Lamp from the kettle with your own hands
To replace old metal kettles andcoffee pots were replaced by modern electric kettles and coffee machines. Rarely does anyone put vintage style above convenience, heating speed and drink preparation. Therefore, antique tea utensils are usually sent to scrap metal collection points. But not in our case! We offer two simple ideas on how to turn unnecessary metal and porcelain teapots into an original lamp!
How to make a lamp from a kettle with your own hands
For work, prepare:
- old metal kettle;
- serviceable cartridge with cord;
- a tool for cutting holes in a metal (cutter) or a conventional nail with a hammer (drill or drill).
First you need to thoroughly clean the outside of the kettle from grease and dirt, and remove any scale from the inside. To remove scale, you can use special products or citric acid.
Decide in advance how you willmake holes in the teapot, what pattern you will apply. It's great if you have a special metal cutter that can make round holes of different diameters. If there is none, no problem. Mark the points and lines on the teapot along which you will punch the holes. Take a drill and drill holes of different diameters. You can create a variety of openwork patterns, make flowers, leaves, waves...
Make a hole in the bottom of the kettle whereit will be possible to place the cartridge and remove the cord, and if you are making a ceiling lamp, then you can completely cut out the bottom and attach the cartridge in the upper part, under the lid. Such lamps will fit perfectly into the interior of a kitchen in country, Provence or industrial style.
How to make a table lamp from ceramic teapots and cups
Another interesting option for repeatingusing unnecessary kitchen utensils is to create a lamp whose stem is made up of cups and teapots. In this case, you can just use a ceramic or porcelain service, or rather, what is left of it.
To work you will need:
- a pair of tea cups, a teapot for brewing tea, a coffee pot, saucers;
- adhesive for bonding ceramic surfaces;
- a cartridge with a cord, a lampshade.
Prepare the dishes, wash them well and dry them.Arrange cups and teapots to look like lamp legs. For example, place a larger teapot on a saucer, a smaller teapot on top of it, then a saucer and a tea cup. Insert the socket and frame for the lampshade into the last cup. To keep them in the cup, use plasticine, foam or floral foam. Then glue the ceramic dishes to each other one by one. In this case, you can do without drilling holes in the ceramic - the cord will be visible.
The second option for creating a table lamp is morelabour intensive. For many homemade models of chandeliers and lamps, it will be necessary to make neat holes in the ceramic dishes. This will be needed both for fastening and to hide the cord.
Buy a special drill for glass and porcelain,and it’s round, with a slot in the middle. Drills that look like spears will not work. You need to pour a little water into the bowl and secure it securely, for example, use a vice or ask someone to hold it tightly. When starting to drill, hold the drill almost flat, rather than perpendicular as usual. This is necessary in order to go through the top layer of glaze, make a “notch” and make the further process easier.
Continuing to drill at low speed, raise the drill to a position perpendicular to the plate, then increase the speed and apply a little pressure on the drill.
These are the types of lamps you can make from ceramic or porcelain dishes.
