Current obsession: Driftwood
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!
so lovely + simply the best DIY have seen in ages
[...] bits of string & a little imagination: australian stylist tim neve created this beautiful driftwood table lamp from a standard wood lamp base {below}, sanding down the lacquer to an unvarnished surface, affixed [...]
Great! I love and try to make it!
It looks beautiful!!
And it would look A M A Z I N G with my flower lamp shade. If you have some time, please take a look http://thiliblooms.blogspot.com/2010/01/flower-lamp-shade.html
I`m thinking: your lamp base with the textured lamp shade and some white chiffon flowers.. what do you think?
wonderful, thank you. string and driftwood have been my obsession for a while now. i have an amazing piece of driftwood (found at the beach with a pine cone still attached, attached to my foyer wall. What I’d love to try is a driftwood chandelier.
You are genius! This is amazeballs!!!!!!!! what great inspiration!!!!
This is gorgeous! I would love to link to this if you didn’t mind.
Love it!!!
[...] Neve shows how he created a unique and classy beach-themed lamp with a Target lamp base, K-mart lamp shade, and pieces of driftwood. [via Apartment Therapy] [...]
did you find the driftwood at the beach? where did you get it from?
[...] Via: Apartment Therapy How To: Here [...]
[...] 2. Gather smaller pieces of driftwood twigs and fashion around a lamp base and tie off with a string like blogger Tim Neve of ‘Go Behind the Scenes’ [...]
[...] pieces of driftwood twigs and wrap around a lamp base and tie off with a string like blogger Tim Neve of ‘Go Behind the Scenes’ 3. Find a decent sized piece of driftwood, make sure the back is [...]
[...] Row: The best thing about this DIY driftwood lampbase? It’s soo easy! The DIY tufted headboard would definitely take more skill, but it looks [...]
Love it!