Benoît Vieubled is composed of 15 spinning spheres of Earth, the planetary constellation is made of repurposed desk globes outfitted with lights and suspended from the ceiling’s firmament.
#9. Grater Lights
Wire a few light fixtures through a board of wood. Once wired, it’s just a matter of hanging cheese graters as lamp shades into the fixtures. Now, you have the cheesiest lighting fixture in the entire neighborhood.
#10. Gummy Bear Chandelier
Artist Kevin Champeny designed this crazy chandelier made of 3,000 hand-cast acrylic gummy bears called the Candelier for home furnishings company Jellio.
#11. Hanger Lights
Wooden clothes hanger are arranged to create a delightful classic light shade forms.It also provides a surprising view of its unique material palette.This spiral design gives your room a stylish lighting.
#12. Hat Lights
This is a cool lighting fixture for top hat lovers.
#13. Paper Orb Light
DIY project that takes advantage of the humble paper globe light.Decorative cupcake liners with an optical, graphic print are layered over plain liners creating a beautiful effect on these orb lights; the organic, anemone-like shapes look lovely up close, far away, unlit during the day and glowing from within at night.
#14. Paper Starburst Light
With scraps of paper and a healthy dose of patience, you can create a pendant light which provides a perfect glowing quality of the light and undulating shadows.
#15. Plastic Bottle Chandelier
Composed entirely from cut-off bottle bases, it lit up the floor and showcased a selection of innovative lighting.The most stunning pieces of a recycled plastic bottle chandelier by Michelle Brand.
#16. Plastic Spoon Lamp
Prepare all tools and supplies for your Plastic Spoon Lamp; glue gun, sharp cutting knife, pliers, plastic spoons, lamp with a cable, and large plastic bottle.Cut the handle of the spoon, glue the spoon to the bottle, and make a collar for the bottleneck to cover it.It looks gorgeous when it is dark and modern during the day.
#17. Pop Top Lampshade
The only materials required, besides the top and bottom lamp shade hoops, are aluminum can “stay” tabs that have been bent and cut with pliers.This gorgeous lamp shade design is by Sean Michael Ragan.
#18. Silverware Lights
Sophisticated lighting fixture made from silver spoons and forks.
#19. Tetra Box Lamp
Designer Ed Chew shared a really cool idea how to creatively transform this empty drink packets into an awesome lighting fixture.Unfold the packets and refold them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections.Piece them together forming a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape.A beautiful overhead lamp that casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space.
#20. Wine Bottle Chandelier
One of the most attractive aspects of glass is the way it plays with light, so a wine bottle chandelier is a perfect project.
#21. Yarn Lampshade
This super cool lighting fixture is made out of yarn wrapped around an inflated balloon or punching ball covered with mod podge which was allowed to dry.
Please share these clever DIY ideas and let’s start building a brighter and waste-free world for us and for the generations to come.
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very nice I like to try doing the plastic bottle chandelier I would like more information how to do it thank you
With scraps of paper and a healthy dose of patience, you can create a pendant light which provides a perfect glowing quality of the light and undulating shadows.
very nice I like to try doing the plastic bottle chandelier I would like more information how to do it thank you