^001. The holder assembly was salvaged from a broken lamp
^002. I drilled a dowel and inserted the holder assembly and pushed it flush into curtain rod.
^003. The tower was actually an accent made for some house modification during our neighbor’s apartment renovation but was later thrown away. I used the niche for some pleasant lighting. See final product.
Note the bronze on holder assembly. The whole extension pipe was later painted with bronze spray paint.
^004. The tower with closed end.
^005. The color combo for tower was major issue as I did not want a complete bronze color, so after some thinking we settled for turquoise.
^006. The tower with top section painted in turquoise and the hole for vertical extension pole. We inserted the bronze painted pole to check color combination & results were quite fantastic. OPEN END.
^007. The tower with top section painted in turquoise and the hole for vertical extension pole. We inserted the bronze painted pole to check color combination & results were quite fantastic. CLOSED END
^008. Somewhere down the line, I chose the distressed look.
^009. A closer look on paint.
^010. The turquoise painted tower, its not the final look.
^011. The turquoise painted tower base, its not the final look.
^012. The turquoise painted tower base, its not the final look.
^013. I added some glitter fabric paint in clear wood varnish and got the desired golden hue over turquoise. 🙂
^014. The completed lamp. Note the GLOW in background/corner.
^015. The completed lamp. I used rice lights in the niche and put a acrylic sheet for the even glow.
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