Create Your Own Exotic Ornamental Lighting, Lighting of Bamboo
Having the lights in the living room or foyer does not have to be expensive. In fact you can make your own, ie, by utilizing a large bamboo or bamboo petung. Your room will appear exotic and even romantic. Such lights may be positioned at various angles space, such as living room, foyer or at the corner of the park. In addition to being decorative lights, lamps of this kind can also be used as accent lighting to guide people to certain places, such as the restaurant corridor Notice the photo below.
You want to try to make it?
Materials: Bamboo, 5-watt energy efficient light yellow color, enough cable, paint or varnish, clear poxy paint, cement and sandpaper.
How to make:
1. Choose the bamboo is dry, which is quite large with a diameter of 10 cm. Cut the bamboo with a length of 1.5 m or as needed.
2. Sand and paint the whole bamboo with brown color or varnish. Wait until dry.
3. Select any of the steps that will be the lamp holder. The upper part of the segment was sawed off part of it (see photo). Do not forget there is a part of the segment that remains intact for the lamp holder.
4. Sandpaper parts have been open for bamboo powder is lost.
5. Punch a hole through the middle of the bamboo for the cable.
6. To make the lamp holder to use cement. You can use a small bucket or old paint to the mold. The height of the stand between 7 s.d. 10 cm.
7. Cat back all of the bamboo, the stand, including the inside of the segment that is already open. Use poxy clear paint to make the color brown and shiny open field.
8. Put lights and put lights in places that have been planned.
9. If you want to put a light in open space., Shut the lights that are open with acrylic or glass.
Well, you now have a homemade lamp. Good luck!