Lamps and Lighting

Ever thought you needed more light at your desk? Now you can build your own wooden desk lamp fairly easily. Just click on the link and follow the building instructions with lots of pictures to build your own.

Neat or what? The only wood you need to build this light bulb lamp is 3/4 and 1/2 inch thick baltic birch plywood. While perfect for your desk, it could also be adapted to hang as a chandelier. Follow along and get the free templates at the link.

Nice for the nursery or childs room, this little lamp is easy to build.

For light or for decoration, this spinning wheel table lamp adds a refreshing note to almost any setting. It works too!

Turned in walnut, this unusual lamp would be excellent made in a pair....

Quaintly portraying the old oaken bucket well of long ago, this little lamp makes an ideal lighting unit for the bedroom.

This wooden pendant light is built using 3/4 inch thick pine and has six sides. Here is how to build it.

A very useful as well as attractive project for the craftsman.

Build a fairy light globe using the free instructions at the link. Perfect for ambience or a night light.

Diagram only providing dimensional information. This plan is a simple exercise that combines frame and compound miter rings.

We bet that very few people, even expert craftsmen, will be able to guess how you achieved this unique pattern of contrasting woods in a lamp base. It is not an inlay! The pattern runs all the way through the stock.

Normally, a louvered shutter is used to keep light out of a room. But the louvered shutters of this cleverly designed lamp are meant to let the light into the room. The cutting diagrams and materials list are available to download in this Online Extra.

Follow along and build your own lamps. This one was painted using a stencil.

This is a link to a Google 3D SketchUp drawing for a Japanese-style lamp. You will need the SketchUp software to download this drawing and its freely available online. We do not provide support for this software. Not all drawings have the measurements displayed but you can use the measurement tool in SketchUp to easily and accurately determine the dimensions of each lumber part. Most drawings do not have instructions, its assumed you can build it based on the completed drawing provided.

Here is a great way to build something functional and beautiful. This openwork cube pendant light fits the bill.

Follow along to see how to turn this lamp base. Be sure to click on NEXT at the bottom of page one at the link to continue.

Build this vintage bulb lamp using these free instructions.

The base of this lamp was built using plywood and turned out beautiful. Find out how at the link.

This is a link to a Google 3D SketchUp drawing for a Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin 2 floor lamp. You will need the SketchUp software to download this drawing and its freely available online. We do not provide support for this software. Not all drawings have the measurements displayed but you can use the measurement tool in SketchUp to easily and accurately determine the dimensions of each lumber part. Most drawings do not have instructions, its assumed you can build it based on the completed drawing provided.

These tripod floor lamps are very popular right now and usually very expensive. Now you can build your own for a fraction of the cost. Click on the link and you will find the free step-by-step woodworking plans to build your own floor lamp.

Build your own X lamp using this free tutorial. It is easier than you might think.

While this appears to be a plywood square with a lightbulb it is so much more. There are four different secret compartments to hide valuables. Here is how it was made.

For just a fraction of the price you can build your own floor lamps like this one. Here is how...

Build this awesome outdoor solar chandelier using these free woodworking instructions.

Build this beautiful modern table lamp using this free tutorial.

This fun floor lamp is easy to build using scrap wood. Here is a great step-by-step tutorial on how to build it.

This full moon nightlight will give you the perfect amount of light in the evening. At the link you can download the free patterns and follow the instructions to build your own.

Build this awesome industrial triple pendant light using these free step-by-step instructions.

Here is how to build this rustic lamp, of course you can use any wood you choose.

Why not build your own lamp bases...these are awesome and if you follow the step-by-step instructions you can build your own from plywood.