How to Make Your Own DIY Industrial Sconces

Hey everyone, I’m back! And I’m super excited to portion what I’ve position together for the #12MonthsofDIY challenge! If you’re non familiar alongside it already, the #12MonthsofDIY challenge is 12 Canadian bloggers all using the same item or subject to create something completely unique every month. It’s a slap-up challenge for me to go a portion of because non solely practise I acquire to connect alongside novel bloggers in addition to run across what they transform, but I am compelled to piece of occupation out of my comfort zone in addition to alongside items I unremarkably wouldn’t.

For example, terminal calendar month the challenge was to utilization woods in addition to pigment together. I created an Industrial Side Table in addition to it turned out to go 1 of FAV projects! Be certain to banking concern check it out.

This subject for this month’s challenge was to utilization a thrifted item in addition to revamp it. Apr was the perfect calendar month for this challenge, since it was public Day on Apr 22 in addition to reducing waste matter in addition to going greenish is already on our minds. I dear that Value Village’s #RethinkReuse motility focuses on this! Second manus shopping is a perfect agency to become greenish in addition to the shelves inwards my local store were amount of potential. I had therefore much fun finding items for this challenge. As presently every bit I saw sometime lamps inwards the aisles, I knew what I was going to do. I thought the guts from these sometime lamps would go perfect for novel DIY industrial sconces!

Because my life has been taken over these yesteryear few weeks yesteryear the One Room Challenge, where I’m transforming my invitee sleeping room into a novel industrial-styled space, I decided to brand DIY industrial sconces alongside sometime lamps from Value Village for the wall for our novel bedroom!

Industrial sconces are super trendy correct now, but I mean value they never become out of style. At offset glance, they appear uncomplicated in addition to basic but convey simply a impact of modern finishing to a functional slice of lighting. Even though I’ve chosen the brand them for our invitee bedroom, lighting from industrial sconces is perfect for almost whatever room, from the basement to the bathrooms – in addition to fifty-fifty the garage! They tin flame go institute at most abode stores, but they tin flame acquire pricey.

I’ve ever loved the await of industrial sconces in addition to their lighting tin flame actually brand a room come upward together. I haven’t institute much data out in that location nigh how to brand your ain sconce, therefore later next this post I promise that learning how to brand your ain sconce is every bit uncomplicated for yous every bit it was for me!

Materials in addition to Tools yous volition need:

Materials (for 2 industrial sconces):

Two thrifted lamps

Two Ikea canisters

Two 4″ x 4″ x 3/4″ thick slice of oak (this is what nosotros had – other types of woods tin flame go used)

Four dark steel flanges

Two 1.5″ dark steel pipes

Two 2.5″ dark steel pipes

Two dark steel elbows

(All steel is 3/4″ diameter)

Matte dark spray paint

Varnish

Clear matte sealer

Screws

Lamp Light switch (optional)

8′ of 3/8″ diameter tubing (optional)

Two plug ends for cords

Epoxy

Tools:

Drill

Step chip for the drill

Drill bits

Dremel

Router

Speed Square (measuring)

Metal saw or grinder to cutting tubing (optional)

Here are the Ikea Utensil Holders that nosotros got for $7 each.

How to Make Your Own Industrial Sconce:

I started yesteryear making this quick holder for the canisters. I wanted to brand certain that the canisters wouldn’t shift unopen to piece nosotros were drilling inwards to the exceed of them. You could also cutting a slice of woods to sit down across the diameter. We made the ones shown, yesteryear tracing the inner in addition to outer circles of the canister onto fighting wood.

We had to utilization a stair chip to cutting the metallic utensil holders.

We drilled direct into the centre of the container, nigh 7 levels downwardly to the same diameter of the socket – therefore that they socket from the lamps would jibe perfectly inside. Do this step, in addition to all the next steps twice (if yous are making 2 industrial sconces!).

Next, nosotros used a dremel to construct clean upward the edges a bit. It won’t await besides pretty, but it’ll go completely covered upward yesteryear the dark steel flange of the industrial sconce inwards a minute, therefore it won’t thing :)

I don’t lead maintain a film of the dark steel assembly, therefore I’ll simply exhibit yous this finished DIY wall industrial sconce above. It should go attached: flange – 1.5″ pipage – elbow – 2.5″ pipage – flange.

Next, see your wood. We used oak because nosotros had some fighting pieces cutting to 4″ squares (3/4″ thick), but yous tin flame utilization whatever wood. Find your centre in addition to drill into it. Wide plenty for cords to jibe through. Then, yous want mark iv spots for your screws that volition concord the flange of your industrial sconce inwards place. I measured the distance of the screw holes from the centre of the flange, in addition to measured out using my speed foursquare (or measurement tape).

Then, using your router, router out a infinite inwards the back, large plenty for your electrical connectors to sit down in. Stain your slice whatever coloring yous desire.

You tin flame permit the cord from your light guts hang downwardly the wall in addition to it volition await beautiful.

Because nosotros are perfectionists, nosotros used 3/8″ diameter industrial piping to cover the cord every bit it came downwardly the wall, in addition to to brand a prissy straight line. We simply hammered into the exceed of the pipage to flare the edges in addition to and then used the dremel to brand certain that the holes on our switch would go broad plenty (below). I would never lead maintain done these steps on my own! I would’ve simply permit the cord hang down, in addition to used the same plug from the thrifted lamps inwards the wall. But this was my husbands’ doing in addition to I lead maintain to acknowledge that it looks beautiful!

Next, gum the low-cal socket inwards place. Note the Ikea holder is bolted to the steel flange.

If yous wish to spray pigment your Ikea holder, don’t forget to practise therefore earlier everything is glued inwards place! You tin flame also wipe downwardly the pipage of your industrial sconce alongside acetone (wearing gloves) in addition to spray it alongside a clear sealer to protect it. Run your cords through in addition to attach the Ikea holder, dark steel, in addition to woods together yesteryear screwing everything inwards place.

This is a close-up of the switch nosotros added – this stair is completely optional! If yous demand to a greater extent than details on this delight simply electronic mail me direct at: lindivs@gmail.com.

Now yous mountain your industrial sconce on the wall in addition to you’re done!

I mean value the industrial sconces await amazing inwards our Industrial Guest Bedroom! I dear the low-cal it gives off at night. It’s such a fun pattern on the wall!