Screw wooden cleats to the wall of the headboard and extend them to the ceiling.
Make your own ceiling light fixture.
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There s something really satisfying about creating a useful object with your own two hands especially if you make it with recycled materials.
First screw one end of your threaded nipple into your loop.
Just take these cans clean them up perforate them using a drill and paint them in your desired color.
Voila you have finished making your lamp shade.
For a graphic effect cut them to different lengths.
I think when you can take something that isn t being used anymore and recreate it into something functional and pretty again you can add so much character and charm to your home.
To integrate the lighting we fix strips of led along the cleats.
Each of the unexpected items below was turned into a ceiling light fixture with the help of in most cases just a simple pendant light kit and some ingenuity.
Threaded nipple is just what you call that little tube with the ridges on the outside i have no idea why they chose to call it that thread one end of your lamp cord through the middle of your loop nipple and slip the whole thing into the hole in the top of your lampshade.
Pendant lights in particular are probably the easiest type of ceiling light to diy using items you may already have around the house.
To make this elegantly simple industrial pipe light fixture start with a pipe decor kit or buy each of the pieces individually and as many individual mini pendants as you plan to use.
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Learn to make your own custom ceiling light fixture.
You can also use something as simple as tin cans to make light fixtures.
I am sure that tin cans are available at almost every other house.
Here is a bed sky that turns into an original ceiling lamp.