Decorated Wall lamp

Build and decorate your own wall lamp.
It's cheep, it's easy, and it's fun!

Step 1 Electricity - materials and instructions

I bought the parts and put it together by myself.
You can actually use a ready made lamp and skip this part.

Materials
1. Electrical cord + plug + switch
2. Contact mount
3. Swivel
4. Master socket
5. Nipple
6. Washer
7. Dual socket
8. Wall mount

Instructions
A. Connect the Nipple (#5) into the Swivel (#3)
B. Screw the Washer (#6) onto the Nipple (#5)
C. Insert the thin end of the Electrical cord (#1) into the Nipple (#5)
D. Connect the cord to Contact mount (#2)
E. Connect the Master socket (#4) to the Swivel (#3)
F. Connect the Dual socket (#7) to the Master socket (#4)
G. Connect Wall mount (#8) to wall
H. Insert Nipple (#5) into position on the wall mount
I. Tighten washer

Comments

[arthessa]

Do you think maybe you'd be albe to post some pics of the fixture? Tha'd be awesome ;o)

[whiteboipumas]

if ur rentin ur place, just use poster clay

[Jujucat]

Great instructable. I think it would be nicer (and I think fairly easy to do) if power source was a battery. I hate cords! AHH!

[noahw]

Ikea sells a TYFT Wall Lamp that is very similar to the fixture you made. I have thought about buying the lamp and then making a custom shade like you did to replace the crappy ones it comes with. I don't know how much you spent on parts, but the one from Ikea is $9.

Doing it yourself is of course better, cooler and more awesome, but I just though I'd throw that out there.

Nice Work!

[randofo]

Simple and well done. Nice.

[Calltaker]

Very nicely done. Only drawback, if you rent your residence, the landlord may frown upon the damage to the wall, but still, nice idea and nicely done instructable. ~C