I made a DIY fluted lamp for my office. I’m sharing a step by step tutorial for how to get this look in your home! It’s an easy DIY that can be done in less than a day.
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Supplies
- Lamp base (I chose a skinnier base)
- 1/2″ dowel rods (I used 3 packages)
- Hot glue gun
- Primer
- Paint
The Process
Start by removing the lamp shade from the base so you don’t get hot glue or paint on it.
I wanted to give this lamp a different look so I decided to add fluting to it!
You can either by pre-cut dowels or by a dowel stick that you cut into the lengths you need based on the height of your lamp. I determined the 12″ pre-cut dowels were perfect my lamp base and decided to use them to make the project that much easier.
I then hot glued each dowel rod to the base of the lamp. The dowels didn’t quite reach all the way up my lamp base, but I was not bothered by this because I knew the shade would cover it. If you run into this issue you can always cut a dowel stick in the exact lengths you want!
Next up was priming, caulking and painting. After I primed the lamp I realized I needed to caulk in between each of the dowels. As the hot glue dried the dowels had settled a bit and were not flush like I had wanted. Caulking was an easy fix for this!
I opted to paint the lamp a pretty blue-gray, Benjamin Moore Blue Springs.
After the base has fully dried you can now add the bulb and shade back on – and you have what feels like a brand new lamp for very minimal cost!
