How to Repurpose a Lamp Series of Projects

Welcome to a 5 part series:  
"What can be done with an old lamp!"

5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

Picture if you will, a lamp found on the side of the road.
A very large lamp... 4 feet high, very ornate and weighing about 50 lbs... It had to have come from a castle! 

It was brought home not by me this time, but by my dumpster diving daughter. Even I had second thoughts about repurposing this one!
5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

The lamp sat in the garage for a very long time until I couldn't help myself any longer, I had to do something with it.
5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

 So I took it apart.
5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

 The more I unscrewed, the more excited I became.
5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

 Look at all this good stuff! Now my creative mind was racing!
I was thinking candle holder...
5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

 and candle stick...
5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

 I even thought these pieces would make some very cool hooks, maybe even a whole line of them!
5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

 I'm even thinking planter... though a pretty ugly one!
5 projects from one found lamp www.homeroad.net

The possibilities were endless!
But see just what I did make with all these lamp pieces.
Please visit each red link below...
 lamp project #1.
 lamp project #2.
 lamp project #3.
 lamp project #4.
 lamp project #5.

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Comments

  1. LesleyDecember 11, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    WOW!! Can't wait to see what you did. The hooks took me over the top!

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  2. Joyce - Quilted NestDecember 11, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    What a teaser post. But I agree - there are some great pieces there to work with.

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  3. Lori @ Katies Rose Cottage DesignsDecember 11, 2011 at 8:49 AM

    Susan those are really neat ideas !! I love the first candle holder idea !

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  4. Kathy @ Creative Home ExpressionsDecember 11, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    That is some lamp, Susan! Just look at all those pieces! I'll bet you come up with some original ideas for them and I can't wait to see.

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  5. Rose @ Confessions of a CurbshopaholicDecember 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Holy cow! so many possibilities there. That's a treasure. Can't wait to see what you did.

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  6. Jen Lossing, The Consigner DesignerDecember 11, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    What an ornate piece. I am looking forward to seeing how it transforms. Good luck!

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  7. justfortheluvofitDecember 12, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    This is great! So many new things out of one! And its wonderful that your daughter goes dumpster diving for you. Just found your blog. Love what I have read so far.

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  8. Rosemary@villabarnesDecember 13, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    You are a woman after my own heart. This is one of my favorite things to do. So many possibilities. Awesome curbside find.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 31, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    what a lucky person you are.
    Give that daughter a big hug, she has made you happy endless times.
    I am so proud for you

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