Sharp Lighting

Add Sharp Lighting to a Dull Room.

Posted by BarryBelcher

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Create a chandelier using mix and match flatware cutlery.

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You Will Need (9 things)

  • 30 Flatware Knives
  • Silver Wire or Craft Wire
  • Decorative Casserole Metal base
  • Copper Flower Pot chains
  • Garage Clamp Lamp
  • Ceiling Hook
  • Drill
  • Metal drill bit
  • WD 40 Lubricant

Steps (9 steps, 180 minutes)

  1. 1

    Drill small holes in the tips of every knife using a metal drill bit. Be sure to spray WD-40 on the area where drilling as a lubricant.

  2. 2

    Find a base to an old casserole dish or something similar as the base for the top of your chandelier's knives to hang.

  3. 3

    Hook 2 hanging flower pot chains at equal length across from each other on the base then take another chain and hook evenly from the other 2 chains to a ceiling hook.

  4. 4

    Use metal wire and create a hook through the hole drilled in each knife tip.

  5. 5

    Hang knives evenly around the casserole metal base.

  6. 6

    Remove the clamp and shade from the clamp lamp.

  7. 7

    Twine wire and bulb holder down the center of knives and up the chain hanging from ceiling hook.

  8. 8

    Watch me make this here or follow instructions below.

  9. 9

    Plug it in to add sharp lighting in a dull room.