How to make a designer chandelier with your own hands

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Unusual lamps made of wood, threads, bottles, a globe and more will add flavor to your interior.

For all chandeliers, except for glass, it is better to choose LED bulbs. They heat up less during use.

1. How to make a chandelier with your own hands from thread brushes and a hoop

What do you need

• Yarn;
• small photo frame;
• scissors;
• 3 sets of wooden hoops of different diameters;
• 3 identical short and 1 long metal chains;
• pliers;
• bulb;
• suspension for the lamp.

How to do

1. Wrap the yarn around the photo frame many times and cut. Take a small piece of thread and tie it on top of the yarn so that the ends remain. Cut the threads on one side where the hole in the frame is.

2. Remove the yarn from the frame and fold in half. In the middle, place the knotted thread so that its ends are at the bottom, and a loop at the top. See the video below for details. Cut off another piece of thread and tie it to the tassel just below the loop.

3. Make the rest of the brushes in the same way. The quantity depends on the hoop diameter. The threads should frame them tightly.

4. Remove the center hoops from all hoops - you will not need them. Open the large embroidery hoop and place some of the tassels over the loop.

5. Close the large embroidery frame. Slip the tassels over the others in the same way.

6. Cut nine pieces of thread. Place the middle hoop in the large one and tie them in three places, equidistant from each other.

7. Place a small hoop inside and tie it to the middle one in three places. These threads should be located approximately halfway between those that tie the large and medium.

8. Turn the structure over and spread the tassels. Tie short chains to a large hoop, evenly spaced apart.

9. Use pliers to open the outermost link of the long chain. Put the attached chains on it and close.

10. Attach the hanger to the ceiling, screw in the light bulb and thread the lampshade from below. The long chain can be hung, for example, from a hook attached to the ceiling next to the base of the chandelier.

What other options are there

There is another way to attach the chandelier. Place a metal ring on the lamp pendant and attach the chains tied to the hoop to it. The detailed process is shown in the video below. By the way, the technology of making brushes in it is slightly different. And the author also uses not a hoop, but metal hoops.

The tips of the brushes can be painted in a contrasting color:

Or make a gradient chandelier out of colored threads, like here:

2. How to make a chandelier with your own hands from a globe

What do you need

• Globe;
• drill;
• stationery knife;
• marker or pencil;
• suspension for the lamp;
• bulb.

How to do

1. Remove the globe from the stand. At the bottom, go around with a drill and cut a hole. See the video below for details.

2. On the other side at the top, sketch out a circle to fit the bulb holder. Also go through it with a drill and cut a hole.

3. Make several holes on the globe with a drill in any places. You can walk along the edges of the continents or highlight some countries. Light will ooze beautifully through the holes.

4. Fix the hanger for the light bulb, screw it in and hang the chandelier.

3. How to make a chandelier with your own hands from threads

What do you need

• Balloon;
• PVA glue;
• water;
• felt-tip pen;
• Thick threads such as yarn or twine
• scissors;
• suspension for the lamp;
• bulb.

How to do

1. Inflate the balloon. Mix glue and water in a ratio of about 2: 1. You can take even less water.

Draw a small circle, about the size of the lamp hanger, on the part of the ball where the air enters. On the back side, draw a circle with a larger diameter: for convenience, you can circle, for example, a glass.

2. It is better to cover the work surface with newspapers or oilcloth and put gloves on your hands. Soak the threads well in the glue solution and start wrapping them around the ball.

3. Continue to thread over the ball, being careful not to touch the outlined circles. Arrange them randomly. The density of the layer depends on your taste: you can completely cover the workpiece or leave free space.

4. Leave the structure to dry for about two days. Then lower the ball and carefully lift it out.

5. Pass the socket into the smaller hole, screw in the lamp and hang the chandelier by the suspension.

5. How to make a chandelier with your own hands from glass bottles

What do you need

• Glass bottles;
• machine for cutting glass bottles;
• sandpaper;
• decorative wire;
• suspensions for lamps;
• light bulbs.

How to do

1. Rinse bottles thoroughly and peel off stickers, if any. Use a machine to cut the bottom off and sand around the edge of the cut with sandpaper.

2. Thread the wire through the neck and attach the socket. Wrap the bottles at random with decorative wire and screw in the bulbs.

What other options are there

In this master class, the bottles were attached to a wooden base and decorated with artificial greenery:

6. How to make a chandelier out of wood with your own hands

What do you need

• Veneer in rolls (very thin sheets of wood);
• measuring tape;
• pencil;
• scissors;
• iron;
• parchment;
• paper clips;
• glue gun;
• suspension for the lamp;
• bulb.

How to do

1. Cut six strips of 90 cm length from the veneer.

2. Press them through the parchment to align the veneer.

3. Lay the two strips crosswise on top of each other and secure with staples. Attach another tape to the side.

4. Make another piece of the same shape from the veneer. This triangle should be larger than the previous one.

5. Place the parts on top of each other, as shown in the photo.

6. Sketch the outlines of a small triangle on the bottom part. Also outline the outlines of intersecting stripes on both parts. All the details are in the video below.

7. Remove the top part, remove the staples from the bottom in one place. Lubricate the junction of the strips with glue and glue.

8. Process the veneer in the other two places in the same way. Glue the top piece together. Place it on the lower one according to the marked marks and attach with a pistol.

9. Connect the adjacent strips of the upper part with staples, as shown in the photo and in the video below.

10. Secure the adjacent strips of the lower part by pulling them under the upper ones.

11. Glue the places connected with paper clips. On the reverse side in the middle, attach the part into which the light bulb is screwed, circle from the inside and cut off the excess.

12. Insert the hanger, fix it to the ceiling and screw in the bulb.

What other options are there

Here's a more classic light fixture made from veneer:

This is the process of creating an unusual large chandelier with bulbs thrown over a wooden beam:

And here's how to make a nice wooden frame for an old, unsightly lamp:

7. How to make a chandelier with your own hands from a plastic bottle

What do you need

• Plastic bottle with a volume of 20 liters;
• knife or other suitable cutting tool;
• gold spray paint;
• black spray paint;
• suspension for the lamp;
• bulb.

How to do

1. Carefully cut off the top of the bottle. The bottom one is no longer useful. Remove the cover.

2. Paint the inside of the plastic with gold paint.

3. Cover the outside with black paint. Let the future chandelier dry completely.

4. Put the chandelier on the suspension and screw in the bulb.

What other options are there

To make this chandelier, they took a five-liter bottle and decorated it with the remnants of wallpaper folded using the origami technique:

8. How to make a chandelier with your own hands from a basket

What do you need

• Basket (for example, straw);
• pencil;
• knife or other suitable cutting tool;
• suspension for the lamp;
• bulb.

How to do

1. Circle the cartridge in the middle of the bottom of the basket. Cut a hole along the line.

2. Insert the cartridge there and secure from the inside.

3. Screw in the bulb and hang the chandelier by the suspension.