Coincidentally, I ended up buying everything else from Home Depot as well. I ended up purchasing all the plumbing for this project from Home Depot. When planning out my DIY industrial pipe lamp, I decided that I wanted to go with a tree-style design with three bulbs, for no other reason than I saw something similar on Etsy and thought it looked cool. Here’s how you can build one of these awesome industrial pipe lamps for your own house or apartment or office or whatever dark corner of your life begs illumination. As I predicted, the wiring was by far the hardest part of the entire build – but even that took less than two hours and I didn’t even set the house on fire when I plugged it in. The entire lamp can be assembled by hand like some sort of awesome adult Erector Set. Surprisingly, though, it was super-easy to make. Having never wired anything before in my life, I was a little worried how this project would turn out. So, considering how simple these things are, I figured I could just build my own pipe lamp for half the cost of buying one. As a guy on a lower middle-class income with a wife and a kid to support, I just can’t justify spending that kind of money on what amounts to a few lengths of pipe, some wire and a couple vintage light bulbs. The majority of multi-bulb floor-length pipe lamps available online or in stores sell for $400 - $1,000. I’ve been lusting after an industrial pipe floor lamp for years now but the price tags people attach to these things are utterly ridiculous.
Unfortunately, that feeling isn’t shared by my wallet. There’s a certain derelict nostalgia about lamps and chandeliers made from old metal plumbing that just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and manly inside. Like most red-blooded Americans, I love industrial pipe lighting. The how-to is by Matthew Lyons, self-proclaimed handyman and blogger for. Set this baby in front of your exposed brick wall and sip a craft cocktail while you admire your handiwork.
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Today I'm happy to share a guest tutorial on how to make your own industrial-style floor lamp out of pipes. I roam thrift stores admiring them- the weirder, the better - and pause on catalog pages with cool fixtures.
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