Instead of throwing out your old tea cans, your mismatched dishes or your chipped teacups, why not use them to give a boost to your bland light bulbs that aren’t looking their best under your ten year old lampshades? If you’d like to add a touch of style to your interior with stylish light fittings, you can always make them yourself! Here are 14 ideas to inspire you to upgrade your hanging lights and lamps, in original ways that are sure to impress your guests! Let your imagination loose.
1/ Tea tins
If you are a big fan of tea, you are sure to be familiar with these pretty metal boxes that contain loose tea leaves. Don’t throw out your empty cans, but keep them to make a vintage lamp shade. This idea also works with tins from coffee or hot chocolate.
2/ An iron tap
Do you like industrial style decor? Here is an original idea for re-using old tap fittings!
3/ Cups and saucers
Infuse your bland apartment with an original and very English look. Pinch a few cups and saucers from your granny, and you’ll pass for a modern-day Mary Poppins!Tea time will be even more magical.
4/ An aquarium
An aquarium style glass jar can offer a pretty way to present a light bulb. Be sure not to add a real fish! A marine ambiance and an attractive effect.
5/ A metal colander
Has the colander your grandmother left you seen better days? Give it a well earned retirement, by hanging it from the ceiling and adding a light bulb. Your kitchen will be pleasantly bathed in light, thanks to the little holes. Style guaranteed!
6/ Cake molds
Give rusty old cake molds a new lease of life! By transforming them into original lampshades, your kitchen will be basking in a tasty aroma! You can have all of your guests’ mouths watering with just the flick of a switch!
7/ A half globe
You are sure to have a globe or long forgotten map of the world lying around in your or your parents’ attic. Cut it in half, to light a room up with your geographical knowledge!
