See the materials in Part 1 here.

Edit: See how to make the concrete base in Part 3 here and see the finished lamps here.

Okay, let’s see how to assemble the lamps!

First I took the wooden pieces and drilled six 5 mm wide holes. One hole to each shorter piece, 2 cm away from one end and two holes to each longer piece, one 3,5 cm away from one end and second hole 2cm away from second end.

To fit the fork joint nicely between the two shorter wood pieces, I had to carve a 2-3 mm deep dent to the other end of the piece. Then I drilled a 5 mm hole through the dent.

Here are close ups on all the joints. Top left: wing nut – wood – 2 washers – fork joint – 2 washers – wood – wing nut. Top right: wing nut – wood (long) – wood (short) – 5 washers - wood (short) - wood (long) – wing nut. Bottom left: wing nut – wood – fork joint – wood – wing nut. Bottom right: the lamp attached to the lamp arm with one screw.

And here it is assembled! Doesn’t it look great?

I still need to make the base which will probably be the hardest thing to do… Pouring concrete for the first time in my life… Yikes! But hopefully I manage and get these lamps ready and in use as fast as possible. So Part 3 coming up!

Edit: See Part 2 here and Part 3 here and the finished lamp here.

Remember how I decided to design and make my own industrial style bedside lamps?

Well, I changed my mind about how I want them to look.

I came across this lamp (from Cox&Cox)on Pinterest:

It was love at first sight. This lamp seemed perfect! Just the right materials and feel… and maybe possible to make myself?

So I searched for the materials to recreate this look… I found that the Fas lamp in Ikea has the same style metal shade and it’s only 9,99 euros per lamp. I bought two for my project. Everything else came from hardware stores. I haven’t yet bought any material for the base, but I’m planning on making it from concrete. These are the parts needed to make one lamp (without the base).

1 meter of teak batten strip (cut into two 19 cm long pieces and two 31 cm long pieces)

1 Ikea Fas lamp

2 threaded rod pieces, 5 mm thick, 4,5 cm long

1 threaded rod piece, 5 mm thick, 3 cm long

1 M8 bolt (with a matching wing nut for stability in the concrete)

1 M5 screw, 10 mm long

6 wing nuts, M5

washers

1 M8 fork joint

1 M5 fork joint

I will show the steps on how I put these parts together later! I have almost finished one lamp already, yay!

Ps. There’s also some progress going on with our sofa issue, so hopefully I can soon show our brand new living room sofa!