There is no doubt that properly executed lighting of the kitchen sets the sound for the whole interior. A chandelier can become a central element in this cozy and warm room.
Using scrap materials - or even junk - you can make a lamp shade from threads, an eco-style lamp made from jute twine or plastic bottles, and you can make a real masterpiece - a beautiful chandelier made of wooden or glass beads.
And also a self-made lamp can be not only hung in the kitchen or in the dining area, but also presented to loved ones.
Method 1. From scrap materials - everyone can!
The easiest lamp with their own hands is made of thread. Indeed, even a child can cope with this design. So, to make a chandelier from threads, we will need:
- Threads - you can take ordinary jute twine or cotton thick threads, with a total length of at least 100 meters, the color is chosen based on your imagination and the already existing interior;
- PVA glue and brush for its application;
- Vaseline;
- 2 balloons - one for work, the second for testing;the ball is better to take not the usual, but round, then the shape of the lamp will be the correct form.
Tip! Also suitable for children or a rubber beach ball. For very large lamps fit ball fitball, for example.
The creation of a ball of thread is carried out in the following sequence:
- Inflate the ball of the desired size. Do not forget that the resulting shade from the threads will repeat the shape of the ball. Draw one or two circles on top and bottom with a marker( you can get more from below).
- Pour the glue into the container and carefully process the threads. And the ball itself can be coated with a vaseline brush.
Tip! Do not immediately apply glue to all threads - it is better to move to the place of winding.
- The next step is winding the thread on the ball, taking into account the painted holes - it depends on the density of winding how your lampshade will end up.
- After the ball is wrapped, the future chandelier should be left to dry for at least 24 hours.
- The ball bursts and its remnants are easily removed from the now durable structure. The result was a shade of solid threads.
- A hole is cut from the top - for a cartridge.
- We need to check the strength - another ball is inserted into the lamp and inflated. This will demonstrate the flexibility of the design.
In this way, local lighting in the kitchen can be made by creating several lamps of the threads with your own hands. And you can hang in the dining area, as shown in the photo.
Do not forget that for a ball of thread you can make additional decoration in the form of interesting coloring, beads, butterflies or artificial flowers, but you can make a whole bunch of balls of different sizes.
By the same principle, you can come up with your own unique luminaire design. For example, from lace, or a ceiling lamp as in the photo below.
Method 2. Create a masterpiece - you need to try!
Fine lighting of the kitchen will turn out and if you make your own lamp fixture of beads or fabric. It will turn out a lamp in the style of chebbi-chic or a real chandelier-candelabrum.
For this work you will need:
- Old hoop, garden basket, hanging metal pots, or wire to create a frame;
- Decorative chains;
- Beads, beads, ribbons, strong threads;
- Lamp holder.
The luminaire will be a two- or three-level structure of rings arranged one above the other and connected by chains or wire.
Rings can be taken in different sizes, creating a lampshade in the spirit of vintage classics, or the same - it is this kind of lighting that is done in the modern style.
The base of the lamp is always painted, wrapped or decorated, and then proceed to stringing beads.
The consumption of beads in this project is as follows:
Bottom part: beads with a diameter of 16 mm, 15 pcs.on the thread;
Upper part: beads with a diameter of 12 mm, 31-32 pcs.on the thread.
Here you can vary the degree of tension and the number of threads.
Tip! The work should be carried out, after hanging the chandelier and inserting a cartridge into it.
By analogy, you can create a kitchen chandelier made of artificial fruits. And dimmed lighting will turn out, if you use fabric for trimming the frame. As a rule, such a lamp shade is made for country styles and Provence.
Method 3. Fixtures from waste materials - for a modern kitchen!
The most original lamp can be made from such waste material as plastic bottles and disposable spoons - it is beautiful, cheap and environmentally friendly!
We make a minimalist and hi-tech lampshade - no additional decorations from threads and beads, only matte white or colored plastic. To make such a muffled kitchen lighting with your own hands, we need:
- Base of a 5-liter plastic bottle;
- Cartridge with wire and lamp;
- Adhesive for high-quality fixation;
- Many disposable spoons.
To make a chandelier with your own hands, cut the bottom of the bottle and cut the handles off the spoons( not completely, so that a small cutting is left).With the help of glue we fix the cropped spoons on the bottle base. They need to have a uniform, orderly, then the lampshade will look attractive.
Tip! Each next row is overlapped, without gaps.
The resulting chandelier will resemble fish scales. However, it should be remembered that such a construction is rather dense, which means that additional lighting will definitely be needed in the kitchen.
The luminaire shape can be different, for example, in the form of a lotus.
You can make such decorations from disposable spoons.
A luminaire made from plastic bottles, or rather from their bottoms, made with your own hands, may seem laced or made up of many small flowers.
Tip! Such a lamp shade can be made not white, but colored - it means that you need to take colored bottles or paint it with paint of the original color: copper, gold, steel, pink, black, etc.
The resulting lampshade can be hung in the kitchen or above the dining table.
Let it be cozy and light in your kitchen! We wish you creative success and present some more wonderful ideas for making kitchen lights with your own hands from improvised means.
See also:
- Choose the perfect chandelier for your kitchen
- 12super ideas for home and kitchen crafts
- Sconces in the kitchen - a game with light according to the rules
- LED lights for the kitchen from A to Z
- The choice of lighting for kitchen cabinets and not only
