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DIY Lamp from Antique Water Bottle (without compromising the bottle)

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What you’ll need:

Step 1:  Drill hole the width of threaded pipe through cork from top to bottom.

Step 2:  Place place threaded pipe through cork and secure with washer (included in lamp kit).

Step 3:  Remove base  and cover pieces from the lamp switch and thread the light cord through the black circular opening.

Step 4:  Split the wire along seam and attach the exposed ends around the metal screws on both sides of the switch.

Step 5:  Reassemble switch pieces.

Step 6:  Thread harp and switch on top of the cork and tighten down washer.

Step 7:  Pop the cork into bottle and place the shade and finial on to the top of the lamp harp!

So simple.  No damaged antique bottles.  Two new bedside lamps for our master bedroom end tables!

I can’t wait to share them in their new places during our fall home tour!!  They’re on fraternal twin end tables I bought from my pal Cassie!!  AND.  They look fantastic!

Starting October 1 – Kristen from KFD Designs 
2 – Sarah from Sarah M. Dorsey Designs 
3 – Gabbi from Retro Ranch Reno 
4 – Brittany from Brittany Makes 
5 – Jesse from Scout & Nimble 
6 – Julia from Cuckoo 4 Design 
7 – Carolyn from Sweet Chaos Home 
8 – Jennifer from The Chronicles of Home 
9 – Bethany from Dwellings by Devore 
10 – Carmel from Our Fifth House 
11 – Kristin from The Hunted Interior 
12 – Anneke from This That & Life 
13 – Michelle from Décor and the Dog 
14 – Cassie from Primitive & Proper 
15 – Ally from From the Right Bank 
16 – Shannon from Shannon Berrey Designs 
17 – Danika from Gorgeous Shiny Things 
18 – Kristin from Bliss at Home 
19 – Jenna from Rain on a Tin Roof 
20 – Jessica from Dear Emmeline  (ME)
21 – Kelly from View Along the Way 
22 – Sarah from Lacquer and Linen 
23 – Eileen from A Creative Day Blog 
24 – Sarah from Royal Marigold 
25 – Lori from Lori May Interiors 
26 – Jennifer from Dimples and Tangles 
27 – Caitlin from Desert Domicile 
28 – Sherry from Design Indulgence 
29 – Lakeitha from Lakeitha Duncan Lifestyle Blog 
30 – Shavonda from A Home Full of Color 
and Whitney from The Curtis Casa 
31 – Angela from Number Fifty-three 
and Jennifer from Brave New Home

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Comments

  3. Looks great Emmeline! If you wanted to shorten the lamp pipe a little so it didn't show through the neck of the bottle, you could use a hacksaw to trim it down just below the cork.

  6. Thanks Samantha! Really any bottle with a "corkable" neck would work. My mom has some cider jugs (which are a bit smaller) that she plans to turn to lamps.

  11. Thanks so much Jocie! I've definitely seen them at auctions. They don't usually go for super cheap but definitely cheaper than the price at an antique mall or the price of buying similar style lamps from Restoration Hardware or Pottery Barn.

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