Gallows Lamp

Ronja Lotte
by Ronja Lotte
$11
12 Minutes
Easy
Do you remember loving a new toy as a kid so much that you had to take it to bed with you? That might be acceptable as a kid but as an adult toys are no longer enough for me.
In or next to my bed, I usually hoard the following items at any given moment: laptop, cell phone, water bottle, coffee mug, tea mug, one or two books, puzzle book, pencil and paper, handkerchiefs, flowers, bedside lamp, alarm clock, two lip balms (if one goes empty) Tic Tacs, candleholder, lighter, food and snacks in any form, one or two cats, landline phone, China oil, my current craft project with tools and materials, camera*, hot water bottle and some other small things ... to say that I have a space problem is just a small understatement , and so I came up with the idea to build me a gallows lamp and hang it next to the bed. The bedside lamp is now off the table and I even consider parting with one of my lip balms but for this decision I still need a bit more time.
* My cats like to climb to the top of my four-poster bed and then they regularly fall down again. I was woken up more than once from a cat crashing down on my head. Till now, I have not given up the hope of shooting one of these glorious crashes with my camera.
You need transparent glue, scissors, yarn, a big craft stapler...
... a small lamp shade, a bulb holder with cable...
... and an EKBY bracket from the big swedish furniture house.


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  • Hannah V Hannah V on Aug 10, 2015
    SO doing this! I too have two cats and everything I own under the sun piled next to my bed on my nightstand (which the cats then like to knock onto the ground haha) this is a great space saver!
    • Ronja Lotte Ronja Lotte on Aug 10, 2015
      @Hannah V I so know what you mean! :-D Just be careful not to staple into the cable ;-) You can also use trasparent yarn to bind the cable to the bracket.
  • Miriam Illions Miriam Illions on Aug 10, 2015
    Very smart and stylish, too!
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