Anyone who knows me has probably noticed my obsession for driftwood seems to be never ending at the moment!

Inspired by some gorgeous lamps I had kept noticing on the net, my weekend project was to create some bedside lamps with organic shaped driftwood bases.

I have a close friend who recently complained about TV-DIY-hosts chiming “It’s soooo easy!”. And I hate to say it, but in this case it was…

1. Started with a standard wood lamp base (already wired!). These ones from target for around $16 each.

2. Sanded back the deep lacquer to reveal a beautiful unvanished surface (almost like driftwood itself – tempted to leave them exposed like this at this point!)

3. Simply hot glued driftwood lengths onto existing base. For a clean finish jigsaw the bottom edges, or leave as nature intended for a raw finish.

Finally, I wrapped a piece of string (another current obsession) around the twigs as if they had been freshly gathered from the beach.

Topped off with textured lamp shade from K-mart for around $16 each.

I love that the finished look is raw chic rather than overtly ‘beachy’. V. Happy!