Given today's trends in the world of design, one should not be surprised at the fantasies of craftsmen who create exclusive table and wall lamps. A fashionable do-it-yourself sconce lamp can be assembled from water pipes, wound from an old video or tape recorder, created from branches or snags. Creativity is omnipotent and knows no boundaries: even paper and mosquito nets, wine bottles and vases are used.
Functions of small and point light sources in the interior
As you know, sconces are various wall lamps. They come in classic forms with lampshades, strict or designer. One of the main purposes of such devices is to create an additional source of light in the room. Sometimes they are used to highlight some area of the room. In a classic design, it is customary to arrange two identical lamps symmetrically. By correctly hanging chandeliers and additional lighting, you can even visually change the size of the room.
It is very convenient when there is a sconce above the chair or table (it doesn't matter whether it is made by one's own hands or not). It is easy to turn it on and off without getting up. Here it is appropriate to hang a lamp with a matte shade,so as not to "cut" the eyes of other family members. Designers use the same effect to highlight a certain object, for example, a panel, with illumination. For such an undertaking, lamps with a ceiling located from top to bottom are used.
How can light "deceive" the impression of the size of space?
Professionally playing with the direction of the rays from the lamps or sconces, with your own hands you can visually stretch or expand the room, divide it into zones. Here are some tips on how to get the effects you want:
- when several identical lamps with beams directed upwards are placed on the walls, the ceilings seem higher;
- for the effect of visual expansion of the territory, small bright light sources are attached around the entire perimeter;
- if you turn on a wall lamp (sconce) at the far wall at the same time as the main chandelier, you can create the illusion of a square room with your own hands;
- intense lighting on the far wall will make an elongated room appear wider;
- high-pile carpets or fabric curtains with three-dimensional ornaments will help to highlight the soft lighting of indoor outdoor plants;
- The location of the mirror opposite the lamp creates the effect of additional lighting, which is very convenient in a small hallway.
Light can emphasize the merits or hide the flaws of furniture, beat the interior features, highlight some details of the room.
Decorative wood sconces
DIY, using simple tools,You can make amazing lamps. A picturesque snag found near the river, 2 LED strips, a piece of electrical wire, a push-button switch, an electric plug, electrical tape, a mount (to the wall), a piece of soft metal or hard nylon mesh, a little acrylic varnish will go into action. Of the tools required:
- drill;
- screwdriver;
- simple pencil;
- a piece of aluminum wire (for the frame under the lampshade);
- small brush (for polish);
- driver for LEDs.
Make an unusual cap for a designer lamp
Did you create this yourself? Sconce with your own hands, what a charm! - exclaim connoisseurs of unusual, exclusive things.
To decorate and shade the light bulbs a little, to hide the light rays, original umbrellas and hats are attached to the base. Wave-shaped and geometric, round and cylindrical, free-form and classical, lampshades decorate and enliven any space, any zone in the room.
Pre-cut out a template from cardboard. Putting it on the material intended to serve as a lamp cap, it is circled with a pencil. Then they cut out, connect and fasten the edges, allow to dry (if necessary). In accordance with the author's idea, the finished decorative element is strengthened in one way or another on the base. If the snag is large, you can make several similar small lampshades and hang them, placing them asymmetrically along the branch.
How to prepare the base for a homemade lamp?
To make a sconce with your own hands from the listed set, you need preliminary work on processing driftwood, designed to become the base of the lamp. The first rule is that its wood must be dried. If you are lucky with this, you can proceed further: the snag must be carefully cleaned from the outside, remove all dirt, dust, stuck lumps of earth, and the remains of the bark. Then be sure to rinse the branch under a strong stream of water and dry it well for several hours. After checking the quality of the resulting surface, proceed to further processing.
Depending on the shape of the driftwood and the idea of the master, marks are made on the surface of the wood with a pencil for drilling holes for wires and fasteners. When all holes are made, the bark is covered with several layers of colorless acrylic varnish.
Finishing: voila, beauty
Before installing the lampshade, a wire is threaded into the base, a driver for the operation of the LED diodes, a voltage breaker and a plug (for connecting to the network) and the LEDs themselves are installed on it. If the internal electrical wiring system of the room allows, a hand-made sconce can be connected immediately to it.
In conclusion, a lampshade is attached to the base.
The warm light of such a designer lamp will emphasize the comfort of the house and the unusual skills of the owner of the apartment, will delight guests and friends with an atmosphere of kindness.
