Maine Driftwood Lamp DIY
- By Joan
- July 25, 2018
- 5 Comments
I haven’t made a DIY lamp since October of last year when I shared with you my Oyster Shell Lamp and I was starting to get a little antsy about starting my next lamp. When you start seeing lamps in every piece of wood and household item, it may be time.
Lamps may be a bit intimidating buy they really are easy to make. If you can drill a hole and tighten a couple screws you really can make a lamp. All you need is a DIY Lamp Kit
In this case I’m using this cool piece of driftwood I picked up when I was vacationing in Maine last month. It’s tall enough for two matching lamps.
Besides the DIY lamp kit, you’ll also need to pick up a package of these Zinc-Plated Nipples
Cut your lamp base to your desired size and square off the ends.
To make my driftwood a little steadier I’m adding a couple pieces of pallet wood to the top and bottom.
Well, the bottom piece is to make it sturdier and the top piece just balances out the bottom piece.
Using a 3/8″ Spade Bits, 16-Inch Length
Sand off the pallet wood pieces you cut for the top and bottom.
In the top piece of pallet wood, I’m just drilling another 3/8″ hole. The bottom piece of pallet wood gets an escape hatch for the wire so the lamp will sit level.
Attach the pallet wood with glue and finishing nails making sure your holes line up.
Instead of going thru the entire wiring process, I’m going to refer you to my past post on How to Wire a Lamp. It has tons of pictures to walk you thru every step.
Isn’t that beautiful driftwood?
The rectangular shades are from Target.
I couldn’t resist picking up some more driftwood while in Maine, so hopefully look for a few more driftwood projects in the coming months.
Stay inspired.
You know, I may have a few more lamps to spark your creativity, including a different kind of driftwood lamp…
A couple of these had no wiring necessary. Can you tell which ones?
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- Upcycled Rusty Giant Spring Lamp
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- DIY Upcycled/Recycled Rusty Pipe Lamp
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- DIY Upcycled Wooden Post Lamp
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- Upcycled Watchamacallit Lamp , diy
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- Lamp made from old Shutters
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- Driftwood Lamp
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- Upcycling a Rusty Septic Pipe
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- Rustic Pallet Wood Lamp
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- Easy Lamp Makeover
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- V8 Hubcap Lamp
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- Driftwood Buoy Lamp
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- Oyster Shell Lamp
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- Railroad Tie Lamp diy
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Love it! I’m seriously thinking about giving it a try! Thank you for the inspiration!!
OMG…I love these lamps…! I also collect driftwood where ever I go! I’m going to give this a try. Thank you for sharing!
You can do it. Once you do one , I guarantee you’ll be hooked.
Just visiting but have been wanting to try this for the longest time, so thanks so much, you have some lovely pieces.
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